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Maybe other manufacturers will actually stop making crappy hardware that feels like its taped together?
by ExoticPearTree 7mo ago
Maybe other manufacturers will actually stop making crappy hardware that feels like its taped together?
- VerifiedReports 7mo agoMore importantly, they need to find an alternative to Windows. A $10,000 computer wouldn't fix that dogshit.
- ExoticPearTree 7mo agoThere's really nothing in between. If ChromeOS would have been an alternative, maybe more Chromebooks would have been sold. It comes down to Microsoft not doubling down on "let's make Windows as annoying as possible" (with ads, with telemetry that can't be turned off).
- fragmede 7mo agoDepends what you want to do. ChromeOS is pretty great at certain things.
- MengerSponge 7mo agoHardware is hard, and Apple's scale lets them make things that are nice while still maintaining their margins. A decade ago, but still relevant: https://beneinstein.com/no-you-cant-manufacture-that-like-apple-does-93bea02a3bbf https://beneinstein.com/no-you-cant-manufacture-that-like-ap...
- ExoticPearTree 7mo agoLet me rephrase what I said: I do not expect everyone to be able to do Apple style quality hardware. But the build quality of a Thinkpad from 20 years ago I think is still doable.
- MengerSponge 7mo agoYour lips to God's ears. I loved my old T40. Seiko could make Grand Seiko...