Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 03:51:09 +0000 From: Tyrone Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: "The first Copilot+ PC has been tested and it destroys the MacBook" X-No-Archive: Yes References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Usenapp for MacOS X-Usenapp: v1.27.2/l - Full License Message-ID: Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 03:51:09 +0000 Lines: 53 X-Trace: sv3-JZ1G9nuycH7Q3OZvKGAPL/wSuvuMSZBJMh7Jy5SIbcrZWUkWs7UvL6lxvBaJHJbk9eIiAFPXivsDWnv!mwMNksxVUAcwqKar3tcu1Zrlvye2tI5FXYtzjCXvhf3DpCbFJbkWzEEvesvfyvG0Si5T0viIuZ6Y!GEHdZCZYYLU= X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3758 On May 24, 2024 at 9:07:34 PM EDT, "vallor" wrote: > On Fri, 24 May 2024 18:58:11 -0000 (UTC), Simon wrote > in : > >> On 2024-05-24, Tyrone wrote: >>> On May 24, 2024 at 12:47:14 PM EDT, "Joel" wrote: >>> >>>> Tyrone wrote: >>>>> On May 24, 2024 at 10:03:31?AM EDT, "Andrzej Matuch" >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I agree that they should have compared processors with the same >>>>>> number of cores. However, the point these reviewers want to make is >>>>>> that at the price it will cost, the Snapdragon will beat what is >>>>>> available at the same price from the competition. >>>>> >>>>> If that's all they have then again, Apple has nothing to worry about. >>>>> Macs have always been "overpriced and underpowered", yet Macs are now >>>>> 20% of the market and Windows is down to 70%. I remember when it was >>>>> 4% Macs and 95% Windows. >>>> >>>> >>>> I think the gains Apple has made in the desktop/laptop market are what >>>> we've always wanted to see Linux do, but it can't because normal >>>> people barely know what it is. macOS, though, is commercial, and >>>> sleeker than Winbloat, so it offers an alternative people are aware >>>> of. I would never again buy a Mac, but I like that they offer >>>> something to drive M$ toward a better paradigm, competition works. >>>> Linux remains my style, as a computer nerd, but macOS offers a >>>> similarly functional OS for more mainstream people. >>> >>> Normal people don't even know what an "Operating System" is. Nor do >>> they want/need to know. All they know is Apple laptops look different >>> from Dell/Lenovo/HP/whoever laptops. >>> >>> The only thing that prevents Linux from becoming useful for mainstream >>> users is that the people writing it are not really interested in doing >>> that. Linux is written by computer geeks for computer geeks. Thus it >>> appeals to a small subset of computer users. Nothing wrong with that. >>> It is what it is. >>> >>> It would take a company to take Linux, make it pretty AND easy to use >>> with lots of standard apps AND well supported AND pre-installed on >>> computers. >>> >>> Nevermind, Apple already did that. But they used Unix instead. Same >>> idea. >> Valve and the Steamdeck are doing it too. > > So did Google. It's called "ChromeOS". Yes. But Apple did it first.