XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-12-11 2:36 p.m., Alan wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-11 10:56, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >> On 12/11/25 1:25 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>>>>>> Do you even understand that EVERY company charges whatever it   
   >>>>>>>>> thinks the traffic will bear?   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Why is 256 GB such a prominent option?  Apple is just chintzy.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> So people who need less storage SHOULDN'T be allowed to choose it?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Again: you're making a mountain out of a mole hill.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Not remotely.  In 2021, I built my new PC with a 1 TB NVMe drive.   
   >>>>>> Apple still wants to sell you 256 GB, today.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> You still have this ridiculous idea that:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> What works for YOU...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> ...must be what works for EVERYONE.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You know why I bought a 1 TB NVMe drive?  Because the old computer   
   >>>> was upgraded from 1 TB SATA hard drive to SATA SSD.  1 TB was the   
   >>>> gold standard.  Let's say we could make that 512 GB.  Why does it   
   >>>> have to be 256, with Apple, *now in 2025*?   
   >>>   
   >>> Because there are people who really don't need more.   
   >>>   
   >>> I have quite a few clients, friends and family who will never fill a   
   >>> 256GB drive.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> So that's good enough, for you, that some people can be good with 256,   
   >> so Apple's just offering a good choice in that model.  Inclusive to   
   >> itself that is a good argument but it is lost when you see what the   
   >> alternative really is, to not buy from freakin' Apple, and get the 512   
   >> GB or 1 TB, get the 32 GB RAM, get the price one is entitled to get   
   >> and not Apple's extortion.   
   >   
   > No one is forcing anyone to buy Apple's products, child.   
      
   That is a good point. In fact, I'm convinced that Apple would rather not   
   have Joel as a client. Additionally, while Apple is lying that 16GB on   
   an Mx processor is the same as 32GB on the x86-64 platform, the reality   
   is that the new Macs do manage to do more with less.   
      
   >> Samsung is better than Apple, yes, though I shy away from lambasting   
   >> you personally with the matter, because you are a Mac user.   
      
   Samsung is in no way superior to Apple. Even if it had functionality   
   that Apple doesn't currently have, the reality is that it is probably   
   being offered in a confusing, cumbersome way and its users are unaware   
   of it.   
      
   --   
   CrudeSausage   
   John 14:6   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)