Re: Bungling Apple Lost the Plot on Texting

On 12/16/24 1:05 PM, vallor wrote:

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:
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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.

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

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That you have ... or that you need?
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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.
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Needless to say, you avoided ever providing an answer, but we do know
indirectly that your storage growth needs are less than 300GB/year.
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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.

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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.

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Where this "it outgrew" claim lacks objective metrics to substantiate.
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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.

Sure, but the Windows partition isn't for doing anything with video.

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

Of course not, for they're simply different tools for different jobs.
-hh