Re: Bungling Apple Lost the Plot on Texting

On Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:50:01 -0500, -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
wrote in <vjpp89$16vl2$2@dont-email.me>:

On 12/16/24 12:02 PM, Joel wrote:

-hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
 

Likewise, we've also seen how a Mac mini stops the living shit out
of your i5 DIY, while costing less than the $1150 you've spent to
date. So just where is this so-called 'fortune' that people
allegedly pay?

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The Mac mini is OK, I wouldn't say it "stops the living shit out
of" my machine.  It runs Apple's goofy OS, in any event.

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*stomp   Apologies for a typo.
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We've already seen the CPU benchmarks and disk I/O.  If not "stomp",
then how do you want to describe being higher at a lower price?
Especially since there's no OS monopoly anymore either:
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<https://asahilinux.org/about/>

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A Mac mini purchased when I built my machine wouldn't be any faster
than what I have.

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The 2020 mini model would have been cheaper.
The current mini model is faster & cheaper.

 
 
A Mac mini wouldn't have the specs that I have.

 
That you have ... or that you need?
 
Case in point, you were asked awhile back about how much disk space your
PC took up when you first bought it, and how much it is taking up today.
 
Needless to say, you avoided ever providing an answer, but we do know
indirectly that your storage growth needs are less than 300GB/year.
 
 
 

If I had spent a comparable amount on a comparable OEM PC, it'd not
be nearly as good.  That's undeniable.

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Except of course for how its already been shown that you could have
bought your so-called "overpriced" Apple gear for less & gotten
more...
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...and your retort is that the OEM OS is "goofy", even though Linux
is an alternative.

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I see Linux as the default OS, actually, it's M$ and Apple that are
proprietary, commercial platforms, consumerism, not real computing
enthusiasm.

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Yet that didn't stop you from buying & running on Windows OS for the
first ~2/3rds of the life of your current PC.

 
 
I needed Win10/11 at first, and enjoyed using them, but I moved on. It
was worth it.  I got my use out of it, but it outgrew my hardware, as
M$ crapware tends to do, so I got out, I installed Linux.  All is well.

 
Where this "it outgrew" claim lacks objective metrics to substantiate.
 
In the meantime, I've been doing fine with Windows OS for the past few
years running within just a 40GB partition.

_[/nfs/ds/scott/Desktop/Projects/ED/Video]_(scott@lm)🐧_
$ du -sh
683G .

If you do any video production, you'll need a lot more than 40GB, esp.
if you record with a lossless- or near-lossless-codec.

(But I know you have external storage to put the video on -- you didn't
mention how big that is...)

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