Re: In the past decade, has Apple released ANY high-technology product before others did?

On 2025-03-20 19:56, Your Name wrote:

On 2025-03-20 13:23:41 +0000, Bud Frede said:
 

Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> writes:
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On 2025-02-26 09:37, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2025-02-25, Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> wrote:

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I don't really like the size of the M4 Minis nor the location of the
power switch.

Meh. I rarely need to press the power switch, and it's easy enough
to
reach. Not a deal breaker at all.
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Yeah... ...I really don't get this gripe.
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I leave my computer on at all times. Why on earth would I want to wait
for it to start up when I want to use it?

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Modern Macs start up quite fast. That's not an issue for me.
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I also don't like leaving things on when I don't have to.
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It seems that my usage habits are different than yours, and that's
ok. :-)

 To some degree it seems to be partly a generational thing.
 The younger, wasteful and impatient generation can't be bothered turning things off and on.
 The older generation was brought up to turn things off to save electricity and money. In these days of so many electronic gadgets and gizmos, electricity companies are nearly always complaining about never having enough power to meet demand, so simply turning off things you're not using makes sense.
 

Not when they're using next to no power.
I want my computing devices to available to me when I want them.
If I'm spending pennies a day to ensure that, I'll happily do it.