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   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-12-16 12:49, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-16 2:11 p.m., Alan wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Out of curiosity, do you think he said this to the press or to the   
   > people he worked with. His pricing scheme was in several documentaries   
   > and was reported to the people creating the documentaries by the people   
   > who worked for and under him. I would have expected that you would have   
   > learned this about your god while you were worshiping him. Bad zealot, bad.   
   >   
   > Atone for your sins.   
   >   
      
   Out of curiosity, are you at all interested in what he actually said?   
      
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