XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-12-16 10:03, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > 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.   
   Interesting...   
      
   You think that the only way to get a quote of someone's words is to ask   
   him personally.   
      
   Find someone quoting things he has actually SAID.   
      
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