It works well enough, I love my Thinkpad T440p :3

Im on fourth gen intel, tbh I feel no need to upgrade :3

Anyone without capital is off limits

You’re comparing entry level when the preformace (and price) is more comparable to the M4 Pro. I agree the entry level model cant be beaten on price but the higher model isnt a good value.

The true clarity is class consciousness :3

Why would they switch back?

• Case/mothedboard: minisforum ms-a1
• Power supply: external
• Ram: ddr5l (sold separately)
• ssd: pcie gen 5
• power: slightly worse single core performance (can be overclocked) slightly better multi core performance (with a better AM5 CPU)

My point isnt that Apple sucks and nobody should ever buy it, my point is that you’re paying an Apple premium for a fully assembled computer. That premium is greater over time since you cannot upgrade it, meanwhile every part of the minisforum ms-a1 can be. Its convenience and a premium product vs freedom and upgradability. I cannot say that every person does or should value freedom but I do and thats my opinion.

1. Find a pattern (preferably with the trans flag)
2. Manually compile
3. Post on unixsocks

Its not, you can build your own mini pc with a ryzen 9700X, more ram, more storage, and it would probrally cost less. In addition you wouldn’t be locked into the Apple ecosystem and you would be able to upgrade it.

No its fsck

As an autist can confirm

The capitalist sits and laughs on their piles of gold while enjoying their immense power, one day in a not so distant future they will hold no power and their wealth will not save them from the righteous anger of the workers they once oppressed

Thats absolutely untrue, I see people complain all the time “Linux doesn’t look exactly like Windows therefore its not polished” or “Linux doesnt support every Windows app therefore its not ready”. When Linux users keep saying “Linux is a Windows replacement” or even implying it by suggesting it as an alternative to Windows 11 it creates expectations that can never be met. In addition im frustrated not because Windows users demand more options but because they demand less options. They demand one distribution to be “the Linux OS”, one singular desktop, and one way of doing things. Fundamentally when Windows users come in expecting Windows they have a Windows mindset.

As a Linux user this and posts like this piss me off. Linux is NOT and WILL NEVER be a replacement for any other operating system (except maybe Minix). By implying Linux is the same or similar enough to Windows you bring in Windows users who except everything to be the same. Fundamentally thats not a good thing for anyone, Windows users get confused and maintainers are encouraged not to deviate from Windows even in ways that make the OS better (for example KDE not going all in on tiling to appease Windows users). In my option Linux shouldn’t be recommended to anyone. Linux software maintainers should focus on the core Linux userbase and people who want their OS to look and function exactly like Windows/MacOS should just use Windows or MacOS.

I finally replaced all of the proprietary default apps with fossify ones, sadly they lack a few nice features (the keyboard doesnt have auto-correct or suggestions).

I love how we get all the credit for nearly everything good :3

To be fair oppressive power structures is basically what defines capitalism

Agreed, considering VLCs functionality it can look ugly as hell

I used VLC before and ill continue using VLC

Personally I dont hate them, anyone who takes lemmy that seriously should touch grass. Yeah obviously they’re a troll but arguably they’re the funny type of troll.