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Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

>>> Whether you like to admit it or not, you too will use Linux.
>> 
>> Exactly, it used to be a philosophical thing, now it's just an
>> imperative.  There is no supported Winblows version that's worth crap,
>> now, 10 is too close to the end of support, it's an utter dead end. 11
>> has Copilot and is getting worse with every update.  You need Linux to
>> survive, as a desktop computer user, unless you can take Apple's ass
>> reaming.
>
>I love the battery life and the keyboard on the Apple laptops, but I can 
>get the same kind of battery life if I buy a laptop with a Snapdragon 
>Elite processor on the PC side and a laptop keyboard made by 
>Steelseries. Using a PC, I'll at least have an option of whether I use 
>Windows or Linux, as well as the option to replace any of the laptop's 
>parts myself. With Apple, good luck on that last part.


Laptops are an enigma to me, yeah, I see why one would want it, to sit
on the couch with a real computer, but it's just undoable for me, I
can use my phone as a portable computer, but for real work I need my
desk and monitor/keyboard/etc.  So yeah, if I thought about getting a
laptop, the MacBook models are a nice option, having the non-Intel/AMD
stuff, but that's beginning to be available in PC models as well, so
as long as I could boot Linux, that'd be the choice.

-- 
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.