> storage premium I wanted to make a nice comparison chart: (prices are very rough but from NewEgg) DDR5 RAM (Single Stick) Memory Apple Desktop Laptop

> storage premium I wanted to make a nice comparison chart: (prices are very rough but from NewEgg) DDR5 RAM (Single Stick) Memory Apple Desktop Laptop Server 16 - ~$40 ~$40 ~$60 24 +$200 ~$200 ~$50 ~$100 32 +$400 ~$80 ~$80 ~$100-$200 2 Sticks 64 - ~$200 ~$170 ~$150 128 - ~$115 ~$310 ~$250 Storage Apple NVME (Gen 5) NVME (Gen 4) SSD HDD 256GB - - ~$50 ~$20 ~$20 512GB +$200 - ~$60 ~$30 ~$40 1T +$400 ~$150 ~$80 ~$60 ~$50 2T +$800 ~$200 ~$150 ~$100 ~$60 4T - ~$400 ~$280 ~$200 ~$80 Side Note: I recently bought a 11T HDD for $120... You can AT WORST buy the storage OUTRIGHT for cheaper than it is to UPGRADE. But in most cases you can buy more than double what Apple is offering for cheaper than it is to UPGRADE. I boycotted Apple for years because of these issues, but unfortunately I think this battle is lost. I gave up. I have a macbook Air. It is nice, but it is a glorified SSH machine. They must know this, because I'd prefer to get an iPad pro with a keyboard but run an actual fucking desktop OS. But then again, the fucking iPad isn't even good at the one thing it is supposed to be good at: writing... The 3rd party apps are leagues ahead of Apple Notes. What I can't figure out is: - Why are there no good competitors? - Why are there no good linux laptops with good battery life?