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[azurbanclucker]

Yeah. I get it. You hate prebuilts. I'm fine with them so long as I'm not the one paying. Gives me something to poke fun at and get mad at with very little consequences.

They have their place. Schools hand out Chromebooks like candy to kids whose parents paid the insurance and they know it. Businesses who are paying for support contracts and treat the hardware as a commodity and a line item on the taxes. They're fine in the hands of people who literally don't care about them and only watch the youtubes and do emails.

They're also fine for kids who are learning the tech and how things work together, or people who are curating them as a hobby.

Pretty much everyone else can probably build or have someone build them a better rig for the price of prebuilt.


And don't get me started on Apple's train wreck.

 

[notabitail]

They have their place. Schools hand out Chromebooks like candy to kids whose parents paid the insurance and they know it. Businesses who are paying for support contracts and treat the hardware as a commodity and a line item on the taxes. They're fine in the hands of people who literally don't care about them and only watch the youtubes and do emails.

They're also fine for kids who are learning the tech and how things work together, or people who are curating them as a hobby.

Pretty much everyone else can probably build or have someone build them a better rig for the price of prebuilt.


And don't get me started on Apple's train wreck.

I have one 2012 Chromebook. Comparing it to new Chromebooks, the 2012 one is way more like a real computer and beats the other ones in upgradability. The new ones are meant for cheap pieces of junk (in the eyes of tech nerds) and disposability.

Mmm, Apple? I stuck a SSD in a 2010 Mac mini. Don't. Just. Don't. I hate the way it's done there, and I assume it's worse the newer they get.
I'll be sure to switch you to iOS and macOS since you love both of them

 

[azurbanclucker]

I have one 2012 Chromebook. Comparing it to new Chromebooks, the 2012 one is way more like a real computer and beats the other ones in upgradability. The new ones are meant for cheap pieces of junk (in the eyes of tech nerds) and disposability.

Mmm, Apple? I stuck a SSD in a 2010 Mac mini. Don't. Just. Don't. I hate the way it's done there, and I assume it's worse the newer they get.
I'll be sure to switch you to iOS and macOS since you love both of them

I would rather use OS2/Warp while standing naked in Times Square.

 

[notabitail]

I would rather use OS2/Warp while standing naked in Times Square.

Ok. Then I'll let you have some dignity instead. You can use OS2/Warp in Houston wearing a suit on the hottest day of the year. Good luck!

 

[azurbanclucker]

Ok. Then I'll let you have some dignity instead. You can use OS2/Warp in Houston wearing a suit on the hottest day of the year. Good luck!

Done that. Well, RHEL. July in Hoiston is fun. Love me some 95f/98% humidity

 

[notabitail]

Done that. Well, RhlHEL. July in Hoiston is fun. Love me some 95f/98% humidity

What is RhlHEL?

NEW DISCOVERY: THE PEOPLE OF GU'LLIBLE USE APPLE PRODUCTS SO YOU SHOULDNT.

 

[TesoroSena]

Wow guys yall really used up this thread while I was gone!

 

[notabitail]

Wow guys yall really used up this thread while I was gone!

Oh we did. But there's a lot more left on the spool.

 

[Ifitaintbroke]

Maybe I should try watching some car stuff it's funner to be actually doing it though

Depends on what you're doing. I come in covered in oil and gas quite often. Powernation is cool tho

 

[azurbanclucker]

What is RhlHEL?

A typo because I was on my phone.

RHEL

Redhat Enterprise Linux. I was a field engineer for the Hat for a couple of years. Basically a linux engineer for hire to help with whatever a client needed on-site.