XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: thomas.e.elam@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/24/2025 5:34 PM, Alan wrote:   
   > On 2025-08-24 13:36, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >> On 8/24/2025 2:23 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> the typical home user is better off with something else [than a   
   >>>> Mac], because of the ridiculous expense of the Apple platform, even   
   >>>> if they like macOS, it's just throwing money down the toilet.  Maybe   
   >>>> they have money to burn, I could understand that, but it would never   
   >>>> click with me even if I did have a billion dollars, because my brain   
   >>>> doesn't work that way to prefer Apple's quirkware.   
   >>>   
   >>> "Ridiculous expense"? Please.   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes: my MacBook Air (M3) cost me $2,200CAD, but based on my   
   >>> experience, this is a computer I can easily use for the next 5 years.   
   >>>   
   >>> That's $37 a month.   
   >>>   
   >>> Even if a decent laptop with Linux cost me a third of that (and I   
   >>> very much doubt you can find one as good for that number), the   
   >>> difference is about $25/month.   
   >>>   
   >>> That's hardly a huge barrier to entry.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> The point is, for that price, you could've gotten more hardware with   
   >> another platform.  It's like buying a Hyundai over a Honda, is it   
   >> literally as good, maybe not in someone's OCD mind, but it's clearly a   
   >> better value financially.   
   >>   
   >   
   > And had a far worse overall experience.   
   >   
   > I know how to use macOS, Windows (every version), Linux...   
   >   
   > ...and I know what works well.   
   >   
   > I also know that of the hundreds of people I've seen transition to using   
   > Macs, only two (yes: literally just 2) have ever expressed any desire to   
   > return to Windows and one of those was a man in his 70s who was just too   
   > set in his ways to change at that age.   
   >   
      
   One of those was me. Does that make 3?   
      
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