XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-11-23 14:06, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 11/23/25 4:58 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>>>>>>> To go from 256 GB storage on the Mac mini, to 512 GB, is   
   >>>>>>>>>>> $200. To go from 16 GB RAM to 24 GB is another $200.  These   
   >>>>>>>>>>> are not competitive prices.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> The point you continue to miss is that a user isn't buying a   
   >>>>>>>>>> bunch of components. He or she is buying a complete SYSTEM.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> So rational people look at the value of that complete system,   
   >>>>>>>>>> and base their buying decisions on that value.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Heh, dude, you're missing the point, they're blatantly   
   >>>>>>>>> overcharging. The *smallest* storage should be 512 GB, in the   
   >>>>>>>>> first place, not a $200 upgrade.  Apple is thieves.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Nope.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> They're offering products for sale...   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> ...and people are CHOOSING to buy them.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Yeah but why the hell is that? Why is 256 GB storage the default,   
   >>>>>>> in 2025?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I don't know, but I DO know many people with 1TB drives who only   
   >>>>>> have 100GB or so on them.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Perhaps, but it's still pathetic on gear that's not competitively   
   >>>>> priced.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>  >  And doubling it is $200 extra?!  Do you wipe your ass with   
   >>>>>> money > and flush it down the toilet?   
   >>>>>> Again: what matters to a rational consumer is if the whole PACKAGE   
   >>>>>> is worth the cost.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> In other words - you're paying a lot for the software.  That's the   
   >>>>> only major difference in buying a Mac.  And yet their software is   
   >>>>> mediocre!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Look!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Another claim you won't substantiate!   
   >>>   
   >>> That you don't consider macOS mediocre only shows your brain damage,   
   >>> Alan.   
   >>   
   >> That you can't articulate HOW it is supposedly "mediocre" shows your   
   >> lack of intellectual courage.   
   >   
   >   
   > Is it not self-evident, dude?   
   >   
      
   No. It is not, "dude".   
      
   It is an ASSERTION that you are making without presenting any FACTS.   
      
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