> f you want a HTPC you could use a $300 mini PC until this bubble shit. Now the same machine is $500

yeah, but if you want a gaming PC you can't use a mini $300 pc. If you want a toaster buy a $20 toaster.

anybody that can't 'afford' it buys a PC and pirates that games. No one is buying a PS5 on a budget unless they don't want to play games.

In the UK it's 6-700 minium to get a PC that can play new games. Easily over a grand for a slightly upgraded model or with some accessories. Sure under a $1000 would be nice but I think it's actually pretty fair value. For about 30 years now, £1000 has been the 'base' price of any reasonably acceptable PC. The tech advances but the price stays the same. I paid £1000 for a pentium 100 / 16MB in about 1995/6 now that will get you all the tech in this, play the latest games plug it in no assembly required. Sure it's annoying but so is paying 6,7,8 GBP for a pint of beer but thats where we are.

windows explorer is pretty dire example of user interface, but the file open dialogs do tend to work in logical and useful ways, my fav is pasting a path into the filename box which then takes you to that place, then you can type a filename.

But your post reminded my of the atari st days I used to use this tool : https://www.atarimagazines.com... which gave you a fully featured file selector for any app you used. Is there such a category of software today? i.e. a global file save/open selector replacement. There's things like teracopy for file copying, for example

News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters ? Or just stale news stories from various points in the lsat decade, stuff that everyone has already read?

why do rats who have never seen a cat, have reactions to cat fur? Is it learned or built in ? Why do humans who have reactions to this substance see elfs/tiny human ? Is it learned or built in

do these substances bring out a reality not normally visable, or do they make the brain invent these things. if so where or what is the brain getting the info from ? Why do multiple people report the same things ? (suggesting external input not self generated ?

great question and hard to find the answer. is this becuase it reveals somethign that doesn't help the narrative

> . Some controls are way too small to use with it.

Would you use a racing wheel to manage files ? What about a keyboard for drawing program ? Wo why are you complainig that controls too small to use via touch screen are too small - AND, this is why touch screen is 'minimally' useful? bro..

> MacOS has a ton of tiny widgets...good luck pressing the red vs yellow button in the upper left corner reliably....same thing with the extensive use of right click. The desktop OS is heavily optimized for precise pointers.

you guys get this wrong all the time. The idea of touch is not to replace your precious mouse or turn mbp into a 'tablet'. There are PLENTY of obvious uses for touch on mac os that include non-precise pointer requirements. E.g. almost any scrolling, like a pdf, spreadsheet, web page. You don't need to hold your hand up to do this you just do as if you are pressing ESC but move your hand an inch further. rest it on the computer. it's not hard. fingers behind the screen, thumb on front. Easy. You can even scroll around at the same time as using the mouse pointer with your other hand. This is pretty neat. Other obviousy uses, things like maps, and even things like mixers, or controls in audio software which infamously favours skeomorphic designs lending almost ideal conditions for touch input. (think multiple channel mixers sliders) And finally Taking cues from the experience when you use an ipad as a second macos screen the areas when they can make a kind of touch bar on steriods is very interesting. It's like Nortaon commander style F button control ,but for the whole OS, and contextually aware. Open your mind.

if expense is the concern, buy a mac book without a touch screen. Not sure, for example how it's worse being able to hit play on my music app without having to find a mouse pointer using an abstracted input device, i.e. trackpad or mouse. but i guess haters gonna hate.

don't touch your screen then. You realise that you don't have to touch the screen, it's only an option for people that want to be able to ?

yes. why would anyone not want it?

To plug wired headphones in.

Wifi 7 is more robust?? Consumers dont give a shit. No headphone port?? LOL And its £100 more expensive? This thing is DOA If i was apple id be doubled over laughing at the attempt here. No one will but this instead of a neo. Does it even do graphics? Or is it still a shitty integrated?