Re: Linux advocacy

On 9/26/24 1:41 AM, vallor wrote:

On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 23:19:40 -0400, -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
wrote in <vd2jsc$3le3m$3@dont-email.me>:
 

On 9/24/24 2:29 PM, Lester Thorpe wrote:

On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:20:02 +0100, Sn!pe wrote:
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A 'puter is supposed to be a tool to do a job,
the underpinnings should ideally be unnoticeable.
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Incorrect, Apple fathead.
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A computer is a "general purpose machine," which means
that it doesn't do anything but it embodies the potential
to do everything.

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Yet over the past 40 years, they've grown into being much more than just
a PDP-11 with a teletype terminal. They now serve many duties, one of
which is even cat pictures! /s
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(Apple shitheads don't venture within 100 miles of Comp Sci.)
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However, in order to do something, a computer must be
"programmed," and thus the "underpinnings" are of paramount
importance.
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In contrast, Apple devices, and Apple users, are mere appliances.

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Oh, so did you write your own newsreader from scratch to fabricate this
very post, "Lester"?  Or did you use someone else's canned software as
your productivity tool, so you're just being a hypocrite?
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They are set to do a single task, however convoluted that task
may appear.
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But the Apple user, like YOU, is a total lackey.
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He will, without question, hand over his BIG $BUCKS to Apple
and associates for the brief luxury of having a "turn key"
system.

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Oh, look:  This "BIG $BUCKS" another explicit reference to cost, in the
context of Apple products vs others.  Now tagged for those who try to
deny the "Linux cheapskates" topic.  :-)

 ?  Don't be absurd.

I'm not: I'm just noting where others have whined about costs on Applr products.

I paid more for my Thelio Mega from System76 than we paid for the
Mac Studio -- the latter being more of a "Unix workstation" than
Feeb's cobbled-together Xeon mess.

Sure, because workstation class PCs have shot up in price ~5 years ago: I noticed the same thing when I was shopping to replace my Mac Pro and was actually seriously considering migrating some stuff to Windows.

(I was advocating getting a Mac Pro, but the Missus balked at the cost.
The Mac Studio was a good compromise, and still included the neural engine.)

Which with the Apple ARM chip instead of Intel, aligns with their main product line, so it has a more promising developmental future as well as being ~half the cost of the last Mac Pro.
-hh