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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, 3 Dec 2024 09:37:26 -0800
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On 2024-11-28 21:24, Joel wrote:
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> 
>>>>>>> If I want two drives, I want them both internal.  However, since I
>>>>>>> have no wish to dual-boot Winblows, I don't need a second drive.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. That's not an answer. That's saying the same thing by different words.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's an answer to Apple's arbitrary hand-holding of what you can do
>>>>> with your expensive device from them.
>>>>
>>>> I asked you why using an external drive on a computer that isn't going
>>>> anywhere "sucks"...
>>>>
>>>> ...and you can't come up with a single actual reason.
>>>
>>> It's just not as elite, the computer should have capacity for all the
>>> internal hardware you might want, Apple's only option for that is
>>> their starting-at-7-grand Mac Pro.
>>
>> So the best reason you can muster is a child's brag about "eliteness"?
> 
> 
> Do you want to be the "child" with the second-rate toy, or the king of
> the hill?

I've honestly never wasted a moment of thought on the childish need to 
be "king of the hill"...

....about a tool.

> 
> 
>>> Intel and/or M$ failed me, with regard to Win11 and the CPU video with
>>> the new monitor, I admit that.  But the NVIDIA card largely solved
>>> that problem.  It was the right tactic under the circumstances, a
>>> useful upgrade to the system, giving me more options, as well as
>>> support for the monitor in and of itself.
>> Excuses.
>>
>> Those you are expert at.
> 
> 
> It's not an excuse, it's an explanation of what happened.  I couldn't
> anticipate the CPU video so poorly handling 4K, but when it did, I
> knew the solution.  Big F'ing deal.
You could have researched it.