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Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs

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On 28 Oct 2026, Rod Speed wrote in <op.3xxyq4wvbyq249@pvr2.lan>:
> On Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:26:57 +1100, Brock McNuggets
> <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 28 Oct 2026, Rod Speed wrote in <op.3xxtfp07byq249@pvr2.lan>:
>>> On Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:29:43 +1100, Brock McNuggets
>>> <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Oct 25, 2026 at 12:17 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote in
>>>> 11bkaeg$3d3da$1@dont-email.me:
>>>>> On 10/24/2026 8:35 PM, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You'd be bored with a Mac. The fact that you suddenly don't
>>>>>>>> need to constantly fix your computer's software or hardware
>>>>>>>> means that you can actually use it to do something.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For me, a WinARM laptop might be just as good. But it's a strong
>>>>>>> sector for Apple, no question about it. The MBP despite having
>>>>>>> an OS I don't prefer is a masterpiece.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Once you get used to MacOS, it's hard to consider going back. I
>>>>>> just like the fact that the computer always performs at the same
>>>>>> rate. With every PC I've ever owned, it's fast for a while, slows
>>>>>> down, speeds up, goes back to being fast, freezes, runs slows,
>>>>>> goes fast again, etc.. With the Mac, there is only one speed:
>>>>>> fast.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I get that. But Windows software is better, to me.
>>>>
>>>> Any specific examples?
>>>
>>> Most obviously usenet clients and access in Office
> 
>> I am working on that for macOS. LOL! What do you use on Windows?
> 
> Opera Mail
> 
>> What features do you like in a Usenet client?
> 
> Nice fast downloading of the headers when changing
> newsgroup and being able to see just a subset by
> keyword of the headers and having headers marked
> as read with crossposts once I have read one instance

Thanks.

I currently am stress testing mine -- over 2 million downloaded posts,
with 800K in some groups, and it is MOSTLY fast when going from group to
group. Still chasing some edge cases where it gets slow.

Search is pretty powerful, and you can do things like set keywords to
have a label color on a row. Posts are marked read across groups and
servers when you read in one.
> 
>> If you check my headers you
>> will see I am using the utterly unknown, unreleased Loom GS... a
>> client I am developing and might someday sell.
> 
> I donf buy usenet clients

Fair... I do plan on keeping the cost cheap... maybe $9.99. Maybe lower.
Or maybe never sell it. Really don't know. Still in early development
and who knows.
> 
>> I have used Access, but when I did database work I preferred
>> FileMaker Pro. It certainly had a lot of areas where it's data model
>> was lacking, but for ease of use and ease of making UIs for people to
>> work with it was second to none.
> 
> I need a lot of power in database design and form design, a decenf
> programming language and debugger and to be able to set alarms in
> outlook

I mostly did things like make label makers, grade books, testing
systems, a system to work out incentive pay for Intuit (when I worked
there), an invoicer, a help desk tool to find issues / solutions,
library system for senior centers, and the like. Stuff that was not hard
in terms of data but I wanted to make good front ends.



-- 
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Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-23 08:15 -0400
  Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-10-23 08:34 -0400
  Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-23 10:37 -0400
    Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-23 11:17 -0400
      Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-23 16:22 -0400
        Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-10-29 15:14 +1100
      Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-24 15:37 -0400
        Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-24 20:35 -0400
          Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-25 03:17 -0400
            Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-25 01:29 -0700
              Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-25 05:15 -0400
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-25 02:30 -0700
              Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-10-29 15:29 +1100
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-28 22:26 -0700
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-10-29 17:24 +1100
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-29 07:04 -0700
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-10-30 03:17 +1100
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-29 10:45 -0700
      Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-10-29 15:07 +1100
        Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-29 08:01 -0400
          Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-10-30 03:07 +1100
            Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-29 14:02 -0400
              Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-10-30 07:41 +1100
              Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-29 16:47 -0400
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-29 17:22 -0400
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-29 18:33 -0400
          Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-29 12:12 -0400
  Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-10-23 18:02 +0200
    Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-23 17:03 -0400
      Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Nick Charles <none@none.none> - 2026-10-23 23:25 +0000
        Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-23 19:51 -0400
      Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-10-24 15:24 +0200
    Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-23 21:13 -0400
      Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Nick Charles <none@none.none> - 2026-10-24 02:05 +0000
      Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-10-24 15:23 +0200
        Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-24 13:48 -0400
          Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-24 20:30 -0400
        Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-24 20:27 -0400
          Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-24 22:58 -0400
          Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-10-26 20:29 +0100
            Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-26 15:45 -0400
              Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-26 20:05 -0400
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-26 20:14 -0400
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-26 20:38 -0400
              Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-10-28 15:51 +0100
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-28 15:16 -0400
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2026-10-28 16:53 -0400
                Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-28 17:05 -0400

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