I’m pretty sure the standard is building your own can be slightly cheaper, depends which peripherals you already own since those aren’t usually part of a build every time.
But anyways, the advantage is that the built device will last longer and is made of replaceable parts that are cheap and easy to find. Easy to upgrade.
Well I suppose I’ll have to see how they resolve this problem then. It does seem like theres a solid use case for the devices, I think I just don’t fit any of them.
Can you think of any company that makes something comparable to apples macbooks or imacs? Maybe shooting for close enough would work for me, as long as I can still put whatever OS on it I want and swap out some parts every once in a while.
I’m pretty sure the standard is building your own can be slightly cheaper, depends which peripherals you already own since those aren’t usually part of a build every time.
But anyways, the advantage is that the built device will last longer and is made of replaceable parts that are cheap and easy to find. Easy to upgrade.
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Give me a model to compare to? Are all apple models the same? Or do you mean just pick any of them?
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Does it count if I find a cheaper laptop that has better numbers than a macbook air that is more expensive?
I do think you might be right that building your own is more expensive now, not sure when that changed.
If I can find a comparable performing non apple device pre built for less, then the only sticking point is proprietary software?
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What would you say about this quality issue thats come up in this post? Longevity is important too.
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Well I suppose I’ll have to see how they resolve this problem then. It does seem like theres a solid use case for the devices, I think I just don’t fit any of them.
Can you think of any company that makes something comparable to apples macbooks or imacs? Maybe shooting for close enough would work for me, as long as I can still put whatever OS on it I want and swap out some parts every once in a while.