2y ago

My IT teachers libre imrpess slide show

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MacOS software updates are free. The issue is that suddenly Apple decides your perfectly functioning computer is no longer supported, and after that in a matter of 2 years you will no longer find any new software for your OS, and then you have 3 options:
Buy a new computer.
Hackintosh it with a dosdude patch to use the latest version of MacOS.
Just install GNU/LINUX.
- This comic is old, Mac major OS updates used to cost money.
  
  Super old. It went to $129 before becoming free. This is like 20yo.
- My MacBook Air is 3 years old and I just installed Sonoma on it, runs great! 👍
  
  I think they're referring to the fact that you can only continue using an unsupported version of MacOS for two years, not that the computer will only get two years of support.
- I'm mostly fine with it because my work buys my equipment so asking for new hardware is easy. Buuut you are absolutely right that we need a systemic fix for this. It's anti-consumer for there not to be some required support length of like 5 years or something
- Minor Mac update available! -> 1 hour to install it
  
  redownload whole os
- I have been replacing work laptops every 4 years and home ones every 5 to 6. I've never had an os update issue. I suspect your concerns are more than 15 years old.
  
  You think that's a lot? I don't have a single laptop younger than 6 years, at home or work.
Why is it sideways
- Imagine questioning a free neck stretch
  
  A legit guffaw this early in the day? Thank you for that.
- The better question is can we have picture controls to rotate/drag-to-enlarge with in-line media?
- Idk, I took a normal pictuer, but when uploading it, it somehow rotated
  
  Maybe your picture was rotated by changing its metadata (it was not reencoded in a new direction) and pict-rs didn't handle that metadata correctly. If I find the time, I'll try it myself.
  
  Somehow, palpatine has rotated
  
  https://youtu.be/iA4LKxj81zc?si=pHCutNOLIij5Ioat
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- I don't trust anyone teaching about computers who can't run a competent slideshow.
Your teachers are BASED
- Based in reality?
  
  Based on someone wanting to say dumb shit I think...
- You misspelled biased
Why do Mac updates cost money?
- They actually used to, until like 10 years ago. This comic is from before then.
  
  I remember going to the Apple Store and picking up Snow Leopard on a DVD. Good times.
- They don't anymore. This is a very old reference!
- Its a joke
  
  Don't give them ideas
- Indirectly. Because perfectly well working hardware loses support constantly, long before you would actually need to replace it. Same planned obsolescence via artificially shortened support time frames as Android.
  
  Nope. It's just a 10+ year old meme from when they used to charge.
- I assume it'll say your device doesn't support the new version if your computer is more than 6 months old, so you're constantly forced to buy the newest latest model
  
  People like to perpetuate this about Apple, but it’s really not true. I’ve had my Mac for... over ten years? It can get the most recent version of Catalina, which was updated until 2022. It’s still going strong and I use it every day.
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