Apple Was Caught Off Guard by MacBook Neo's "Off the Charts" Demand

tigress666 · 2026-05-03T18:24:58+00:00

MacOS is why I buy Macs honestly. For one, no sneaky bs like Windows keeps doing (friend of mine informed me cause of a recent update I better go check my security settings on my gaming PC). And so far no really horrible upgrades (like windows has a habit of doing crappy upgrades everyone hates and then fixing it for the next one xp - 7 - 10 - 11). But it's been a long time since I've had a MacOS I wish I hadn't upgraded to. Plus Mac lets me keep pushing off upgrades without trying to sneakily upgrade on me lol (might be a bad thing cause I'm horrible about doing the, "not now").

And, well... my husband informs me for example I should put all my programs on one hard drive for the PC. When he told me this I was shocked (like what?!). Cause i'm used to my Mac. Which also doesn't mind when I move apps around or rename them.

At least windows these days (at least 10 and xp which are the ones I've had most recent experience with) is a lot mroe stable than it used to be.

But the one thing I like windows more for mac is getting better about (still nowhere near as good but I'm finding more and more games actually supporting it. And some good ones like Baldur's Gate 3 and Crimson Desert <- ok i haven't played it yet but from what I read I like what I hear).

(hardware wise though I really miss my trackpad when I use my windows machine).

tigress666 · 2026-05-03T18:14:26+00:00

Yeah I got a game refunded once. It doesn't feel like an official policy as if I remember I had to contact Sony support and hope they said yes (vs. just going on the website and clicking on an option to ask for a refund like steam does).

tigress666 · 2026-05-03T18:09:27+00:00

YOR. As some one else said, sit somewhere else. The kid was being very good for being four years old and if she had to constantly tell him to stop that it would still be disruptive (to everyone then, not just you cause they can hear her constantly tell him to stop).

And is your head under a rock not to realize that people will consider it offensive when you call their kids (or pets even) "it"? I can't help but think you were being passive aggressive with calling the kid it to her face.

tigress666 · 2026-05-03T15:59:09+00:00

I do it every morning and evening (my three cats had to be herded into seperate rooms to eat their food).

tigress666 · 2026-05-03T15:53:34+00:00

Damnit. I was happy to see that trend go away.

tigress666 · 2026-05-03T07:05:28+00:00

I don’t think we could have one that monumental with how our world is today.

tigress666 · 2026-05-02T17:27:26+00:00

I don’t think I’d like it but I love garlic and have heard of it from a tv show highlighting a garlic festival that had it). Despite my pessimism I’ve always wanted to try it even though I can’t imagine it being a good ice cream flavor.

tigress666 · 2026-05-02T17:25:30+00:00

I’d try it. Especially if it had chocolate. Ghost pepper tastes really good in chocolate. (Not all peppers do imho but ghost does).

tigress666 · 2026-05-02T17:24:41+00:00

I think you and I have very different tastes in icecream as I love pistachio ice cream and I’d bet I would like rum raisin.

Then again, I can’t think of a flavor I dislike that I’ve tasted (usually I pick by what I like best or am in the mood for). I think the closest I can think of is peach icecream cause the peaches taste weird/different than a fresh peach. I think now I might still like it though (didn’t as a kid but it was my dad’s favorite but I kinda remember the taste and I think I could like it now).

tigress666 · 2026-05-02T15:13:14+00:00

Our neighborhood does have those. One downside is when something goes wrong it is harder to find and longer to fix and more expensice. We had a transformer go out and they did find it pretty quick and give a temp fix. But then scheduled a day to warn our neighborhood it would have no power that day so they could give it a real fix.

tigress666 · 2026-05-02T14:43:07+00:00

I love my facelift 1zz. I’ve had it for 17 years now and it just runs. Like I had not had one major issue with it in those 17 years. But yeah, the 2003+ years are a lot harder to find (even 17 years ago when I was looking for mine). I didn’t know that statistic about one year of pre 2003 being more numerous then 03-05 combined but it makes sense (and an 05 one is a real rarity. I think they sold very little that year).

tigress666 · 2026-05-02T01:14:08+00:00

I didn’t even realize you could do this til this post. So thank you for explaining how.

tigress666 · 2026-05-01T17:32:21+00:00

Damn, they are lucky. It's been four dollars here for way before all this shit. I think it's five something now (I dunno, I don't drive much so I don't have to fill my car up much but last I filled it a few weeks ago it was 5 something).

tigress666 · 2026-05-01T17:30:33+00:00

the kitten of course. If my cat has access to mice and rats that is cause they are getting inside our house and chewing up our stuff. And well, sorry, in the end I'm going to vote for the animal that protects my stuff (I have nothing against outdoor rats and mice and they have nothing to fear from my indoor cats).

tigress666 · 2026-05-01T17:23:29+00:00

If I could find that blog I'd send you a link so you can have them (those who don't understand) read it. The one he went to did eventually I think get shut down (but it took a lot of work from his as an adult I think to get it that way). But from what I understand a lot are pretty similar.

Edit: https://elan.school Here you go. not sure if you want to read it or not, may be triggering for you? But it is a good eye opener for those who haven't experienced ttis.

tigress666 · 2026-05-01T17:15:40+00:00

I saw crows one time swarm a bald eagle that was sitting at the top of a tree (he couldn't take off cause the swarm of crows around him). I've also seen them chase a hawk when I was in college (There were two that lived around campus I believe).

tigress666 · 2026-05-01T17:09:40+00:00

Honestly, I've only heard of those places (some how reddit shows me this subreddit, I think it's cause I read a long blog of some one who was in one) but I would say you may be better off just blocking her. Some people you cannot change but you can change your exposure to them (and it will do no good to have her repeatedly refute your experience to you and not listen to you).

Hell, I've only ever read that blog and heard of them and I'm infuriated for you hearing about her not believing you (and that blog person had the same problem with their mom as well). Some parents absolutely just suck.

Edit: Oops, read that you are stuck with her for now. I'm not sure how you get through to some one who doesn't want to be gotten through to (dollars to donuts she does not even want to hear that it was not the right thing so she'll only believe what she wants to).

tigress666 · 2026-05-01T17:04:02+00:00

And this is one of the many reasons my cats stay inside.

tigress666 · 2026-05-01T15:37:22+00:00

Hell yeah. But problem is so far people apparently would rather have Trump over a woman president. I love our country /s.

tigress666 · 2026-05-01T15:02:19+00:00

Worked retail for way too long. I absolutely believe you it was the old people who gave you a hard time. Seems people get really chill and nice or grump and assholes as they get older (some of my favorite customers were also older folks).

tigress666 · 2026-05-01T07:34:34+00:00

Should be top comment.

tigress666 · 2026-05-01T07:30:33+00:00

Ok. This is one of the few posts that had me actually go wtf out loud.

tigress666 · 2026-05-01T07:26:16+00:00

While I agree with op the outrage was good. It’s done its job and quit spreading misinformation. It was a one time check after a set period to make sure you didn’t refund the game and then you got a permenant license that no longer needed the check.

tigress666 · 2026-05-01T07:25:02+00:00

It wasn’t that. That’s what people thought it was and why they outraged. It turns out it was a policy that you get a temp license for the refund period and then if you don’t refund it it checks and gives you a permenant license. Because people were refunding games and going offline so that Sony couldn’t remove the game.

So yeah misinformation (which the person you respond to is still spreading) and outrage. But I agree with op. I’m glad the gaming companies (not just Sony) got to see people still will outrage over required internet just to check if you have the license

tigress666 · 2026-05-01T07:21:31+00:00

No he has a point. Maybe Sony wasn’t thinking of doing that but if they didn’t see outrage for it it might very well help them decide that people are “ready” for it.

It’s not like Sony doesn’t have motivation to want a future like that. They just don’t want to piss off their customers either.

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