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2024 might be the breakout year for efficient ARM chips in desktop and laptop PCs.

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[โ€“] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

The Mac I use is a few years old and available secondhand for under $500. You can get the same CPU/GPU in an iPad which is available, brand new, for $600. I think that's a reasonable price for a school computer.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

You can buy a PC running Linux or Windows that stomps that for the same price, new.

Macs are over priced for what you get.