Bill Taroli :neurodiversity:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@whack" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>whack</span></a></span> At the premium <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> charges for <a href="https://federate.social/tags/SOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOC</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> I never max it out. I also don’t buy into “oh just attach more external disk!” Especially not with a laptop. <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Dongles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dongles</span></a> be damned. I’d like to see <a href="https://federate.social/tags/NVMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NVMe</span></a> slots added so we have a cheaper onboard option that enables later <a href="https://federate.social/tags/expansion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>expansion</span></a> without full system swap. </p><p>There are aspects to the Apple <a href="https://federate.social/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a> I love but, despite Apple silicon, it’s getting much harder not to dump them for <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> on AMD or pick-an-ARM.</p>