It should be the user's choice whether to "opt in" to such a system. Anyone could have access to the software, and it could check for parts serials on an "opt in" blacklist of stolen systems before authorizing a parts swap. It could also warn about unauthorized 3rd-party parts without banning them outright.
Nah. This isn't about security. This is about planned obsolescence and money-grubbing on Crapple's part. Don't make a bunch of gougers seem more noble than they actually are.
Apple is shit used by brainwarshed people pretending to be cool. As if "cool" is spending north of $1000 on mediocre hardware that's designed to be thrown away when it breaks, not built to last.
The level of risk they're willing to accept should be up to the hardware's owner. At the most, there should be a warning about using unauthorized parts, not a totally unusable device.
Most commodity computers can have parts replaced even when the manufacturer no longer supports them officially. The new Macbook Pro? Apple can just say that "our cloud software no longer supports computers over a certain age." Voila! Your laptop becomes a brick if it needs any sort of minor repair (keyboard or LCD are minor for any well-designed laptop).
Bonus points if your laptop breaks in a developing country where the nearest "authorized" repair place is 1000 miles away. Piss on Steve Jobs' grave for pioneering the model of computing as a prison. Screw Tim Cook for perpetuating it and making it worse.
Which is why the biz-grade non-touchscreen laptops are awesome. Yeah, the underlying LCD is still glass under the plastic top layer, but it takes under 15 min to swap the LCD. A few snaps, some screws, undo two connectors, and it's out.
The "market" is mostly driven by idiots who need a kick in the jewels. I won't get used to it. I'll keep buying third-world phones and business grade laptops that I don't have to throw away after two years.
Personally, I'm rooting for a full blown trade war (go, Trump). Massive tariffs on Chinese made junk would be environmentally awesome.
I wouldn't be surprised if the average upper-middle-class Biffy or Betty is conditioned to think this. It's a Brave New World out there, ending is better than mending.
And that's the problem... throw away societies waste resources and fuck over the environment. Electronics are polluting to manufacture, recycle, or throw away.
Also, upper middle class people may throw devices away after a year or two, but if they're still good, they should be able to trickle down to the used market for poorer people to enjoy.
Define "best" -- it's hardly the most rugged, repairable, or upgradeable hardware. It's designed to become e-waste when the glued-in internal battery dies, while I'm typing this on a 6 year old laptop that's modular.
Stop using weight as an argument -- you're talking maybe 0.5lb difference between a glued-shut Surface with keyboard and a relative modular Thinkpad or Dell ultralight.
1. At least Canada has public healthcare for those without "fuck you money." Outcomes are better, life expectancies are longer than in the US. Who cares if you need to wait 6 months for cosmetic/orthopedic stuff if important surgery and procedures are nearly free?
2. Free speech? I'm not planning to deny the Holocaust, so why do reasonable restrictions on promoting Fascism and ethnic hatred matter to me?
3. Taxes - at least they pay for healthcare and infrastructure, not US military scumbaggery.
4. Groceries are cheaper in major Canadian cities (Montreal) than in major US cities (NYC, DC, LA). US ag-commodity (wheat, corn, etc) markets are also regulated and propped up to appease the flyoverian farmer lobby.
5. I see many more small business thriving in Quebec than in US states. Regulations are outweighed by cheaper rents and fewer levels of bureaucracy micromanaging things.
Because the hardware is sealed, unrepairable, environmentally irresponsible shit designed to be tossed out if it breaks, making more e-waste. Fuck any company that promotes this model.
This being said, at least they're not USB-C only like Apple. Putting eveything on USB-C is insane. And the magnetic charger is better than a fragile-ass USB-C cord or a barrel connector that can pull a computer off a table.
Haswell at least has drivers for Win 7. It's also fast enough for 99% of work and supports 16GB of RAM (it's upgradeable, not sealed trash). Comparing price is valid if a refurb does the same fuckin thing as a Smurface.
I use computers for productive purposes -- I use Windows 7 and Linux. My data is mine, not to be shared and cared with Microsoft, Apple, Google or anyone else on the "clown."
Yep. Just picked up a refurb Dell 7240(?) with this kind of spec for $275. Perfect condition, upgradeable RAM and storage, removable battery, not sealed junk like MS and Crapple.
Well, downgraded is the new upgrade. After all, Daddy Nadella doesn't want us using local procession power and storage, only the "cloud." Dumb terminals with a GUI are the new modern.
Beatings of prominent businesspeople or government officials tend to look bad in the press, and unlike in the 1950s, the Russians do actually care about such things.
Exactly why some sort of timer is needed to wipe after a period of inactivity. Pay the $5000 fine, let the pigs have at it and get nothing. Devices can be replaced.
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It should be the user's choice whether to "opt in" to such a system. Anyone could have access to the software, and it could check for parts serials on an "opt in" blacklist of stolen systems before authorizing a parts swap. It could also warn about unauthorized 3rd-party parts without banning them outright. Nah. This isn't about security. This is about planned obsolescence and money-grubbing on Crapple's part. Don't make a bunch of gougers seem more noble than they actually are.
Apple is shit used by brainwarshed people pretending to be cool. As if "cool" is spending north of $1000 on mediocre hardware that's designed to be thrown away when it breaks, not built to last.
The level of risk they're willing to accept should be up to the hardware's owner. At the most, there should be a warning about using unauthorized parts, not a totally unusable device.
Most commodity computers can have parts replaced even when the manufacturer no longer supports them officially. The new Macbook Pro? Apple can just say that "our cloud software no longer supports computers over a certain age." Voila! Your laptop becomes a brick if it needs any sort of minor repair (keyboard or LCD are minor for any well-designed laptop).
Bonus points if your laptop breaks in a developing country where the nearest "authorized" repair place is 1000 miles away. Piss on Steve Jobs' grave for pioneering the model of computing as a prison. Screw Tim Cook for perpetuating it and making it worse.
Which is why the biz-grade non-touchscreen laptops are awesome. Yeah, the underlying LCD is still glass under the plastic top layer, but it takes under 15 min to swap the LCD. A few snaps, some screws, undo two connectors, and it's out.
The "market" is mostly driven by idiots who need a kick in the jewels. I won't get used to it. I'll keep buying third-world phones and business grade laptops that I don't have to throw away after two years. Personally, I'm rooting for a full blown trade war (go, Trump). Massive tariffs on Chinese made junk would be environmentally awesome.
I wouldn't be surprised if the average upper-middle-class Biffy or Betty is conditioned to think this. It's a Brave New World out there, ending is better than mending.
And that's the problem... throw away societies waste resources and fuck over the environment. Electronics are polluting to manufacture, recycle, or throw away. Also, upper middle class people may throw devices away after a year or two, but if they're still good, they should be able to trickle down to the used market for poorer people to enjoy.
Define "best" -- it's hardly the most rugged, repairable, or upgradeable hardware. It's designed to become e-waste when the glued-in internal battery dies, while I'm typing this on a 6 year old laptop that's modular.
Stop using weight as an argument -- you're talking maybe 0.5lb difference between a glued-shut Surface with keyboard and a relative modular Thinkpad or Dell ultralight.
This. For a different example, in many ways, a early 2000s or late 90s Camry is a better car than the latest overweight cutie-utie or SUV sold today.
1. At least Canada has public healthcare for those without "fuck you money." Outcomes are better, life expectancies are longer than in the US. Who cares if you need to wait 6 months for cosmetic/orthopedic stuff if important surgery and procedures are nearly free?
2. Free speech? I'm not planning to deny the Holocaust, so why do reasonable restrictions on promoting Fascism and ethnic hatred matter to me?
3. Taxes - at least they pay for healthcare and infrastructure, not US military scumbaggery.
4. Groceries are cheaper in major Canadian cities (Montreal) than in major US cities (NYC, DC, LA). US ag-commodity (wheat, corn, etc) markets are also regulated and propped up to appease the flyoverian farmer lobby.
5. I see many more small business thriving in Quebec than in US states. Regulations are outweighed by cheaper rents and fewer levels of bureaucracy micromanaging things.
Because the hardware is sealed, unrepairable, environmentally irresponsible shit designed to be tossed out if it breaks, making more e-waste. Fuck any company that promotes this model.
This being said, at least they're not USB-C only like Apple. Putting eveything on USB-C is insane. And the magnetic charger is better than a fragile-ass USB-C cord or a barrel connector that can pull a computer off a table.
Haswell at least has drivers for Win 7. It's also fast enough for 99% of work and supports 16GB of RAM (it's upgradeable, not sealed trash). Comparing price is valid if a refurb does the same fuckin thing as a Smurface.
I use computers for productive purposes -- I use Windows 7 and Linux. My data is mine, not to be shared and cared with Microsoft, Apple, Google or anyone else on the "clown."
Processing. (damn autocorrect)
Yep. Just picked up a refurb Dell 7240(?) with this kind of spec for $275. Perfect condition, upgradeable RAM and storage, removable battery, not sealed junk like MS and Crapple.
Smurface sales have been pretty stagnant. Sheep who want a dumb terminal go for Chromebooks instead. Richer sheep go Apple.
He's talking about Canada, which is run by rationals, not the US, where irrational, anti-pleasure, religious drug warriors still hold power.
Well, downgraded is the new upgrade. After all, Daddy Nadella doesn't want us using local procession power and storage, only the "cloud." Dumb terminals with a GUI are the new modern.
More non-upgradeable junk, glued or taped shut. High-end Thinkpad, Dell business/gov't grade laptop, or go home.
The laptops I'm writing about can also be had for under $500 as refurbs/lease returns.
Stay in your walled prison, coward.
You don't have to be near a LinkNYC kiosk (in line with the camera) in order to use its wifi, so this is largely a moot point.
Beatings of prominent businesspeople or government officials tend to look bad in the press, and unlike in the 1950s, the Russians do actually care about such things.
Exactly why some sort of timer is needed to wipe after a period of inactivity. Pay the $5000 fine, let the pigs have at it and get nothing. Devices can be replaced.