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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
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Subject: Re: Bungling Apple Lost the Plot on Texting
Date: 16 Dec 2024 18:05:36 GMT
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On Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:50:01 -0500, -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
wrote in <vjpp89$16vl2$2@dont-email.me>:

> On 12/16/24 12:02 PM, Joel wrote:
>> -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>>>>> Likewise, we've also seen how a Mac mini stops the living shit out
>>>>>>> of your i5 DIY, while costing less than the $1150 you've spent to
>>>>>>> date. So just where is this so-called 'fortune' that people
>>>>>>> allegedly pay?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Mac mini is OK, I wouldn't say it "stops the living shit out
>>>>>> of" my machine.  It runs Apple's goofy OS, in any event.
>>>>>
>>>>> *stomp   Apologies for a typo.
>>>>>
>>>>> We've already seen the CPU benchmarks and disk I/O.  If not "stomp",
>>>>> then how do you want to describe being higher at a lower price?
>>>>> Especially since there's no OS monopoly anymore either:
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://asahilinux.org/about/>
>>>>
>>>> A Mac mini purchased when I built my machine wouldn't be any faster
>>>> than what I have.
>>>
>>> The 2020 mini model would have been cheaper.
>>> The current mini model is faster & cheaper.
>> 
>> 
>> A Mac mini wouldn't have the specs that I have.
> 
> That you have ... or that you need?
> 
> Case in point, you were asked awhile back about how much disk space your
> PC took up when you first bought it, and how much it is taking up today.
> 
> Needless to say, you avoided ever providing an answer, but we do know
> indirectly that your storage growth needs are less than 300GB/year.
> 
> 
> 
>>>>>> If I had spent a comparable amount on a comparable OEM PC, it'd not
>>>>>> be nearly as good.  That's undeniable.
>>>>>
>>>>> Except of course for how its already been shown that you could have
>>>>> bought your so-called "overpriced" Apple gear for less & gotten
>>>>> more...
>>>>>
>>>>> ...and your retort is that the OEM OS is "goofy", even though Linux
>>>>> is an alternative.
>>>>
>>>> I see Linux as the default OS, actually, it's M$ and Apple that are
>>>> proprietary, commercial platforms, consumerism, not real computing
>>>> enthusiasm.
>>>
>>> Yet that didn't stop you from buying & running on Windows OS for the
>>> first ~2/3rds of the life of your current PC.
>> 
>> 
>> I needed Win10/11 at first, and enjoyed using them, but I moved on. It
>> was worth it.  I got my use out of it, but it outgrew my hardware, as
>> M$ crapware tends to do, so I got out, I installed Linux.  All is well.
> 
> Where this "it outgrew" claim lacks objective metrics to substantiate.
> 
> In the meantime, I've been doing fine with Windows OS for the past few
> years running within just a 40GB partition.

_[/nfs/ds/scott/Desktop/Projects/ED/Video]_(scott@lm)🐧_
$ du -sh
683G	.

If you do any video production, you'll need a lot more than 40GB, esp.
if you record with a lossless- or near-lossless-codec.

(But I know you have external storage to put the video on -- you didn't
mention how big that is...)

-- 
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   OS: Linux 6.12.5 Release: Mint 21.3 Mem: 258G
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