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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andrzej Matuch Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Do Microsoft?sCopilot+ PCs Require Linux? Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 18:09:11 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 53 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 00:09:12 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="57712345579c7c8f633cac844f3c67ff"; logging-data="3219522"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+mX3Rmgc+4RHUHSeVEI7zOoqRSYOuc6JI=" User-Agent: Betterbird (Windows) Cancel-Lock: sha1:j0tbSa+e3VgAOBBC5a208nFsQwU= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4384 On 2024-05-25 10:13 a.m., RonB wrote: > On 2024-05-25, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >> On 2024-05-24 7:46 p.m., RonB wrote: >>> On 2024-05-24, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>> >>>>> >>>>> You would have better ears than I have to tell the difference. >>>> >>>> The ears are one thing, but even if you only know about the >>>> specifications, you would know that what Spotify offers can't compete. >>>> Apple's lossy codec is the best there is, so a song encoded at 256kbps >>>> using it will sound magnificent no matter what kind of speakers you use. >>>> If that is not sufficient for you, it also offers lossless at no extra >>>> charge. Meanwhile, the default for Spotify is AAC at 128kbps, using an >>>> inferior codec that is probably the one offered by Nero. High quality >>>> there is 256kbps, more or less on par with what Apple Music offers at >>>> the low end but, again, with a worse encoder. There is no lossless option. >>> >>> I'm not an audiophile and I'm certainly not going to buy a $1,500 iPhone or >>> $2,000 Mac simply to listen to music. What I've got sounds great to me. >> >> I think that most people are getting their phones the way that I got my >> 13: through their service provider at a lower price than if they bought >> it outright for two years worth of monthly payments. I recall that if I >> had decided to buy the iPhone 13 directly, I would have paid around >> $1,300. Through monthly payments for two years, the total price amount >> to around $900. That was if I wanted to actually own the device too. If >> I had opted to lease it, I would have paid considerably less. >> >> As for the Mac, you're buying one because you plan on editing videos or >> making music. If that's not what you're doing, you want the Mac because >> it has better battery life, better updates and a more comprehensible >> operating system than Windows. Otherwise, Windows is fine. > > As I've mentioned before, Mac OS seems "clumsy" to me. Seems like you have > to take more steps to do the same thing you can do more directly in Linux. > But, I'm guessing, if I used it more I would get used to it. No real reason > to get used to it though (for me anyhow). The terminal is definitely a lot more satisfying in both Windows and Linux than it is in MacOS. Things such as snapping windows to one side or a corner also doesn't work, so you have to play around with them for longer. However, the bundled technology like wireless and Bluetooth works a lot better than it just in Windows, and the operating system itself is a lot more consistent in its design than either Windows or ay GUI in Linux is. There is a lot to like about it. If anyone were to put a gun to my head and force me to abandon Windows for the Mac, I wouldn't mind. -- Andrzej (Andre) Matuch TG: @AndrzejMatuch Catholic, paleoconservative, Christ is king.