I would certainly agree that Apple's creation of eWaste is pretty alarming, yet I would still claim that they're the best option available for people. Most of their competitors have taken the same route, and the competitors' products typically do not last as long. Then, if you add that Apple just enabled serious encryption across their devices/services, this makes them far superior than most Windows devices, Android devices, and Amazon devices. If we add in the price to performance, and power to performance ratios that Apple's chips provide, I believe that Apple is a very clear winner. One piece of anecdotal data: the entry level Mac mini M1 (8 cores, 8GB RAM) beat my ThreadRipper 1950X (16 cores, 32 threads, 64GB RAM) in almost every task at a fraction of the cost in dollars and in power.
As regards the level of servicability and hackability of the hardware, I would argue that the only real options in this regard are home built PCs running some kind of Linux, or a Framework laptop. The Framework, however, has a somewhat high cost for what you're getting. At that price point, an M1 MacBook Air might be the better choice.
What I would really love is for Clockwork Pi to release an X86 SoM and then for drivers to magically manifest themselves for the device over in Haiku land.
I would certainly agree that Apple's creation of eWaste is pretty alarming, yet I would still claim that they're the best option available for people. Most of their competitors have taken the same route, and the competitors' products typically do not last as long. Then, if you add that Apple just enabled serious encryption across their devices/services, this makes them far superior than most Windows devices, Android devices, and Amazon devices. If we add in the price to performance, and power to performance ratios that Apple's chips provide, I believe that Apple is a very clear winner. One piece of anecdotal data: the entry level Mac mini M1 (8 cores, 8GB RAM) beat my ThreadRipper 1950X (16 cores, 32 threads, 64GB RAM) in almost every task at a fraction of the cost in dollars and in power.
As regards the level of servicability and hackability of the hardware, I would argue that the only real options in this regard are home built PCs running some kind of Linux, or a Framework laptop. The Framework, however, has a somewhat high cost for what you're getting. At that price point, an M1 MacBook Air might be the better choice.
What I would really love is for Clockwork Pi to release an X86 SoM and then for drivers to magically manifest themselves for the device over in Haiku land.