Syldon, 7 months ago

The typical laptop you buy from the major manufacturers (Lenovo, HP, Dell) have closed-source firmware.

FTFY: The typical laptop MOST buy from the major manufacturers (Lenovo, HP, Dell) have closed-source firmware. Though, I totally agree there are some PC suppliers with shitty practises. Where we disagree is that is if the firmware is fixed by the hardware manufacturer, then you have control over everything on the system. It is only when you have control of the base functionality of the system that you can say you are in charge. This may be too literal for you, but I just see that as a trust level you have in the manufacturer not to abuse that control.

As for the comparison I disagree.

This is a £1400 laptop from scan V’s £1500 macbook air currently.

17 inch screen (2560X1440) over the 15.3 inch (2880X1864)

16gb memory - 8GB upgrade to 16gb=+£200

1TB SSD over 256GB (upgrade to 1Tb=+£400)

8 full core/16t CPU (AMD5900hx) over an 8 core non hyperx cpu, 4 cores are cheaper variants.

All of the PC components can be upgraded at the cost of the part + labour. Everything on the Apple will cost the same price as a new computer to replace. Mainly because it is all soldered onto the board to make it harder to replace.