The long golden age of our glorified junk

Re:The long golden age of our glorified junk by bb123 on Monday September 21, 2020 @12:30PM (#24545342)

Calling an iPhone "essentially useless" is an absolutely ridiculous thing to say. Literally hundreds of millions of people run their lives on them. They must all be stupid?

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Re:The long golden age of our glorified junk by lisper on Monday September 21, 2020 @12:35PM (#24545410)

OK, "essentially useless" was hyperbole. And when I wrote that I had Macs in mind more than iPhones (and Mac laptops in particular). But I will stand by the substance of my comment: Mac laptops have gotten a lot crappier in just about every way over the last 10 years.

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Re:The long golden age of our glorified junk by jdkee on Monday September 21, 2020 @02:00PM (#24546437)

I am using a 2013 MacBook Pro as my daily driver, hosting Zoom classes, etc. It works fantastically. And I will sell it on eBay next year for a few hundred bucks and buy a 2021 MacBook. They are fantastic pieces of technology apart from the recent keyboard issue.

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Re:The long golden age of our glorified junk by AnonC on Monday September 21, 2020 @01:59PM (#24546420)

You’re still within the window of time where you can edit your original comment and clarify your position. I’m sure many people would agree on the point about the quality of Macs.

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Re:The long golden age of our glorified junk by lisper on Monday September 21, 2020 @02:04PM (#24546493)

Thanks for reminding me. I've added an update.

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