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|    Alan to Tom Elam    |
|    Re: Why I'm an Apple convert    |
|    20 Feb 26 08:15:09    |
      From: nuh-uh@nope.com              On 2026-02-19 17:37, Tom Elam wrote:       > On 2/19/26 1:08 PM, Alan wrote:       >> On 2026-02-18 15:48, Tom Elam wrote:       >>>> You put the Windows machine somewhere where it doesn't take up much       >>>> space, and keep one computer where you use it the most.       >>>>       >>>> You get to use the Mac's keyboard, mouse and screen, and the mouse       >>>> tracking is almost always smoother than Windows, and the display of       >>>> higher quality.       >>>       >>> No complaints here on the Dell screen or keypad. The laptop screen is       >>> 3456x2160 OLED and the keyboard and mouse pad are as good as anything       >>> Apple has. I also have a 27" Dell 3840x2160 backlit LED monitor that       >>> is as good as anything with similar specs on the market today.       >>>       >>> The issue with the Dell is the Intel i9 CPU. I kills the battery,       >>> runs hot, and the fans make a lot of noise. It has a better sound       >>> system than the Air. BUT, the Air is at least as fast as the Dell,       >>> runs all day on a charge, and no noise. To me the OS differences are       >>> not and issue. Both work just fine.       >>>       >>> I bought the Dell for a specific project that was taking up to 20       >>> minutes to run stats tasks on an even older top-of-the-line HP. That       >>> went down to well under 5 minutes. The HP had a 1 tb hard drive, the       >>> Dell a 2 tb SSD that helped too. It did the job at the time, 4 years       >>> ago. The client paid for it. A lot has changed.       >>       >> What hasn't changed is that you're still an asshole.       >>       >> Your words about what is and is not as functional don't have much       >> meaning anymore.       >>       >> I tried to offer you some useful advice about an app you'd probably       >> not have known about, and you had to get argumentative.       >       > You are not correct. I Googled that app and it's not useful for me.              Riiiiiiiiight.              An app that lets you easily use a second computer without having to       switch back and forth physically is "not useful" for someone with two       computers he wants to use...              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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