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1. vitro · 1790070461 · focus · HN ↗

   Not trying to start flamewars, but more and more I wonder how much are people willing to put up with such practices. On linux for 15+ years and everytime I try to use mac or win, it is an ordeal. And ads. F*cking ads in a system someone has purchased. And spying. Really user hostile environment. No, thank you.

   1. tomp · 1790071277 · focus · HN ↗

      Because Mac laptops are lightyears ahead of any other hardware.

      Build quality (aluminum), charging (magsafe), screen resolution, battery life, noise (or lack thereof), trackpad…

      It’s like other vendors aren’t even trying.

      Also the OS mostly “just works”, just last week my Linux laptop disabled NVIDIA GPU (and almost bricked itself?? Not sure, had to fix apt) during automated updates

      1. pjmlp · 1790072247 · focus · HN ↗

         At work we can choose between Apple laptops or Thinkpads, I choose thinkpads, using Windows and WSL.

         Previously either VMware Workstation or Virtual Box.

         Also I am not speaking from a position of no experience, as some projects require being assigned Mac Books, that I gladly return after delivery.

         1. asdff · 1790072967 · focus · HN ↗

            WSL is such a pain compared to just using a unix os from the get, which is of course what macos is. People forget that it is in fact a unix distro.

            1. happymellon · 1790074482 · focus · HN ↗

               Unix certification requires things like case sensitive file systems, which MacOS can do, but doesn't so they had to supply a special configuration for certification.

               So no. The MacOS you use is not Unix.

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