alt Hacker News> The Macbook Neo is an awesome machine for it's cost/value
Uh... if you need to compile for iOS, sure.
But outside of that, no its not.
You are literally just paying the Apple tax that they deliberately choose.
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thebruce87m • today at 2:45 PM
Given the list of alternatives you provided I’m inclined to disagree with you.
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rconti • today at 3:45 PM
> You are literally just paying the Apple tax that they deliberately choose
And when I go to the grocery store, I am paying the Safeway tax that they deliberately choose, and when I go to the gas station I am paying the Exxon tax that they deliberately choose, and so on.
Lalabadie • today at 1:27 PM
What amount of that 600$ cost do you reckon is the Apple tax? I'm curious what comparables you see, and how much they cost.
Look, MacOS has certainly rotted over the past few years, but the primary reason I use it is because it's still a hundred times nicer to use than Windows (which is also regressing for worse reasons - shoving in AI and ads instead of benign neglect).
It's still the best desktop UNIX experience, especially since cheap PC laptops (and until very recently expensive ones) almost always have horrible build quality. It's also within only the last few years that PC trackpads came anywhere near the trackpads on Apple machines. Sometimes what you call a "tax" is literally some of us wanting quality.