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Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs

From	Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject	Re: Windows laptops now cost more than similar Macs
Date	2026-10-23 19:51 -0400
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On Fri, 10/23/2026 7:25 PM, Nick Charles wrote:

> YOU want that.  Not everyone.   
> 
> People who buy Macs are not looking to screw around with Operating Systems.
>   The whole point of Macs is that you don’t need to be a computer geek to
> use it.  
> 
> Windows is sort of there, but there are still too many problems that USERS
> cannot handle.  Updating ANYTHING (the OS/an app/or a driver) can crash the
> whole system, due to the poor design of Windows.   It does not help that
> the error messages are gibberish.  

I hope you're not encouraging ignorance as a way of life.

We cannot afford that.

The Black Hats are winning, the White Hats are losing.
(Especially in the era of Mythos. Mythos in the hands of Black Hats.)

Someone the other day (Tomshardware) was coding up an application
to read out the temperature on some sort of Mac Mini box. Now,
right away, we're in ignorance country, because this individual
didn't even check to see what tasks were running on the box,
before dropping to AI and attempting to vibe code his way
to fame and fortune. There was a Bitcoin miner running on
the box and the CPU temperature was 110C.

In a newsgroup like this, we would tell you "do you have a process status,
a "top" command, a "Task Manager", anything that lists the processes ?".
You should, as a user, be educated about the operation of your machine,
and when there is "unexplained slowness or the thermal vent is as hot as toast",
well... check.

We believe in Safe Hex here, and fending for yourself. Do what
you can, what you're capable of, instead of "believing in Sparkle Ponies
as the solution to all problems". I don't know everything, and
I do the best I can to solve problems. AND I was doing that when
I owned the three Apple computers in the room too. I used to hang
out in an enthusiast Apple web forum, to help out (NOT the Apple forum).
For example, one day we helped someone who had acquired a root kit.
The user was smart enough to notice that the Finder was no longer
able to list any file that began with the letter "f". And for crude
rootkits, that's just about the worst way they can find of hiding
themselves :-) In another case, someone joined the forum to distribute
an executable. One of the people on the site, was the first to sample
it and determined "malware!" and sent out the warning. And the little
bastard whined "it took me three months to write that".

It doesn't matter where you hide, someone is planning to make
a victim out of you. And a proper attitude, helps.

   Paul

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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 "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 "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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