Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!news.alt.net From: "James Wilkinson Sword" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,sci.physics,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.cellular-phone-tech Subject: Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:39:10 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 94 Message-ID: References: <150420171210307895%nospam@nospam.invalid> <260420171829143596%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:411829 sci.physics:630973 alt.privacy.anon-server:59256 comp.sys.mac.system:105687 alt.comp.os.windows-10:41115 alt.cellular-phone-tech:1675 On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:17:32 +0100, Snit wrote: > On 4/27/17, 3:05 PM, in article op.yzdjntdkjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson > Sword" wrote: > >> On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:00:19 +0100, Snit wrote: >> >>> On 4/27/17, 2:55 PM, in article op.yzdi6jf4js98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson >>> Sword" wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 22:07:49 +0100, Snit >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 4/27/17, 1:59 PM, in article op.yzdglahxjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson >>>>> Sword" wrote: >>>>> >>>>> ... >>>>> >>>>> As noted: You will continue to push your trolling about Mac prices and your >>>>> whining about Intel designations you are having a hard time finding (or >>>>> showing any real value of). >>>> >>>> I asked you to show me ONE Mac, ANY Mac currently on sale, with the specs so >>>> I >>>> can compare. You have failed to do so. >>> >>> Well, first you made up stories of Macs costing 2x what PCs do. >> >> No, I did a comparison using two suppliers we used. I do not have access to >> those suppliers now as I no longer work there. Apple do not give enough >> information for a fair comparison. >> >>> That turned out to be unsupportable and contrary to evidence. >> >> There is no evidence. All I need is to know what processor Apple use. You >> can't find this info, so I can only assume Apple hide it. Basically you're >> buying an Apple with no doubt the bottom of the range of i5s in it and paying >> for the top of the range. PC manufacturers admit what part they're using. >> Apple lie and deceive. >> >>> The you whined Apple did >>> not show you specs on their CPUs and I showed you they did >> >> You've yet to tell me the model of CPU used in any current mac for sale. >> >>> and, if for some >>> unknown reason you even wanted to know the Intel designation you could easy >>> figure it out just from what is on that one page. Now you are saying I did >>> not show you those specs... because, well, you just want more attention AND >>> you are completely and utterly unable to support your claims. >>> >>> But, hey, you are getting attention, right! >> >> No, I just want to know the ingredients Apple use to make a machine, so I can >> compare the price for PRECISELY the same machine made by a PC manufacturer. A >> comparison cannot be made without the precise components used. Stop evading >> and give me a spec list. > > In your story you are pretending I did not write this: > ----- > Let's see: > > The first one is listed as a Dual Core i5 at 1.6 GHz using HD > Graphics 6000. As far as I know that limits it to ONLY the Core > i5-5250U. > > The second one is listed as a Quad Core i5 at 2.8 GHz using Intel > Iris Pro Graphics 6200. As far as I know that limits it to ONLY the > Core i5-5575R. > > The third one is listed as a Quad Core i5 at 3.1 GHz using Intel > Iris Pro Graphics 6200. This does leave open the Core i5-5675C and > the Core i5-5675R, but their primary difference is the socket. The > other two use BGA so I think it is same to assume Apple is using the > Core i5-5675R. > ----- So you have to do research to find out what Apple are using. That makes them con artists. They won't reveal what they use. > And also ignored the fact you were shown results of actual price > comparisons: > ----- > > ----- That's a link to a forum full of people arguing, not a spec list. > Sorry... you failed your creative writing assignment. The instructions were > to try to be believable. I'm still waiting for a page on the apple.com server which tells me what is in their computers. -- Confucius say man who speak with forked tongue satisfy two women at once.