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Windows 11 often requires new hardware. But that will be extremely pricey or have very little RAM for a while.

I dont believe that a single competent person works at Micro$oft anymore, but maybe maybe this could lead them to make a less shitty OS?

And garbage software like Adobe Creative Cloud too?

They obviously dont care about users, but the pain could become too big.

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[–] bklyn@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

interesting you should mention your old machine. I recently upgraded my 2016 MacBook Pro to a M4 Pro MBP. Photoshop ran fine on the old one. Great, actually. The only difference I noticed was that PS launches faster and opens files faster, buuuut.... that's about it. PS already ran fine on my 9 y/o MBP. the new machine didn't improve much, other than the RAM, which allows me to have more large docs open at once.

my last machine only had 16GB of ram, whereas this new one has 48GB (the max for the MBP). still, the performance is pretty close-- although my old machine would probably struggle if I had a bunch of large PSDs open.

as an investment, I didn't really have a choice-- my old MBP died (ssd fried). I love this new machine, tho. it's very fast.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When I was double-checking prices at Microcenter, I noticed that there was a mini (micro) Mac with modern processor, etc selling for a mere US$400. I had no idea such a thing existed, given their historically high prices. I reckon one could even use it somewhat like a laptop at times, or at the least, a portable. Just in general, though-- seems like it could help out a bunch of people who like Macs.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/688173/apple-mac-mini-mu9d3ll-a-(late-2024)-desktop-computer

[–] bklyn@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

Apple's prices have been more reasonable in recent years, although still above-market. and the Mac Mini is a pretty powerful little machine for a good price.