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My Impressions of the MacBook Pro M4

(michael.stapelberg.ch)
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dr_pardee ◴[] No.45775823[source]
> I still don’t like macOS and would prefer to run Linux on this laptop. But Asahi Linux still needs some work before it’s usable for me (I need external display output, and M4 support). This doesn’t bother me too much, though, as I don’t use this computer for serious work.

“I don’t use this computer for serious work.” Dropped $3K on MBP to play around with. Definitely should have gotten MBA

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mastax ◴[] No.45776174[source]
He lives in Switzerland. $3K barely pays for a lunch and an espresso.
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philsnow ◴[] No.45777944[source]
There's a reason the Zurich airport has a vending machine that sells slips of gold, platinum, and palladium
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willis936 ◴[] No.45778117[source]
I'm not sure what the actual reason is, but my first instinct is "tax evasion".
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1. walletdrainer ◴[] No.45789365[source]
Paying the 30% premium at a gold ATM and then selling for maybe 95% of spot seems like a terribly inefficient way of avoiding taxes.

These machines are just for souvenirs