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This won't be controversial at all (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 16 points 1 day ago (5 children)

It actually was their slogan back then. Until they noticed people are dumb and easily manipulatable

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Last new Mac I bought was the 2006 Mac Pro. The first x86 tower. I still consider it a good value because it was modular and upgradable and I did do many repairs and upgrades to it over the 10 years I ran the thing. I wasn't impressed with the cylinder, so my next machine after that was a hackintosh and I'm still using the hardware form that even though I stopped dual booting when Apple dropped 32bit support.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    My last (and first) was a mac-vm 😁 Wouldn't personally touch those things. Or only offline or behind a firewalled router. Same as google or microslop.

    Back then (even before their does-more-cost-less ads) they were just a joke. Today they're...well...🤷🏻

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  • [–] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

    It actually was their slogan back then

    which period "back then" are you referring to? 1976 maybe? the Apple I was affordable (at just $666.66 😄) compared to other kits at the time, but the Apple II (1977) cost more than twice what a TRS-80 did and afaik since then Apple has always positioned itself as a premium brand.

    i don't recall them ever having a comparative-price-related marketing slogan or campaign, but maybe i'm forgetting something?

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