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TlalocW

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46. I know I'm overblowing it

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 04:03 PM

Dec 2022

But it's the whole, "Oh, look at me... I'm an ar-teest or at least am not part of the rabble using other platforms," vibe I've oversensitively gotten from them. Yes, they've come up with good products and ideas so yay for innovation, but tools are tools. I don't care about fancy looking cars, whether your computer has a bitten apple on it, etc. Also, for most of my life, I've been a programmer, and if I've ever needed more computing power, it was easy enough to put in more memory. Something which is more expensive and difficult to do on MACs (if not impossible on some models). I've always felt MACs ARE for artists because they're better for designers to work on, but like I said that's not me.

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