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Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

Apple Silicon iMacs appear to suffer from screen deterioration after two years — flood of user complaints hit Apple Community forums

www.tomshardware.com

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Apple Silicon iMacs appear to suffer from screen deterioration after two years — flood of user complaints hit Apple Community forums

www.tomshardware.com

Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago
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Users complain of horizontal lines appearing and staying on the screen about two years from the date of purchase.
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    Please spec out a PC with similar hardware to a Mac and half the cost.

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        No case, no board, no power supply, no OS. You don’t even give a machine you compare to.

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            It matters if you want to compare prices between complete functioning machines with comparable performance.

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                I have researched this many times. PCs of similar quality and performance cost about the same as Apple’s products. That’s without taking the higher resale value into account.

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                    Provide an example then.

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          I’m pretty sure the standard is building your own can be slightly cheaper, depends which peripherals you already own since those aren’t usually part of a build every time.

          But anyways, the advantage is that the built device will last longer and is made of replaceable parts that are cheap and easy to find. Easy to upgrade.

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            Please provide an Apple model and a comparable PC with prices.

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              Give me a model to compare to? Are all apple models the same? Or do you mean just pick any of them?

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                Pick one and find a comparable PC.

                The MacBook Air is the best selling model, so take that if you don’t want to choose yourself.

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                Geekbench can be a benchmark for comparable performance. You can look up benchmarks for Mac models and then find comparable performance PC parts under benchmark charts.

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                  Does it count if I find a cheaper laptop that has better numbers than a macbook air that is more expensive?

                  I do think you might be right that building your own is more expensive now, not sure when that changed.

                  If I can find a comparable performing non apple device pre built for less, then the only sticking point is proprietary software?

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                    The pre built laptop should come with an operating system that supper sets the hardware well to be comparable, I would say.

                    Performance isn’t everything in a laptop. Screen quality, weight, and battery life also matters. To be comparable, an alternative laptop should be at least in the same class in these aspects.

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