I love WaPo. I hate Jared Kushner and Donald Trump. But this article begins with the attitude that I often find among laypeople who still put Apple on a pedestal: a bizarre combination of misinformation and elitism.
> The computer was a recent-model Mac, but when I turned it on, it was inexplicably running Windows.
> “So he was basically using a $2,500 desktop as a monitor?” I said. The IT guy shrugged.
> On the other hand, why did the newspaper’s owner need a $2,500 monitor? How was it anything but a vanity object?
As anyone with the most basic understanding of computer hardware knows, this is completely wrong.
Also, as long ago as 2012, The Verge acknowledged wrote an article titled, "MacBook Air with Windows 7 review: the ultrabook to rule them all?"[1]
My previous 2 laptop were MacBook Pros - running windows. Good hardware is good hardware. (Then new MBPs weren't suited to my needs so I'm currently using a new Dell XPS15.)
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 18.5 ms ] thread> The computer was a recent-model Mac, but when I turned it on, it was inexplicably running Windows.
> “So he was basically using a $2,500 desktop as a monitor?” I said. The IT guy shrugged.
> On the other hand, why did the newspaper’s owner need a $2,500 monitor? How was it anything but a vanity object?
As anyone with the most basic understanding of computer hardware knows, this is completely wrong.
Also, as long ago as 2012, The Verge acknowledged wrote an article titled, "MacBook Air with Windows 7 review: the ultrabook to rule them all?"[1]
1. http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/10/2787484/macbook-air-with-w...