It's "interesting" because it broadly aligns with the interests of the HN users which is why it got voted to the top.

I'm also not an Apple user but I still read the stories about what they are up to as I find them an interesting company to watch.

>It's "interesting" because it broadly aligns with the interests of the HN users

so it's interesting because people think it's interesting?

Well, that's about how "interesting" works...

>I'd like to get something like this for a desktop but I'm afraid my Ubuntu might have some issues on the hardware. I'll wait until I find it slightly used for half the cost.

You might want to look at something like https://system76.com/desktops/model/sabc2

It's similar in the idea, it will support Ubuntu (or Linux in general) 100%, no drivers problems. Obviously it's not branded Apple so some people might not like it.

Your laptop had a 21.5" IPS display?

That sounded cynical but leaving out possibly the most expensive component on the iMac to compare it to a generic laptop with a smaller screen on a Black friday sale doesn't make sense.

Considering that no one else makes a decent desktop or laptop anymore and hasn't for years, I'd say this is quite newsworthy.

Well this is just your opinion. IMHO, I think you are incorrect. I think you and people like you do more harm to the image of Apple than good and I think your post adds no value to this discussion.