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I never made that claim that you're suggesting. What I did imply was that the term 'power user' is broad and just because apple's PCs don't work for a specific
by least 7y ago
I never made that claim that you're suggesting. What I did imply was that the term 'power user' is broad and just because apple's PCs don't work for a specific individual's use case, it doesn't mean that they're not for power users. It simply means that Apple fails to meet that person's needs.
A data scientist reliant on CUDA cores on nvidia hardware won't find a mac very useful because there aren't any current apple computers that have an nvidia card in it. Still, a musician or film editor might find a great workflow with mac hardware.
- catalogia 7y agoI don't give a damn about CUDA. I'm talking about shoddy hardware and first party applications. None of this is programmer-specific. The decline of Apple product quality effects a broad class of users. The term "power user", used originally upthread, is contrasted with "starbucks crowd", e.g. people who stare pensively at their computer without actually touching it, trying to look cultured and sophisticated with their luxury computer. It's not about programmers or any programming specific tasks. Power user in this context is very broad.
- least 7y ago...and I'm saying that you're making up an idea in your head that there are people that buy their mac laptops and don't actually use them. The people at Starbucks do use their computers, just not in a way that you appreciate. That meme is propagated online but it doesn't actually reflect reality.