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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ?
Date: 1 Nov 2016 17:51:11 GMT
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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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