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Re:Apple's chip lab, home to the most 'profound change' in d... by beeboobaa on Friday December 01, 2023 @12:21PM (#38489330)
> The tight integration of hardware and software is not only better for the products and consumer experience

Not really. This just means you're overpaying for both the hardware (macs are famously overpriced for what they are) and software (apple price gouges both users & developers left and right).

If you're part of the privileged elite with a fat wallet, then sure. It's great.

> it also means higher margins for the company

Why would you respect that? You enjoy being fucked over by bigcorps?

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Re:Apple's chip lab, home to the most 'profound change' in d... by aurareturn on Friday December 01, 2023 @11:31PM (#38495885)
Macs have a lot more value than most Windows PCs.

Build quality, *nix terminal, speed, quietness, coolness, battery life, etc.

And last but not least, resale value is excellent.

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Re:Apple's chip lab, home to the most 'profound change' in d... by beeboobaa on Saturday December 02, 2023 @12:22AM (#38496150)
I can guarantee you that any mac you will find will be much slower and have far less ram than my desktop PC, and the mac will probably cost at least twice as much.
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Re:Apple's chip lab, home to the most 'profound change' in d... by aurareturn on Saturday December 02, 2023 @03:25AM (#38496993)
You have a gym membership? You’re going to need that strength to carry around your desktop, monitor combo.
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Re:Apple's chip lab, home to the most 'profound change' in d... by beeboobaa on Saturday December 02, 2023 @05:51PM (#38502989)
I have an office.
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Re:Apple's chip lab, home to the most 'profound change' in d... by aurareturn on Monday December 04, 2023 @03:48AM (#38515067)
Me too.
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Re:Apple's chip lab, home to the most 'profound change' in d... by seec on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @02:01PM (#38548089)
This is what I thought, but then I got a PC for gaming. Now I use it for pretty much everything. It has outperformed and outlasted every single Macs I have owned at half the price. I don't need to resale since it is very easily maintenable and costs a lot less, I can just retire it or give it... I still have a Mac Mini but I have no will to ever change it.
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