It doesn’t matter and I don’t care enough to go and research all that information for you. I already know. If you want to know, you can go and research it for yourself.

No case, no board, no power supply, no OS.

Because none of that is going to matter.

Realistically there are infinite comparison possibilities but in raw performance/$$$ the PC almost always wins. This is nothing new, been this way for ages and ages.

Just plug in an Android streaming device and use Projectivity launcher.

Botched means I asked for more industry standard production files and you gave me something else

That’s not what “botched” means but thank you for clarifying.

Equipment is cheap compared to time.

Sure but you don’t have to choose. They can be both inexpensive and time-efficient, and without supporting a user-hostile and eco-destructive company. And you’re limiting your talent pool to those with the funds to constantly buy and replace multi-thousand-dollar disposable machines, for absolutely no reason.

Skills should be platform agnostic.

I agree but you’re contradicting yourself. What you’re saying, in no uncertain words, is that your skills don’t matter unless you use a Mac.

Thunderbolt4 is perfectly usable in high bandwidth situations.

You cannot call slapping on an external storage device “upgrading storage”, WTF are you on about? Are you just completely unaware of what a ridiculous solution that is to a problem that the OEM intentionally created?

Framework = Windows

That is not in any way correct.

or Linux, fine for me and thee but user hostile for most.

Linux is the opposite of user-hostile.

I run a De-Googled ChromeOS, which is user-friendly, and open-source and user-respecting.

You realize that Apple is the one responsible for you not being able to run MacOS on your preferred hardware? And that continuing to give them money guarantees that that hostility remains?

I have no idea. That’s what I’m asking. You mentioned “botched” files but now you’re moving the goalposts to proprietary file formats?

get a Mini or Studio with adequate RAM (you can add storage later)

No you can’t.

I note that you only denigrate, and are not supporting a viable alternative.

I mean there are dozens. How about Framework? 🤔

You start sending me botched files with the wrong codecs and see if I don’t find another subcontractor immediately.

So you’re getting botched files and that is the fault of the operating system? 🤔

Okay. How about a 7800x3d and a 4080? EZPZ.

Your statements suggest that we assign fault/root cause to the consumer.

Wrong. I’m saying they’re both at fault. Thus, the false dichotomy.

How can we reasonably expect consumers to perform comprehensive research studies on everything they purchase?

We don’t. A small amount of due diligence before they spend thousands on a product is all that is required. It’s not like they’re going to overlook the anti-consumerism that Apple is infamous for.

Besides, in this specific case, it turned out to be a catastrophic latent failure.

It doesn’t matter what type of failure it is. The problem is that they often cannot be repaired, and that is intentional user-hostile design.

Seems highly unlikely that an employer cares terribly about what kind of hardware you use. All they care about is the end result.

I mean I do. Insurance doesn’t.

Of course I have. But standards are not necessarily mandatory. Would you care to elaborate on this “standard” you speak of?

Have you looked at the cybertruck’s manufacturing practices?

I have, fairly extensively. You clearly have not.

And in your mind, “disabled” = complete lack of power to any and all systems?

…yes? Was there something you wanted to add? I can’t see anything in Twitter.

Good luck breaking into the industry as a video editor without one, guys.

A PC will run circles around a Mac for half the price, what are you talking about? They require you to use a Mac for some reason?

They are insanely cheap…

By that rationale, we should be blaming those who picked a certain brand of hamburger meat for getting salmonella poisoning?

Is this hypothetical hamburger brand notorious for having salmonella in their burgers? Because yes. Absolutely.

I would think we’d want to push responsibility on the corporation and governmental oversight

Yeah, of course we would. This is a false dichotomy though. You don’t have to choose one or the other.

You’re just bad at reading.