Comment on Apple introduces Macbook Neo - cheaper Macbooks starting at $599

• BladeFederation@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Average people still game. And Linux is improving rapidly. Apple isn’t.

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  • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That doesnt mean the average person can just use Linux, you cant even buy a laptop with Linux from a standard store that people typically look for laptops in (like Amazon or best buy). If you have to convince people to go to a separate website, manually enter their card details, and pay a shipping fee of $116 along with import fees (yes this is a bit more specific to Tuxedo but my point stands). Regardless of which Linux brand you buy it typically takes 3-5 weeks for shipping. Meanwhile across the board the base price of Linux laptops are always higher than Windows devices (some OEMs like Lenovo hide this by giving a $100 discount but when you consider that Linux is generally only an option for custom orders the total cost is still higher than a non custom standard windows laptop).

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    • BladeFederation@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Which is why you buy a Windows machine, then put Linux on it. You said there’s no reason to buy a Windows machine. Even if you abandon Windows forever, there’s still a reason to buy it. There are use cases that Apple silicon is not good for, like gaming. And having competition is good.

      Kind of a weird example to say that people won’t online shop too. That’s far more common for all types of people than walking into a store is these days.

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      • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah people do shop online that’s what I said, on Amazon and best buy not niche laptop sellers. Also you severely overestimate the average persons interest in Linux, if Linux is not included the average person won’t install it.

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    • Attacker94@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There are quite a few listings for Linux computers on amazon now, granted most of them are in the premium range, >here is one in the mid range of prices with comparable specs to the new macbook

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      • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The amount is so insignificant that when filtering by OS it doesn’t even show up

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