Subj : Re: building PC's
To   : JIMMY ANDERSON
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Sun Jun 01 2025 01:12:00

JA>Or, if you get Apple, it stays the same price, but gets better
  >each generation. :-)

RM> Maybe I don't pay as close attention to their computers but their
RM> Phones seem to get more expensive all the time..   B)

JA>Yeah, I'm speaking mainly of the MacBook Air line. :-)

Right.. I think they have always been a little more expensive than
the basic PC units but I haven't had an Apple since I first got
into computers. Back then, about 1983, we were building Apple II
clones because you could build one, with better parts and more
memory and such, for about 1/3 the cost of buying a genuine one,
and the IBM's were super expensive back then, not really intended
for home users. A top end one would cost more than a new small car.

RM> I rarely travel far enough to take a computer with me, given all
RM> you can do on a Phone these days

JA>Well, my laptop goes with me EVERYWHERE - I use it at work, of course,
  >but also at home (I'm in my recliner now), for my blog/podcast, for
  >BBS messages, at church for notes and such, etc.

Yes, if you use it in a lot of different places that would work out
best. I've gotten to where I do the small stuff during the day on
my phone and have a time late at night when I start up the Laptop
to do the more complex stuff or play games. I much prefer doing a
lot of typing on my full sized keyboard to pecking it out on the
phone.

JA>I'm setting up a Linux workstation for the bench, though, and
  >will have a full keybaord & monitor there. :-)

Yes, I've been tempted to try Linux seriously a few times but never
quite got involved enough to learn it properly. I've run Puppy Linux
on a couple of systems so I have a limited idea of how well it can
work but it also doesn't take long to see you have a lot to learn
to get everything you're used to doing working with it..

JA>Well I had some "PC's" dumped in my lap and thought I could do
  >something with them, and wanted to learn a little deeper, so... :-)

Yes, that was a temptation for me too. I've had some older machines
given to me that would no longer run up to date Windows software
and I figured I'd have better luck getting more up to date software
using Linux.

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