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   Alan to Joel W. Crump   
   Re: Cheaper Apple Macs Coming?   
   24 Nov 25 11:33:23   
   
   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.   
   >   
      
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