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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Joel won't, so I will (was Re: Bungling Apple Lost the Plot on
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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:01:37 -0800
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On 2024-11-26 15:56, Joel wrote:
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> 
>>> It suggests that people have disposable income that they put toward
>>> Apple gear, incessantly, it's ridiculous how little storage you get by
>>> default with their devices, I had a 1 TB NVMe drive as a part, it's
>>> still going 3 1/2 years later, at the time the iMac or Mac mini
>>> would've had a small amount of storage, and still cost a lot.  You're
>>> a sucker if you use Apple's crap hardware and software.
>>
>> I realize this is a bit unfair, because the M4 Mac Mini just came out,
>> but...
>>
>> Comparing CPU benchmarks to the i5-10400 in his 1337 Linux machine (and
>> looking at the M1 which was available in 2020 when his processor choice
>> came out and the M2 that was available when he built his system:
>>
>>
>> Single thread:
>>
>> i5: 2,568   M4: 4,589  M2: 3,903  M1: 3,687
>>
>>
>> CPU Mark:
>>
>> i5: 12,118  M4: 24,394  M2: 15,575  M1: 14,154
>>
>> Even the M1 was faster than Joel's carefully researched choice.
> 
> 
> I wanted a middle-of-the-road CPU.  I was still using an old 1080p
> monitor.  The i5-10400 was ideal, at the time, and still serves me
> well.
> 
> 
>> The Mac Mini wasn't upgraded to M2 until after Joel built is "superior"
>> Linux machine, but...
>>
>> ...the M1 Mac Mini had support for 4K video OOTB
> 
> 
> Supposedly, my CPU's video can do it, and it did *try* to do it,
> albeit too poorly to be worth using, which is why I got the NVIDIA
> card.
> 
> 
>> and could run a 4K and
>> a 6K monitor simultaneously.
>>
>> All for $700USD.
>>
>> But I guess there wouldn't have been "bragging rights" with his 1337 crew.
>>
>> :-)
> 
> 
> And it had how much storage, again?  Heh.

You imagine that as some great "gotcha", do you?
>