• 418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I bought my niece a new MacBook Air. Her exceptionally poor, rural, Bible belt upbringing hasn’t stopped her from excelling academically. She needs a new computer and her family was going to buy her a $200 chromebook. But she’s off to college in a year and I knew that wouldn’t cut it. Here’s hoping it gets her to graduation.

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      1 day ago

      Does she do graphic design, or why would an Apple be better than any other brand for half the price?

      Of course a 200$ laptop isn’t very usable, but why pay thousands of dollars extra just to have an Apple logo and get the kid introduced to vendor lock-in

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        11 hours ago

        Does she do graphic design, or why would an Apple be better than any other brand for half the price?

        They clearly said it wouldn’t cut it!

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        11 hours ago

        Do you know how good those computers are ? They have shitty reparability, but otherwise they are great value.

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        19 hours ago

        A Unix-based system has value far beyond graphic design. A Mac will get software support for many years. The hardware quality and battery life are second to none.