XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy
From: recscuba_google@huntzinger.com
On 8/25/25 20:45, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:13:07 -0400, -hh wrote:
>
>> Case in point, I traded-in a 2017 Mac laptop last year for a $150
>> credit...that's a 7 year useful life. In contrast, I also had a 2016
>> Dell laptop that went tits-up in 2019 with a swollen battery, and its
>> replacement died in 2021 with a failed USB-C port ...
>
> I have had a range of laptops, both new and second-hand. I think there was
> Dell and Compaq among them. None of them suffered the kind of faults you
> mention.
There's a relatively minor difference between knowing about a common
problem and also personally experiencing it.
I was in a fairly large office, so the odds of being the first person
with a widespread problem were pretty low. Thus, I knew about Dell's
swollen batteries problems, so I was keeping an eye out for it: when it
did show up, I got a service ticket with our IT Department to look into
it before it became hazardous to me personally.
> Speaking of batteries, Apple is gluing them in now, isn’t it? So you
> couldn’t even replace them if you wanted to.
Nah, they can be replaced. Google is your friend .. try using it next
time, *before* making a claim that's incorrect.
>> Because in case you hadn't noticed, laptops passed the point of being
>> the "good enough" for general office productivity a good decade ago, and
>> the Enterprise IT support strategy was that instead of trying to do any
>> upgrades to them, to just image & replace entire machines.
>
> What happened to the market addressed by the old Mac Pro? Seems Apple has
> given up on that altogether.
Markets change; "Film at 11". The customer volume isn't there anymore.
My understanding is that the movie studios have moved over to clusters.
That means regardless of the OS run, it isn't being done on desktops.
-hh
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