Re: Joel won't, so I will (was Re: Bungling Apple Lost the Plot on Texting

Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

So it reflects having an intact brain, to pay $400 extra for something
i got for barely over $100, 3 1/2 years ago?  "Riiiiight".

It can, yes.
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Because you don't buy an SSD just to have one on a shelf.

 
In other words, because Apple requires these payments, you rationalize
that you didn't really need so much empty space, anyway.  Congrats.
Meanwhile, I already had that much empty space, going back years.  Is
it superfluous?  Maybe.  But then again, it's elite.

No, that's not what I said or meant at all.
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You buy a computer SYSTEM.
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It's value to the end user is what the whole SYSTEM can do.
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Does Apple charge a premium for expanding the storage? Absolutely.
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Is it worth it in order to get a personal computer system that works as
well as a Mac does? Absolutely.

How is that not proving my point, that you're rationalizing?

And having empty space isn't "elite".

And yet Apple charges such a premium for it, that you would think it
was ...

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.