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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Apple requires too much money and sacrifice of control
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:40:43 -0700
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On 2025-03-21 09:29, Joel wrote:
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> 
>>>>>>> A Mac mini would be $1400.  What I could build for that is
>>>>>>> unbelievable.  Getting macOS to me isn't so amazing, Linux does OK.  I
>>>>>>> think Apple is like M$ selling products to high-end users first.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What do you do that you would need a Mac Mini configured to cost that much?
>>>>>
>>>>> I use the capacity of my CPU and RAM under Linux, it would only be
>>>>> more burdened under macOS with needing to run WinARM in a VM, rather
>>>>> than having native Wine with an x86-64 PC with Linux.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, but that is completely dodging the question.
>>>
>>> OK, let me explain, the device would need to have Windows 11 running
>>> in a VM, and mind you that isn't a complaint because remaining with
>>> x86 just for Wine wouldn't make sense, Apple was smart to dump
>>> IntelAMD.  It's convenient that I can operate this app under Wine,
>>> with Linux and x86 hardware, but in the future I would love to see
>>> Linux for ARM on a new device.
>>
>> As was already explained to you, that's false.
>>
>> WiNE is available to run ARM Windows apps on the Mac.
>>
>>> To address your question, directly, I upped the specs to give me 32 GB
>>> RAM and such.  That which would give me what's needed to make macOS
>>> shine as a driver OS.
>> But since that proceeded from a false assumption...
> 
> 
> I would as it turns out be fine using Wine under macOS, you were right
> about that part of it, but it doesn't change the desired specs of my
> theoretical Mac mini, they just go from "pretty good" to "really
> good".
And I ask again:

What actual task makes you need such an extreme machine?