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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (9 children)

If Apple didn't try to make 400% markup on their underpowered trash, it would probably just cost what it costs now. Except the child slave labor part would go away.

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (6 children)

underpowered trash

I hate to say it, but it's actually quite powerful trash that they produce.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (4 children)

8GB of RAM on a laptop today is f-ing ridiculous.

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

Lol I agree. The value is horrendous when you spec one of their products to have decent storage/ram, but nevertheless can't fault the speed of their ARM chips.

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