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I don't see a problem here. The exact model of CPU, memory and other chipsets are irrelevant to me. As long as I can work comfortably on it. I also don't care w
by raarts 10y ago
I don't see a problem here. The exact model of CPU, memory and other chipsets are irrelevant to me. As long as I can work comfortably on it. I also don't care what's under the hood of my car. I'm technical enough to find out and study it and discuss it, but I'd like to focus on other things. The Macbook is just a tool to me. And one I'm very satisfied with. So I'm very happy there are only a few models which can accurately be referenced by using the model and year.
- wtbob 10y ago> I also don't care what's under the hood of my car. Well, if you're a Mac user then presumably the hood of your car is welded shut.
- Volt 10y agoThis might surprise you, but very few people even look under the hoods of their cars. This even includes non-Mac users.
- schoen 10y agoThere used to be a free software advocacy slogan explicitly asking "would you buy a car with the hood welded shut?". An intuition behind that analogy, I think, is that people will appreciate the importance of being allowed to do car maintenance even if they don't do it: that non-car-tinkerers will still see the value in having a hood that they can open. For example, they'll want to be able to choose others to perform the maintenance or not be dependent on the manufacturer in an emergency. Maybe sufficiently Apple-like car companies will succeed in changing that intuition or have already changed it quite a bit?
- na85 10y agoWhen you're discussing performance, then the hardware that's ostensibly underperforming is relevant. To use your analogy: If our cars are the same model year but mine is faster and you're wondering why or just complaining about it, maybe you'd care what's under the hood then.