Microsoft increased prices for all of its Surface PCs this week, with most models priced hundreds of dollars higher than they were when launching. Windows Central highlighted the increases, which now see Microsoft's mid-range models priced above $1,000 and flagship models priced starting at $1,500. A Microsoft spokesperson said the price increase was due to "recent increases in memory and component costs".
I used to swear I’d never buy Mac because their ecosystem is so closed off.
And vouched for MS because yea it’s a bit more rough around the edges but you have a lot more freedom and it’s a fair amount cheaper.
Neithe of those are true anymore, MS is just as locked down and seems to cost more for the same hardware performance.
Why would anyone buy Microsoft laptops anymore? What does it have that Mac isn’t better in?
(other than gaming)
To put Linux on them, but now you have Linux laptops so,🤷🏼♀️
No I think that’s why you buy a 5 year old laptop on the used market.
I’m still not convinced laptops offer a whole lot these days. I ended up selling the ‘gaming’ laptop because a several year older desktop outclassed it in every way and I just kept going back to it for the higher resolution and oled monitor.
Then the work workstation laptop. Even though it was relatively small compared to older equivalents, it was oddly heavy and basically needed to be plugged in at all times.
They probably come in better than that varieties but its not a car or a house, not that those have any right being as expensive as they are either.
Ummm what? I feel the benefits of a laptop are obvious: being able to use a computer literally anywhere, instead of the one desk your computer is attached to.
I have 2 laptops for work that are both big and heavy, and I don’t love em, but my own personal laptop is a MacBook Air which is small, lightweight and can do anything I’d want from a portable device.
I love layout on the couch with my laptop and coding that way, at least for a few hours a day.
Can’t fix or upgrade Macs whatsoever as a layman. That alone guarantees I’ll never purchase one.
I was a bit more interested when Asahi Linux became a thing, but that doesn’t fix Apple’s addiction to planned obsolescence.
(Used windows laptops can just have linux installed on them for a fraction of the price as well.)
I also prefer just running Linux now.
But most people are fine just buying a mac, they do tend to last really really long
Didn’t Louis Rossmann make his career off showcasing all of the “amazing engineering choices” made throughout the Macbook and iPhone line?
Well if you’re near the purchasing decision for m365 MSFT is a lot better at lying to you, coercing you, weaponizing lock in, and extracting revenue.