While I don't dispute that Apple might or might not exploit its users via software, I believe some more credit is due to a company that can produce a piece of hardware like a personal computer that runs so smoothly after 14 years that its owner complains that more software updates should still be shipped to the device. I do not know of any other device that I could but as a consumer that would last that long. The framework laptops might be an exception, but they most definitely still need to prove it.
reply> I do not know of any other device that I could but as a consumer that would last that long.
replyAre you serious? I literally have piles of 15+ year old x86 and PowerPC laptops that have perfectly functional hardware but no software support.
That iMac should easily run Linux, why not install it? Also I don’t know what else to call hardware that’s still working great 14 years later except for longevity…
reply> I have an iMac from 2012
reply> Well, I have a Framework 13 also, running Linux, and despite the hardware being from 2022
Please be sure to add a comment in 2036 on how your Framework/Linux experience worked out.
My thinkpad x61 from 2007 runs the latest Ubuntu and software
replyedit: and has the same amount of ram as the mac neo.
1024x768 low-dpi display, Core 2 Duo, etc
reply"Runs" doing some lifting here.
You don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
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