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Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    What can you do on a Mac that a cheap ass laptop can't do?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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), ...

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years 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.

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