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Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo

From Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo
Organization Southern Nevada Institute of Technology
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Date 2026-06-20 00:15 +0000
Message-ID <6a35db97$0$25$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> (permalink)

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On Jun 19, 2026 at 5:07:33 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote
<1114lk5$3m8ht$3@dont-email.me>:

> On 19 Jun 2026 23:00:15 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:
> 
>> On Jun 19, 2026 at 3:56:11 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote
>> <1114hea$3l4ud$7@dont-email.me>:
>> 
>>> On 19 Jun 2026 14:55:54 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Jun 18, 2026 at 4:10:43 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote
>>>> <1111tti$2uj2s$10@dont-email.me>:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 18 Jun 2026 15:35:13 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jun 18, 2026 at 12:32:46 AM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote
>>>>>> <11106uu$2e9gl$4@dont-email.me>:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Sat, 30 May 2026 13:42:53 +0000, Nick Charles wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> It is very nice.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Enjoy it while stocks last. Because Tim Cook has admitted the
>>>>>>> price is going to go up.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Whole industry is facing that.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes, but the Neo was supposed to be something special! You know --
>>>>> Apple’s ability to lock in supplier deals, and all that?
>>>> 
>>>> It was supposed to be immune from market forces? Where did you get
>>>> that?
>>> 
>>> From the responses I got when I pointed out that a machine that
>>> looks expensive but sold cheaply was perhaps not all it appeared to
>>> be ...
>>> 
>>> Some of which came from you, if I recall rightly ...
>> 
>> I doubt even you know what you are talking about. I know I never
>> said it was immune to market forces, or magical, or whatever.

Notice you offer no evidence. No MID. No quote.

Apple is not immune from market forces. Nobody said they were.
> 
> Strawman, much?
> 
> Let the record show that it was not I who brought the phrase “immune
> to market forces” or the word “magical” into this discussion.

Irrelevant to the point.

  Me:
    -----
    It was supposed to be immune from market forces? Where did you
    get that?
    -----

  You:
    -----
    From the responses I got when I pointed out that a machine
    that looks expensive but sold cheaply was perhaps not all
    it appeared to be ...

    Some of which came from you, if I recall rightly ...
    -----
You were wrong.

The Neo is an impressive machine for the price... and selling very well. Like
any item its price might go up. With the current market conditions it likely
will go up soon. No surprise and nobody said otherwise.

You are just making things up to get attention.

-- 
It's impossible for someone who is at war with themselves to be at peace with you.

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Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-18 07:32 +0000
  Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-06-18 15:35 +0000
    Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-18 23:10 +0000
      Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-06-18 16:11 -0700
      Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-06-19 14:55 +0000
        Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-19 22:56 +0000
          Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-06-19 23:00 +0000
            Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-20 00:07 +0000
              Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-06-20 00:15 +0000
                Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-20 03:07 +0000
                Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-06-20 17:53 +0000
                Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-25 23:23 +0000
                Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-06-25 20:17 -0700
                Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2026-06-26 07:28 -0400
  Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-06-18 10:18 -0700
    Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-06-19 07:05 -0400

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