Even Linus give the Neo a glowing review

[Black_Mage]

It always makes me chuckle when somebody would defend a youtuber for buying their own jet.

It makes me chuckle when someone replies to one of my posts in a way that tells me they got something from my post that I clearly didn't type. I wasn't defending the purchase of a plane, but please lay out the thought process that led you to believe that my post is in any way a defense or approval of LMG buying a plane.

 

[Black_Mage]

Perhaps you can go with the long explanation because I am not seeing a difference between the two.

The biggest difference is in the accounting and how much more scrutiny is required for the use a company plane because the expenses of operating a company-owned plane can be used to reduce the amount of taxable revenue for the company AKA tax writeoff. However, I sometimes forget that LMG is a Canadian company, and maybe their tax system is totally different.

He mentioned in one video that he's confident LMG will be able to sell the plane for the same price, if not more than what LMG paid for it, effectively costing the company nothing in the long run while providing a lot of content. That's assuming a lot, and I don't think it's worth the risk, but power to him if his plan works.

 

[Apple$]

I like this guy because he is Canadian too.

 

[m1maverick]

The biggest difference is in the accounting and how much more scrutiny is required for the use a company plane because the expenses of operating a company-owned plane can be used to reduce the amount of taxable revenue for the company AKA tax writeoff. However, I sometimes forget that LMG is a Canadian company, and maybe their tax system is totally different.

He mentioned in one video that he's confident LMG will be able to sell the plane for the same price, if not more than what LMG paid for it, effectively costing the company nothing in the long run while providing a lot of content. That's assuming a lot, and I don't think it's worth the risk, but power to him if his plan works.

This is unrelated to whether or not it's his jet.

 

[Black_Mage]

This is unrelated to whether or not it's his jet.

Well it’s not his jet. It belongs to the company. Also this thread has gone off the rails at this point.

 

[1BadManVan]

Well it’s not his jet. It belongs to the company. Also this thread has gone off the rails at this point.

yea im not sure why him having a jet has anything to do with the main point of the OP

 

[jchap]

The guy starts off the video pimping and promoting his own product while wearing a baseball cap backwards (and the stupid clickbait thumbnail picture). Add to that his carnival over the top acting, (as if the audience was no older than 5 years old) his video is very annoying to watch, especially if you are really interested in the Neo itself and want to know how it runs a typical real world user way, void of the YT video editing because I am a pro user drivel. In my opinion, the video was really made for click revenue and nothing more. Grade = F

MacBook Neo review videos are now a dime a dozen anyway. They all pretty much seem to be saying the same things.

 

[m1maverick]

Well it’s not his jet. It belongs to the company. Also this thread has gone off the rails at this point.

Since it's his company for all intents and purposes it's his jet.

 

[alongdingdong]

Linus is a asshat, no value in his opinions, from my personal point of view, what you find of that is up to you, you are free to do so. His ex staff confirms this, greed made him into a money gobblin.

I am happy i am off socialmedia, i do watch the occasional youtube video still.

But the idiocrocy of consumerism and the influence internet influencers have on people is unhealthy, it skewes peoples minds to become living in a crafted reality where online persona`s are a twisted form of friendships. Defending everything they do or say on the internet, bickering back and forth defending their favorite internet "friends"

 

[Black_Mage]

yea im not sure why him having a jet has anything to do with the main point of the OP

It has nothing to do with my original post and in hindsight I should have ignored the post about his company buying a jet. It was completely off topic.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

I can't even stand the thumbnails from this guy, let alone the hyper cringe videos.

How people enjoy his content is totally beyond me.

I'm clearly in the minority based upon how much cash he rakes in.
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I don't know anything about the guy other than that he is controversial. Sure is difficult to finish one of his videos, though, and I'm not sure why people like them.

 

[maflynn]

I don't know anything about the guy other than that he is controversial. Sure is difficult to finish one of his videos, though, and I'm not sure why people like them.

I used to watch and subscribe to channel - no any longer.

I remember he invested heavily into a new location with expensive testing equipment, this happened just around the time GamerNexus did an expose on him. That had a huge negative impact on his channel, and from what others state they haven't recovered

Also they lost a lot of the people that I came to the channel for, now its 90% all Linus and he's just plain annoying. I also don't see the objective testing they were touting. They were trying to encroach into GamerNexus territory, and I think they largely failed. IT wasn't their strong suit and it showed.

Overall, I don't watch them because its really all about Linus. I mean when they tour his mansion, and he bemoans how his server closet is loud or his premium home networking isn't working too well, I'm turned off. I don't need to see a rich guy flex on his wealth

 

[DankeBrutus]

IT wasn't their strong suit and it showed.

IIRC the staff who were decently knowledgeable on IT things have all moved on to other things. I like Luke whenever he appears in videos.

 

[maflynn]

IIRC the staff who were decently knowledgeable on IT things have all moved on to other things. I like Luke whenever he appears in videos.

There's decently knowledgeable, and then there's GamerNexus detailed analysis and testing.

I think LTT tried moving into GN's space but dropped the ball, and produced really bad results to which GN called them out.

I think they're leaning into what LTT does best, but its not something that strikes a chord with me

 

[Abydos]

now that Linus has spoken what's the word from Charlie, Lucy, and snoopy

 

[m1maverick]

now that Linus has spoken what's the word from Charlie, Lucy, and snoopy

Charlie is going to kick that football any day now.

 

[throAU]

It depends, do these PC techs (I was always more of a dev but let's go with it) enjoy gaming? Then they are definitely sticking with Windows or at least Linux. Although most of my coworkers that game eventually end up back on windows.

It isn't like Mac is pain free. Try multiple monitors over time (and having to switch the dock and forgetting settings), mouse issues, etc., etc., But most especially if you game, you just have to run both Mac and Windows/Linux or just Windows/Linux.

I (and i’m sure others) also have a PC for gaming. But that’s all its useful for, its trash to use for work.

 

[Kaiserschmarrn]

Perhaps you can go with the long explanation because I am not seeing a difference between the two.

1 is a lot cheaper than the other in actual running cost.

 

[Kriss_De_Valnor]

The guy starts off the video pimping and promoting his own product while wearing a baseball cap backwards (and the stupid clickbait thumbnail picture). Add to that his carnival over the top acting, (as if the audience was no older than 5 years old) his video is very annoying to watch, especially if you are really interested in the Neo itself and want to know how it runs a typical real world user way, void of the YT video editing because I am a pro user drivel. In my opinion, the video was really made for click revenue and nothing more. Grade = F

I blocked that guy long time ago, indeed he is so annoying. I blocked all YT guys who wear baseball caps too.

 

[eltoslightfoot]

I (and i’m sure others) also have a PC for gaming. But that’s all its useful for, its trash to use for work.

Depends on the work. For my day job, it's all in Windows--as it should be.

But I agree for my other stuff. I personally like MacOS (although liquid glass isn't great).

 

[eltoslightfoot]

I blocked that guy long time ago, indeed he is so annoying. I blocked all YT guys who wear baseball caps too.

*looks in the mirror* HEY WAIT!

 

[Kriss_De_Valnor]

*looks in the mirror* HEY WAIT!

Well I can still watch Unbox Therapy, yes, he wears a baseball cap but his content is 👍

 

[SpotOnT]

I can't even stand the thumbnails from this guy, let alone the hyper cringe videos.

How people enjoy his content is totally beyond me.

I'm clearly in the minority based upon how much cash he rakes in.
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I don’t play video games and I haven’t used a PC in nearly 25 years, but I do find value in watching the occasional video of his. He seems well informed about the state of the industry and is able to put things, from a broad range or sources, in proper context.

Granted, I would rather just read Anandtech, CDFreak, etc. but those kinds of publications just don’t seem to exist anymore. As such, I am not going to let style (YouTube is indeed, extremely obnoxious), get in the way of what is being said. At the end of the day, information is information.

 

[Happy_John]

I think they made a bad decision when they discontinued their channel called Mac Address.

It wasn’t a bad decision in hindsight, given the output of the rebranded “Mac Address” =“Thinking Different” - the new content does show that Mac Address was out of ideas. Good production values to the videos, but just not enough in the subject matter, so it descended into navel-gazing and chinstroking.

 

[Happy_John]

I always thought that channel was like a red headed step child, and even then the anti-apple bias still bled through on that channel.

No, it just ran outbid steam as a channel - the videos were well made, but the content got “very” samey - the truth is that you can’t run an entire YouTube channel only about Apple, and not have it go stale, or taking the lazy route of hating of clicks. Big as they are, you’re going to have a hell of a lot of filler of you’re releasing more than one video a month.