[999900000999]

Ok.

So instead of being able to upgrade to a 8TB in a few years when the prices come down, I can just throw out my 3K Mac and buy a new one. Only 5k for the 8TB Mac.

I make music and I'm getting into photography and film making. I prefer more space over being having to carry around an external SSD with me

I also enjoy gaming, which is still much better on Windows. If I want to play some COD or Tony Hawk HD, that's very well supported.

Not really going to work on a Mac.

Macs do have a much more premium feel to them, but I've had great experiences with cheap laptops. Even if I drop it, shucks, I'm out 750$, not 3k.

[II2II]

> Macs do have a much more premium feel to them, but I've had great experiences with cheap laptops. Even if I drop it, shucks, I'm out 750$, not 3k.

Not to mention that feeling premium doesn't mean that it is more durable. I used to joke that those cheap plastic bodies found on cheap products did a much better job of protecting a device from the shock of a fall than the glass and metal bodies of premium feeling products.

And while my experience with Macs is dated, I had an optical drive in one that refused to accept disks because there was a minor bend in the case. That machine never suffered from a fall, though it was likely a result of how I stuffed the machine into my book bag.

[JumpCrisscross]

> instead of being able to upgrade to a 8TB in a few years when the prices come down, I can just throw out my 3K Mac and buy a new one

Mac buyers fall into two groups: those who don't need that upgrade (most consumers) and those who can afford to spec it up at the beginning, cost be damned. That's what OP meant by "when the consumer can afford to."

> also enjoy gaming, which is still much better on Windows

100%. I don't think Apple has meaningfully contested this space.

[999900000999]

Realistically I can afford a 1500$ M3 Pro with a 512 drive.

I'd just prefer to save my money and get significantly more storage.

I will miss Logic though...

[TheNewsIsHere]

I submit a third camp: some of us use a NAS or other networked storage solution because no laptop sanely provides the amount of storage we want or need, or don’t want all our data local.

Or something cloudy, though not necessarily iCloud Drive.

[filoleg]

> I make music and I'm getting into photography and film making. I prefer more space over being having to carry around an external SSD with me

The rest of your points are all valid, but for photography storage purposes you can just use SD cards. They take up virtually no space, and MBPs (since at least M1 gen) have an SD card slot built-in.

[999900000999]

I use SD cards, but I still copy my photos to my PC to back then up to the cloud and edit them.

If I had to use a Mac, I guess I'd change my workflow a bit.

[TheOtherHobbes]

You don't need an 8TB Mac. You need a 1TB Mac (at most) and a good external SSD.

[eru]

How do you know what 999900000999 needs better than them?