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  • Re: I just picked up a MacBook Neo

    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Thu Jun 25 03:09:23 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On Sun, 31 May 2026 13:33:33 +0000, Tyrone wrote:

    On May 31, 2026 at 1:45:23 AM EDT, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro"
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Sat, 30 May 2026 13:42:53 +0000, Nick Charles wrote:

    Very light. Runs fine and quite fast. Astonishing build quality
    for the price.

    I wonder what happens after those surplus Iphone ARM chips run out
    ...

    I wonder what happens when you ever have a coherent thought...

    Haven’t you heard? Tim Cook is already warning that prices are going up.
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Thu Jun 25 23:23:47 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On Sat, 20 Jun 2026 03:07:58 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    On 20 Jun 2026 00:15:19 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

    You:
    -----
    From the responses I got when I pointed out that a machine that
    looks expensive but sold cheaply was perhaps not all it
    appeared to be ...

    Some of which came from you, if I recall rightly ...
    -----
    You were wrong.

    The Neo is an impressive machine for the price... and selling very
    well.

    Maybe soon to be not so impressive, and maybe not sell so “very
    well” ...

    Aaaannd ... the prices have gone up.
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  • From CrudeSausage@crude@sausa.ge to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Thu Jun 25 20:44:48 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 2026-06-24 11:09 p.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
    On Sun, 31 May 2026 13:33:33 +0000, Tyrone wrote:

    On May 31, 2026 at 1:45:23 AM EDT, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro"
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Sat, 30 May 2026 13:42:53 +0000, Nick Charles wrote:

    Very light. Runs fine and quite fast. Astonishing build quality
    for the price.

    I wonder what happens after those surplus Iphone ARM chips run out
    ...

    I wonder what happens when you ever have a coherent thought...

    Haven’t you heard? Tim Cook is already warning that prices are going up.

    Here in Canada, they've already gone up. I noticed that the MacBook Neo
    starts at $949 CAD. It reminds me how much of a great deal I got on this machine.
    --
    CrudeSausage
    M4 MacBook Air
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  • From Alan@nuh-uh@nope.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Thu Jun 25 20:17:58 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 2026-06-25 16:23, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
    On Sat, 20 Jun 2026 03:07:58 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    On 20 Jun 2026 00:15:19 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

    You:
    -----
    From the responses I got when I pointed out that a machine that
    looks expensive but sold cheaply was perhaps not all it
    appeared to be ...

    Some of which came from you, if I recall rightly ...
    -----
    You were wrong.

    The Neo is an impressive machine for the price... and selling very
    well.

    Maybe soon to be not so impressive, and maybe not sell so “very
    well” ...

    Aaaannd ... the prices have gone up.

    As have the prices of EVERY OTHER PERSONAL COMPUTER.
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  • From -hh@recscuba_google@huntzinger.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Fri Jun 26 07:28:23 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 6/25/26 23:17, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-06-25 16:23, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
    On Sat, 20 Jun 2026 03:07:58 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    On 20 Jun 2026 00:15:19 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

       You:
         -----
         From the responses I got when I pointed out that a machine that >>>>      looks expensive but sold cheaply was perhaps not all it
         appeared to be ...

         Some of which came from you, if I recall rightly ...
         -----
    You were wrong.

    The Neo is an impressive machine for the price... and selling very
    well.

    Maybe soon to be not so impressive, and maybe not sell so “very
    well” ...

    Aaaannd ... the prices have gone up.

    As have the prices of EVERY OTHER PERSONAL COMPUTER.

    Plus Tim Cook telegraphed the price increase intent, so consumers who
    were on the edge of buying something new had the opportunity to beat the increase.

    Case in point, we've been contemplating replacing some older devices for
    a couple of months now, so we ordered replacements at the old price; ETA
    next week. While I was at it, I also noted that some of the household
    UPS's batteries are calendar-wise EOL, so I ordered a battery tester and
    a few battery packs: next up is to test, cull & replace some of them.


    -hh
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