You mean having an AI watch everything you do isn’t a good selling point?
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despite Microsoft's push for Copilot+ PCs
Not despite, because of.
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Went to Linux on the old laptop. A smoothing transition as we were using Libreoffice for a few years before. For most people it is not the OS but the apps that stop you moving off Windows.
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Apple's AI screwup may end up being the best move the company made since the switch to Apple silicon.
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Windows home and pro editions are now just billboards. Like literal billboards. I don’t know how people put up with this much garbage in their system. Microsoft is actively working against their users. Whatever users say they don’t like, Microsoft triples down on it.
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For anyone who has to/wants to stay on win 10 for whatever reason, here's a FOSS guide for enabling ESU updates, of course brought to you by a furry.
https://bsky.app/profile/socksthewolf.com/post/3m2depgbys22e
Privacy on Windows is EOL, so Windows is too.
If you really need x86 for games, there’s SteamOS.
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I wish there was a Linux or BSD OEM that sells the same build quality/QA/QC as Apple.
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Apple PC
So many Apple users' eyes just twitched
Or Linux
Lol copilot
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People are dumb, as I always suspected.
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There's really no good reason to buy a new laptop that isn't a MacBook. If you're gaming on a laptop you have no real good options. None of them are real portable laptops, they're desktop replacements and they're just worse than a desktop in every way and cost more. Unless you're streaming (e.g. GeForce Now) and then you can do that on a MacBook. I don't think Macs lead laptops in affordability, but the value is there — they last for years, and they last a long time on a charge. And hey, I can run Cyberpunk on mine, so that's neat.
For a desktop, it's a bit dicier. It's hard to argue with the M4 Mac mini at $500, with 16GB RAM, but I think you can do a little better with miniature PCs. I don't think $500 of PC beats the M4 Mac mini though, I'm just saying you can get one cheaper. Like there are mini PCs on Amazon for like $200-300 that look decent for most of what the Mac mini does. They do tend to come with Windows, but you can easily put Linux on it and then I can't say anything about Windows and its bullshit.
Honestly, if you're not a gamer, consider a Mac. It's nice over here. Just go to an Apple Store and play with one. They'll let you. Best Buy has them too. And if someone does come up, don't worry, they aren't pushy, I don't think they get commissions, or at least they don't act like they do. Feel free to tell them what you want out of a computer. See what they have to offer. I just think it's a cleaner OS, and as someone who has 30+ years of Windows experience, I've been a Mac user a little over 2 years, and I took right to it, and I love it. It really is joyous to use. But they're more for creative types, and not really for gamers.
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