Op-ed: PC makers used to need to bring their own add-on bloatware—no longer.
  • Gowens@lemmy.worldEnglish
    119·
    1 year ago

    A beefy PC that you’re going to be itching to upgrade in 2 years.

    I will say though, if you’re planning on gaming then Mac is still a no go. It’s best for design and audio professionals. Average joes should just be getting a Chromebook or something.

      • matthewmercury@reddthat.comEnglish
        94·
        1 year ago

        The Mac can run MacOS. That was the point of this thread, that MacOS is less junked up than Windows.

        • Honytawk@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Less junked up?

          What about all the forced apple junk? Itunes, App Store, Books, Chess, DVD Player, Facetime, GarageBand, Home, Imovie, Keynote, Podcasts, Photo Booth, Pages, Quicktime Player, Safari (which doesn’t allow you to install a decent browser), …

          • matthewmercury@reddthat.comEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            The original post in this thread said:

            Using a MacOS, even with all its flaws it’s such a clean experience compared to [Windows].

            I agree with that. If you don’t, that’s okay.

        • Stinkywinks@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          Guess what my response was to that? “But then I’d have to support apple trash”. Im responding to the fan bois

      • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldEnglish
        64·
        1 year ago

        It’s not about not being able to do it, it’s about being able to do it well, and have a nice experience.

        My $200 Thinkpad T14 will browse the web, but I get about 4 hours battery life at best doing that. My M1 MBP gets 15 doing the exact same thing.