Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ?
Date	2016-11-01 17:51 +0000
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Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 10:33:03 -0400
> Wolffan <AKWolffan@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> As for the laptops... I personally have an Asus laptop. It’s 5 years
>> old and getting wonky. it’s notably slow, in either Win 7 or Win 10.
> 
> linux and an ssd will prolong its life and probably improve battery
> performance

Wrong. Linux often does a much worse job of preserving battery life:

<http://askubuntu.com/questions/158778/why-does-ubuntu-have-about-2x-shorter-battery-life-than-os-x-on-macbook>

Also Linux is best suited for servers and is an extremely poor choice for a
desktop operating system.

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JR

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Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Wolffan <AKWolffan@gmail.com> - 2016-10-23 10:33 -0400
  Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2016-11-01 09:41 -0700
    Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-01 17:51 +0000
    Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-02 02:54 +0000

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