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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by kalleboo on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @09:09AM (#13219885)
Venturing into car analogy territory, luxury cars are notorious for needing a lot of (expensive) maintenance and not having user-accessible repairs.

You want either a daily driver car or a ricer.

(I don't disagree - Apple used to manage to make computers that were a rare a meld of all kinds - the eminently upgradeable PowerMac G4 with the hinged door! - but not any longer)

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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by charlesism on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @09:15AM (#13219927)
My metaphor is leaking! My point is that I would be quite happy to buy a $3000 machine if it were stelar quality, and I could rely on it for the next five years. Some people will always pay top dollar for pro gear. If you use and rely on a piece of equipment enough, it's worth it.
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by hguant on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @09:27AM (#13220031)
> My point is that I would be quite happy to buy a $3000 machine if it were stelar quality, and I could rely on it for the next five years.

Well if that's what you're into...

http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-pro

One downside is that the battery life is crap (5 hours or so)...and the base price is $3600.

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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by wildmusings on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @10:16AM (#13220472)
Hahaha, that thing looks amazing. Mechanical keyboard on a laptop!? 17" 4k display! Someone built my dream laptop then added $2000 to the price ;)
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by squilliam on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @11:40AM (#13221403)
LinusTechTips on YouTube just uploaded a review of this machine and was extremely negative towards the keyboard.
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by charlesism on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @09:43AM (#13220172)
If it's as durable and upgradable as its price, I might go for it. The other issue for me is OS, but if I address that I'm veering off topic.
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by hguant on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @11:10AM (#13221075)
Yeah I don't think you could get macOS running on this, but Linux has good drivers out there for most of the bits (maybe minus the chroma keyboard).
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by willismichael on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @10:36AM (#13220688)
Wow, at seven and a half pounds that thing is a monster, but I suppose the specs and build quality justify it.
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