Re: Apple requires too much money and sacrifice of control

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

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:
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[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?

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Keeping everything I run loaded at once.

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

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

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

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They are running, dude.

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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.
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Come back when you have some real demanding computing requirements.

  ROFL, "come back when you", uh huh, no this is crossposted to a
newsgroup populated by people with a pulse.  What I showed in the
image was actually not as loaded as it will get with my system.  GIMP
was the only extra thing running, not LibreOffice or any array of PDF
windows or something.  I can eat up RAM.