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From: Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch>
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Subject: Re: Do Microsoft?sCopilot+ PCs Require Linux?
Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 07:21:28 -0400
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On 2024-05-24 7:46 p.m., RonB wrote:
> On 2024-05-24, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> <snips>
>>>
>>> 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.

-- 
Andrzej (Andre) Matuch
TG: @AndrzejMatuch
Catholic, paleoconservative, Christ is king.