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Re:New Mac Ransomware Is Even More Sinister Than It Appears by close04 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @08:58AM (#23712632)
While the brand always commands a premium (Gucci, Apple, etc.) the comparison is unfair. Fashion is all about image, not functionality so a Gucci t-shirt is for all intents and purposes a regular t-shirt with a Gucci logo (or worse [0]). In tech most companies do struggle to bring something all of their own. Apple in particular does an above average job at this: dedicated OS, dedicated CPUs, dedicated various other chips (like the T, W, U chips). Saying it's only a logo is disingenuous.

[0] https://www.dailycal.org/2013/07/19/kanye-wests-ridiculously...

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Re:New Mac Ransomware Is Even More Sinister Than It Appears by tkeAmarktinClss on Thursday July 02, 2020 @09:46AM (#23713005)
Extremely debatable. There are uncountable negatives as an Apple consumer.

Sure you might have a few benefits, but you must deal with unavoidable pains at every turn.

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Re:New Mac Ransomware Is Even More Sinister Than It Appears by bryanrasmussen on Thursday July 02, 2020 @09:54AM (#23713104)
I agree there are uncountable negatives as an Apple consumer, but I'm not sure they are any greater in number than the uncountable negatives of being a Windows consumer - and I kind of like Windows. Or for that matter if you're not a developer the uncountable negatives of Ubuntu.
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Re:New Mac Ransomware Is Even More Sinister Than It Appears by tkeAmarktinClss on Thursday July 02, 2020 @10:06AM (#23713207)
Ubuntu server is flawless, you take that back :P

Ubuntu desktop... I tried multiple times across multiple decades, I've given up.

Not sure what Windows issues exist outside licences disappearing upon reformatting. But that's still exponentially cheaper to fix then any Apple product.

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Re:New Mac Ransomware Is Even More Sinister Than It Appears by bryanrasmussen on Thursday July 02, 2020 @10:14AM (#23713298)
>Not sure what Windows issues exist outside licences

well, perhaps not for you and I guess not really, in my experience, for me, but I have noticed that the population at large seems to suffer recurrent damage related to some ancient decisions made regarding Windows security.

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