Re: Linux advocacy

On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 23:27:17 -0400, -hh wrote:

Small form factor has been Apple's design direction now for over a
decade.
 
But it does crimp the home DIYer ...

The Raspberry Pi comes in a smaller form factor than any Mac, yet it has
been spectacularly successful among home DIYers, makers and other such
tinkerers. “Small” does not mean “lacking in versatility”.

It’s not the smallness of the form factor: it’s the fact that Apple’s
full-on integrated design leaves no room for upgradeability any more. All
their Mac machines, even the desktops, are just glorified laptops now.
They have abandoned the workstation market (cf the old Mac Pro), just like
they abandoned the server market long ago.