XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-12-16 11:57 a.m., Alan wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
   Sure, let me dig up Steve Jobs's corpse and reanimate him.   
      
      
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