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I recon its because nearly everyone who uses windows hates it, and with MacOS and Linux there are proud users.
Imagine being proud of using Apple 😂
Imagine being proud of using Microsoft!
At least Apple makes decent hardware (and questionable software practices). But at least macOS is true Unix. With WSL now I'm not really sure which experience is better.
I'd still take Linux any time.
Apple products are shit. There is no way around Linux for anyone with half a brain.
They have the best ARM CPUs in any consumer product and very good software/hardware security. I hate Apple because their shit is overpriced and locked-down but that doesnt mean its garbage.
Agreed. ipads and iphones being locked as a platform, i would never buy them. The PCs? You can install Linux and be happy with it (if you're lucky enough).
Imagine buying a trash Mac for something like that lmao
I don't understand why you are being so impolite.
I understand making fun of apple shills, it's not a mature thing to do, but I get it. I just want to point out that being so "anti shill" is just as cringe.
Why do you care about what other people buy? We are having a technical discussion about different platforms, and your whole argument is "lmao buying apple".
Chronic case of fanboyism. I don’t like it so therefore there’s nothing good about it.
I've blocked them, I have other things to care about today, than arguing with a stranger about bullshit.
It's sad, because other than that we were having a pretty nice conversation. Such is life...
I’m convinced it’s a troll bot at this point lol
So how's your first day on the internet going otherwise?
Holy shit mate, are you for fucken real? "Why do you care that people give money to fucking tech giant Slavers?"
I hate Apple because of it's walled-garden practices, and even I'm tired of your rants about it. Yeah, I would never (again) buy an Apple product, but they know how to mix hardware, software and device integration like nobody else. If we want civil conversation and accurate info, we have to be objective. Additionally, Mac computers have a very specific use case, in my opinion, for everything else, any Linux distro blows Mac and Windows out of the water with not much effort.
It's corporate trash. Fuck Apple and their fanboys.
It's poor people's idea of pricey hardware.
It's unusable crap with horrendous design.
My CPU positively destroys anything made by those idiots.
I ran some benchmarks the other day and I was amazed by just how powerful and efficient the M4 Max in my Mac Studio is vs the 9800x3d in my desktop. Not only did the entire system use 2/3 the power of the 9800, while scoring well over 1.5x more. And then the system goes to idle and uses less than 10 watts. Less than just the 9800 at idle.
They’re incredible feats of engineering, only hampered by apples fuck ass software.
Exactly. I would also add it's because of their business practices which fucks the software side
-Yes, it's better.
The only thing they're good at is marketing and you're falling for it. It's technology for tech illiterate idiots.
Linux fucks every other OS.
Yes I'm falling for their marketing by specifically hating macs for 20 years, realizing they're better than windows, using them for work daily and hating every annoyance of a mac, and finally shunning everything else in favor of Linux on every device possible. Yeah man I'm a mark!
Binary thinking makes fools of people. Do better.
Dude, this idiot is locked on hating on Crapple and making it known to the point of annoyance. I'm following what others did and just blocking that kid (pretty sure anyone over 14 years old would have enough brain power to read the room at this point). I suggest you do the same so that we can all continue that more productive discourse of hating on Windows and Apple for accurate and objective reasons.
Yeah, I hate Apple a lot but I am not willing to turn off my brain about it.
I know several 😅 And me who are using an iPhone SE 2020 only for testing and learning the shitty system, can't understand how the F people love iOS. I have also tried macOS. Hated it.
I had to start using it again for work. It's improved. It has a Unix terminal now. Still annoying as fuck in a lot of ways, and the community sucks. A lot of stuff that you can get for free on Linux costs money, and even though some Linux software should work in theory, in practice it does not.
It is a really good system for media production
For hobbyists maybe. Can't do anything Windows can do, so both suck equally. Adobe CC runs on Linux.
Yeah great point. In Hollywood they use wine. Definitely not ubiquitously all-Mac shops everywhere, yeah definitely not that. Every media company definitely uses all Linux lmao
You’re high
I'm a former Mac cultist, but in my defense it was my first experience with computers.
Why? They just wanna be computer experts, I think. Windows users look like they don't even care.