Re: Apple requires too much money and sacrifice of control

Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:

-hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:

On 3/22/25 17:52, Joel wrote:

Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
 

[A souped up Mac mini] would match what I have with Linux [in
support of needed apps and use].

What actual tasks do you use the computer to complete?

 
Keeping everything I run loaded at once.

 
What do you run, and what resources does each use?

 
Take a look at my Cinnamon taskbar:  https://i.imgur.com/yPGDm6a.png

 
Um...yeah, so?   That you have ~25 Apps on your machine's Dock doesn't
mean that you have 25 Apps running concurrently.

 
 
They are running, dude. 

I can guarantee you that most will be idling or backgrounded by the OS.
Plus, that's nothing that a mid-range PC or base mac couldn't handle
easily.

Come back when you have some real demanding computing requirements.