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   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-12-15 17:15, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-15 5:54 p.m., -hh wrote:   
   >   
   >>> What do current benchmarks show you between two comparable machines   
   >>> at the same price?   
   >>   
   >> Don't know, as I'm not currently in the market for new hardware.   
   >> What's your current PC do and when was it put into service?   
   >   
   > Zephyrus G14 2021 with AMD R9 5900HS CPU and RTX3060 GPU. It's a 2021   
   > model. The new 2TB NVMe is a Samsung 990 EVO. The Pro was only $10 more   
   > but it used more power and I wouldn't have been able to use its full   
   > speed anyway since my laptop's interface is a PCIe 3.0 x4.   
   >   
   >>> I doubt providing less bang for the buck is part of what the Apple   
   >>> stockholders want the company to offer. Higher profit margins, for   
   >>> sure, but not an inevitable backlash from customers who eventually   
   >>> realize that they're being ripped off.   
   >>   
   >> Apple has been 'pricey' since the Apple ][ shipped 45+ years ago,   
   >> which suggests a different value paradigm than what you're assuming.   
   >   
   > Jobs wanted to give people the impression that their machines were   
   > premium by charging more. In the end, their machines weren't actually   
   > capable of anything more than the competition, though I believe that the   
   > Apple ][ felt more robust than machines from Atari and Commodore. Of   
   > course, I wasn't old enough to even own one at the time, so I'm basing   
   > myself on what other people have said.   
      
   What?   
      
   Complete bullshit you just made up.   
      
   >   
   >>> Admittedly, I have yet to use an ARM-equipped machine with Windows   
   >>> 11. I imagine it can't be that great if Dell is opting for Core 7   
   >>> Ultra rather than more Snapdragon X laptops.   
   >>   
   >> Which means that those customers will therefore gravitate to Apple,   
   >> despite yon "less bang for the buck" insinuations.  Since they're   
   >> voting with their wallet, their vote is quite credible.   
   >   
   > I doubt that most people who buy Macs or PCs even have an idea of what   
   > kind of processor it is equipped with.   
   >   
   >>> With batteries, that might be the result of the offending part being   
   >>> glued to other components. My own laptop allows me to replace my   
   >>> battery fairly easily if I choose to do so, but I notice that quite a   
   >>> few manufacturers are imitating Apple because of the thinness   
   >>> obsession and gluing or soldering components.   
   >>   
   >> Which means that it isn't an "only Apple" thing.  And come to think of   
   >> it, the battery in the most recent Mac laptop that I've retired was   
   >> still unswollen and ~okay condition at the seven (7) year mark.   
   >> Doesn't   this observation also run counter to "less bang for the   
   >> buck" claims?   
   >   
   > Lithium-ion will swell no matter what. If it didn't happen with the   
   > Apple laptop, I can only wonder what the origin of their lithium is and   
   > why the batteries in Razer laptops seem to swell much faster.   
   You think battery chemistry and charging circuitry don't make a   
   difference, do you?   
      
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