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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Apple requires too much money and sacrifice of control
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 07:45:19 -0000 (UTC)
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Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:
> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>>> Despite building your own PC (big deal!) you seem quite ignorant on how it
>>>> works. Sounds like a Mac would actually be better for you. lol. 
>>> 
>>> The point is, I could run with less RAM, but it'd use swap heavily. 
>> 
>> There's no evidence of that. Especially given the types of apps you run. 
>> 
>>> 32
>>> GB is about right, for how I use a PC.
>> 
>> I have a mac with 32GB - not my choice - and use much more resource
>> demanding apps than you which I almost never use all of it. 
> 
> 
> You have concluded this all from reading my Usenet posts, you must be
> psychic, heh.

Nope. You've given enough info to confirm that you're not a power user so a
basic spec machine will be fine for your *needs*. Whether you want more is
up to you.