Man freaking Apple. Every time I try to leave it, it pulls me back in lol. But I am going to hold steadfast this time. Let's say Apple is not an option - what's the next best bet? I did buy the Samsung Galaxy Flex book but it won't come in for a while and I can always return it if I don't like it. In addition to being annoyed with Apple, the other factor also is that I am hoping to go down to one device as opposed to two. For work I have to have a Windows PC and that's why I got the Surface Pro 7 in the first place. With a one proper windows laptop, I can then get rid of the Surface Pro 7 and not worry about carrying two.
For speed, I am sure M1 is great and all that but honestly for a typical user that only does regular day to day tasks like word processing, internet browsing, Youtube videos and Netflix every now and then - does it really matter? The Samsung I picked is the 512Gb, 15.6" version with 16GB RAM. I am thinking I am not going to think it's slow or slower than Mac. I never had any issues with the speed on my 2016 MBP and if I got for the new MBA or MBP, I am going to get stuck with keeping the Surface Pro 7 as well.
Now for data on my old Mac, the data recovery service from US that Apple reffered me to, quoted me $700US to $2900US range to recover the data. In short: fuck that. I found this video when researching:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb19xM4egzQ and their site lead me to this product:
https://store.appledollars.com/colle...2014-2015-2016
So I was thinking of giving that a shot as DIY since the MBP is dead anyway, I don't care if it gets further fucked up. If I can recover data and delete it from there, I can sell the thing for parts, otherwise I will have to hold on to it in perpetuity so as to not risk leaking all my data.