• Re: Musing on why Apple products don't work in the real world

    From -hh@recscuba_google@huntzinger.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Tue Mar 17 20:15:47 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 3/17/26 17:40, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-03-17 14:33, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:35:17 -0400, Tom Elam wrote:

    On 2026-03-14 18:10, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

    Is this why Apple is developing a bad case of Linux-envy? Because
    your Mac, as it stands and as you have effectively admitted, has
    just become a more expensive way of running Windows software.

    No, a cool running laptop that is faster than the hot plate $3,300
    Dell i9 XPS it replaces. Also runs all day on a battery charge, the
    Dell runs about 3 hours on a good day.

    Or you could have got a Chromebook, which can also run all day on a
    battery charge. And which actually makes a profit for the vendor
    selling it.

    You simply assume that a Neo won't make a profit...

    ...despite knowing absolutely nothing about the details of its cost to manufacture.

    Got it.

    FWIW, I'm curious as to how profitable Chromebooks are, and if they are profitable, who's actually making how much (if any) money?


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