XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-12-15 9:44 p.m., Alan wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   No, it is a well known fact:    
      
   I imagine that you're just as shocked as muhammedans are when they learn   
   that their prophet was raped by demons in the Night of the Jinn, that he   
   beaten into submission by "the angel Gabriel" who was clearly a demon   
   and that the koran says that it confirms the Torah and Bible all the   
   while contradicting all of it. Your god is a false one.   
      
   < snip >   
      
   >> 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?   
      
   I think that the advantage Apple has is better quality lithium, not a   
   better chemistry. However, I have admittedly not seen many examples of   
   Apple batteries swelling though I have seen tons of Razer batteries   
   swelling. In Apple's case, the panel seems to crack a lot, the keyboard   
   tends to fail and the machines tend to brick when the TBW is reached. I   
   guess all manufacturers have their issues.   
      
   --   
   CrudeSausage   
   John 14:6   
   Windows is fine.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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