Comment by ChrisMarshallNY

6 hours ago

I still use a 2012 MacBook Air 11” for running Zoom calls.

It’s stuck in Catalina, but I still get updates.

Most apps run fine on it.

Apple kit lasts a long time.

I use a 2012 Samsung ultrabook with Arch for light coding, web and limited image editing sometimes while traveling; while fairly beat up, recently I replaced the battery in it for 10 bucks in 20 minutes; it was also probably like a fifth of the price. And with Linux you don't have to worry about a specific kit lasting a long time - it just runs anyway.

  • Cool. I wasn’t trying to posture. I was just mentioning my own experience.

    My experience, for the last 40 years, has been people automatically attacking me, for using Apple kit. I think that Linux folks had the same, for a while, but these days, it’s a lot more accepted.

    People just blindly hate Apple, and drop all semblance of reason, when considering the platform (and people who program for it).