Re: Smokers are smarter, I say.

From	"James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com>
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	2017-05-07 23:55 +0100
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On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 18:56:00 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:

> On 4/28/17, 10:15 AM, in article emhbloFs61oU1@mid.individual.net, "Charlie"
> <pipedroner3@kismet45.org> wrote:
>
>> On 4/28/2017 1:08 PM, Snit wrote:
>>> On 4/28/17, 3:44 AM, in article op.yzeirppejs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 01:35:54 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/27/17, 5:13 PM, in article mOvMA.85736$ex6.17420@fx27.iad, "Wolf K"
>>>>> <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> JWS, becoming ever more incapable of admitting a mistake, wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm still waiting for a page on the apple.com server which tells me what
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> their computers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OK, here you are:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And for comparison:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-book/overview#surf
>>>>>> ac
>>>>>> ec
>>>>>> onfiguration
>>>>>
>>>>> How dare you actually point to evidence! :)
>>>>
>>>> Of a laptop.  I'm interested in desktops.
>>>>
>>>> And it still doesn't say what processor is in it.  All it admits is it's a
>>>> "2.0GHz dual-core Intel Core i5" - which could be several of these with
>>>> completely different performances:
>>>> https://www.cpubenchmark.net/common_cpus.html
>>>
>>> Let's see: looking at your options there I see ZERO 2.0 GHz i5s. ZERO.
>>>
>>> Yeah, great example.
>>>
>>> Look at the FULL specs, like I explained yesterday. If you actually LOOK at
>>> the specs Apple gives you they give you all you need. I showed you three
>>> examples yesterday (iMacs). Now you are asking about a MacBook Pro. Sigh.
>>> You need a LOT of hand holding.
>>>
>>> Here are the MacBook Pros  <https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs/>
>>>
>>> It lists:
>>>      -----
>>>      * 2.0GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz,
>>>        with 4MB shared L3 cache
>>>      * Intel Iris Graphics 540
>>>      -----
>>>
>>> What more do you need to know? How many Intel options are there like that?
>>> As far as I know that limits it to the Core i5-6360U.
>>>
>>> So what other one were you thinking it might be? Give me the complete list
>>> that matches the specs Apple shows you.
>>
>> And another circus ring is born.
>>
>>
> LOL! I not only gave him the answer but showed him how he can find it on his
> own. Evil of me.

The fact is Apple don't give their full specs.  They're hiding something.  Why do you trust such a lying company?  ANY other manufacture of ANY product tells you what it's made of.  What reason do Apple have not to simply tell you what processor they used?  The answer is, they use cheap shit parts then don't tell their customers.  But they rely on gullible prats like you to buy them.

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