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|    Alan to Joel W. Crump    |
|    Re: Cheaper Apple Macs Coming?    |
|    24 Nov 25 11:33:08    |
      XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy       From: nuh-uh@nope.com              On 2025-11-24 00:45, Joel W. Crump wrote:       > On 11/24/25 1:19 AM, Alan wrote:       >       >>>>>>> [Apple] already sell[s] low- end computers for a high price. The       >>>>>>> cost of a real device from Apple is extortion. Something even       >>>>>>> lower end will not get many buyers.       >>>>>>       >>>>>> Put up some performance numbers to back up that claim...       >>>>>       >>>>> Ah, but Alan, that isn't the problem. The Mac mini with 16 GB RAM       >>>>> and 256 GB SSD will still blow away my China-produced mini PC on       >>>>> "performance numbers", having the Apple Silicon CPU, but my       >>>>> inexpensive mini PC has twice as big an SSD - that's ridiculous.       >>>>> Why is 512 not the first option? Why is it $200 extra? Apple       >>>>> sucks dick, face it.       >>>>       >>>> The "problem" is that you keep making claims you can't back up, so       >>>> you pivot to some other claim.       >>>       >>> I did back it up, though, I *have* 512 GB storage, on my $190 mini       >>> PC, that came with Win11 Pro, *WHY* the hell is 256 the default on a       >>> Mac?!       >>       >> Your attention span is terrible.       >>       >> Your claim was:       >>       >> 'The reason it won't be successful is because they already sell low-       >> end computers for a high price'       >>       >> So put up some numbers to show that Macs are "low-end".       >       >       > 256 GB.       >              That's it?              That's all you've got?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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