Midnight Pub

thought buildup - exhale

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inquiry

To this day I consider presence of an Apple product evidence of what I want to call "vain stupidity" (see also "pride cometh before a fall", which I'll touch upon slightly in the next paragraph), in contrast to regular stupidity with Microsoft, and finally degrees of intelligence with people making the effort to learn some kind of Linux environment.

The only computer I've ever owned that bricked on its own was a Macbook - and I must have owned a dozen over the years. And, of course, that Macbook cost me more than several of the others combined.

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first impression of Mac, was when I ordered a refurbished 2011 Macbook Air in 2014, which arrived in mint condition cosmetically, I turned in on, "Hello, Hola, Hallo, et al" and then it bricked. I replaced it for the same model in less than a week with the reseller, but it was a sign of things to come. Updating the OS meant an hour + of the screen flickering, keyboard backlight strobing, and I'm pretty sure a few sparks and some sort of girating. It was always a stressful event.

`sudo apt-get update/upgrade` on the Linux machine a few times a week is less eventful. Not complaining

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inquiry

Dang it, I posted my "Frasier" reply here as well... and couldn't delete it (the delete failed), so I guess I'll change the reply contents instead. :-)

Oh, yeah, my Macbook was a gloriously gleaming thing until it more resembled a doorstop than a computer.

Hats off to form over substance, Apple!

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