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Re:The Mac keeps growing in shipments while PC shipments are... by FullyFunctional on Monday October 10, 2022 @03:06PM (#33155264)
That's not what most people do and not how it's supposed to be used, so you are arguing a strawman. My MBA M1 is the best laptop I have ever used in 30+ years. The battery life alone is outstanding and it does wake up effectively instantly. I can go months between rebooting.

ADD: as for cost, in my experience, my MacBooks tend to live for MUCH longer than my winbooks. My wife's MacBook Pro is over 8 years old. Personally I dread switching notebooks (moving data, adding customization, etc) and would happily pay double for something that will last me twice as long or longer.

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Re:The Mac keeps growing in shipments while PC shipments are... by thehappypm on Monday October 10, 2022 @03:30PM (#33155498)
Strawman? Really? I’m just talking about my own experience of how I use my own computer.
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Re:The Mac keeps growing in shipments while PC shipments are... by tinus_hn on Monday October 10, 2022 @05:16PM (#33156471)
That’s fine but maybe don’t complain about how booting takes time then.
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Re:The Mac keeps growing in shipments while PC shipments are... by thehappypm on Monday October 10, 2022 @09:51PM (#33158562)
Nah, I will
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Re:The Mac keeps growing in shipments while PC shipments are... by northwest65 on Monday October 10, 2022 @03:59PM (#33155787)
> would happily pay double for something that will last me twice as long or longer.

I'm still delivering software and making money from my Toshiba 1805. I'm not sure exactly how old it is though, I got it secondhand maybe 19-20 years ago.

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