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On 17/08/2023 16:09, Kenny McCormack wrote:
> In article <
87ttsxzxs7.fsf@fatphil.org>,
> Phil Carmody <
pc+usenet@asdf.org> wrote:
> ...
>>> ls: h*: No such file or directory
>>
>> That I didn`t know. Wow - if that`s an actual interactive session being
>> quoted, that`s frightening. Thanks for reminding me why my installation
>> of linux on my Apple G5 box wasn`t moment too soon. How can people live
>> with such wrongthink? Stockholm Syndrome?
>
> Kinda hate to disagree with ya there, but running Linux on Apple hardware
> is like buying a BMW, ripping out the engine, and changing it into a go-kart.
>
> Now, before you think I`m some Apple Fanboy, let me assure you that just
> the opposite is true. I run all Linux, but I consider it wrong to pay more
> than $100 for the box upon which I run Linux. That`s why I`m all Raspberry
> Pi nowadays.
>
> But if you`ve paid Apple`s exhorbitant fee to buy their hardware, then you
> might as well be running their OS. I don`t want to have to dot all the I`s
> and cross all the T`s on this, but I assume you get what I mean. If you
> like Linux, you should not be paying Apple prices for your hardware.
>
> Or, to put it another way, Apple stuff (hardware and software) is for
> people who like that sort of thing. And they do indeed like it.
>
I disagree completely.
Apple made good quality hardware, with a style that many people like.
(I personally do not, and have never owned anything Apple.) Sure, you
pay a premium for it, but that`s the case for a lot of hardware - if you
draw a graph of processor speed against processor price, you`ll easily
see a point where you pay a lot of extra cash for a very small increase
in price. Yet for some people, that large increase is worth it.
So your Apple hardware might be twice the price for a 10% thinner and
lighter laptop. But if that`s what you want, go for it - just as it is
fine to want far lower prices and accept slower or weaker hardware.
Then if someone decides that they want the Apple hardware, they`ve got
the money, they have no moral qualms about paying the high markup Apple
charges (some people have strong opinions about that kind of thing),
that`s fine - they`ve bought the Apple hardware.
And if they decide that they prefer Linux (or Windows) to MacOS, then
installing their preferred system makes the system better - it increases
the value to them. It would be absurd to use an OS that is inferior (at
least in that person`s view) just because they had paid for it! You
would not expect a Linux fan to use the Windows installation that comes
with most off-the-shelf PC`s - why would you expect them to use MacOS ?
Case in point - Linus Torvalds used a MacBook running Linux as his main
PC for a while, because the hardware (the screen in particular) was
better than alternative laptops.
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