XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-12-16 06:42, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > 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:    
      
   Sorry, but just because Brittanica claimed it doesn't make it so.   
      
   Got a quote?   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
      
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