I spent a little bit of time looking for true alternatives to a MacBook that would fit my needs, but there really aren’t any. Once you check out laptops with 16+ hour of battery life, then add a bright, HDR, color-accurate display, then add the performance of the M-series chips (which are not THE best, but certainly close to the best options from AMD and Intel), and decent speakers, there really isn’t anything to compete.

A base 14" M3 Pro is around $1750, which isn’t that far out of line for high-performing laptops in general. If someone needs something cheaper, they can get a used 14" M1 Pro for around $900-$1k. Also, if you’re someone that already owns an iPhone, it’s kind of hard to even see why you would go with something else unless you are required to use Windows applications or want to play a bunch of AAA games.

I’m beginning to think that people that diss MacBooks are just people that never owned them.

For people that are really struggling financially, but still want the above features, the 2020 13" M1 Air w/16GB RAM and 256GB storage can be found for about $500.

I agree the hardware upgrades are obscenely expensive, but the base model pro’s are hard to beat for the price, depending on what you are looking for.

Seriously. Do people avoid buying Macbooks just because there’s a logo on the back? They make good hardware.

One’s an active decision and one is forced upon them. They are not the same.

Thank you. Crazy story. What a crap way to find out.

I don’t know, but I’d love to hear more about it.

Seriously. Man can draw up a normal distribution chart and calculate the stdev of his phone ownership.

I can feel this in my bones and I have never had to support cell phones.

The kernel mailing list is relatively private

I thought it was public, just relatively unknown. It’s been a long time since I’ve looked it up

Israel is going to do whatever Israel wants to do, and the US is going to do absolutely nothing to stop it, and in fact, will support all actions being taken by Israel. People can’t even talk about what is really happening over there because they would be risking their job and livelihood by doing so. It’s fucked up.

Imagine if during WW2, you couldn’t mention the concentration camps or the gas chambers, lest the government, media, and general public send your reputation into oblivion.

The way I see it, Musk is only going to provide the investment if it fits into his investment portfolio strategy. With $2 billion, I would give $1 billion to charities, and the other $1 billion I would use to purchase as many American Southeastern coast beach houses as possible. I would sell the beach houses to climate denialists at half-off, instantly losing $500 million in the process. I’d keep the $500 million from the house sales to myself, because Musk knows that some money has to be kept to keep the lights on. The purchasers of the houses would slowly watch as their new investments into their houses literally goes into the ground (er, or oceans, as it is in this case).

I figure Musk can’t resist an offer this good. My genius then continues to go unchallenged, except for Musk, who can somehow tank investments faster than this.

I can only do $2B, sorry.

It seems he is trying to get rid of his money as fast as possible. I suggest he send me $2 billion to start so I can offload it asap. I would be his most valuable liability.

I didn’t know it was quite this bad. App uninstalled, and TV blocked from WiFi. I have connected devices I typically stream from, but that data collection is crazy. Next TV I’m going to rip the WiFi antennas out of it if I have to.

Honestly, if I saw this after installing a new TV, smart home appliances, etc. I would rip them back out of my house and return them all. That is absurd.

Just be the “business person” and find a dev to do the “easy” work, like every other person I’ve heard from when they present an app idea to me.

/s

I know you can’t put a true price on privacy, but I can clearly state that this goes beyond reasonable pricing for me. $1800, plus $180/year in fees for bags/membership subscription. That’s a $3600 + battery and parts replacement investment over 10 years, and who’s to say the app/device firmware will be supported that whole time? The extended warranty is for two years. There doesn’t appear to be information on repairs outside of the warranty, which requires the subscription for 2 years for the extended warranty. This sounds like a disaster of a product from an ecological standpoint.

It also theoretically would cease some methods of communication between Hamas members.

Also not taking any sides here, just an explanation as to why communications get shut down during military conflicts.