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On top of that, putting it below Windows? This is clearly someone who’s never used one or thinks gaming is the only thing you do on a computer. I’m all for Linux and use it in several places, but it has nothing on MacOS polish. Sure, it’s not perfect, but it’s a far cry from ChromeOS or Windows 11.
Literally why I prefer a Macbook for work and a Linux desktop for gaming. The former just works with a little bit of setup (brew), the latter allows for infinite tinkering and customizability.
To be honest my SO has an older MacBook and using that a couple of times convinced me to absolutely never buy one myself (regarding the os).
I had to google the most basic functions which you can achieve with a right click on other systems
It seems people don't like my dislike of MacOS lol
It's surely just you not understanding that the real problem is that you don't know how to use it while you do know how to use whatever you're comparing it to.
MacOS doesn't work exactly like Windows? The hell you say!
You know you've got a bad take when someone who doesn't even like Apple is making fun of you. Just saying.
You can still right click on Mac OS. Two finger press on the trackpad, control left click, or just right click on any normal mouse.
Yeah I know, but I couldn't figure out how to print stuff apart from pressing ctrl+p
File > print?
While I loath windows, I would still put it above Mac if only for the ability to put windows on whatever you want. Even if Mac is more polished, the fact that it only works reasonably on vastly overpriced, mostly unrepairable hardware kills any appeal it would have. Add in apple's tendency to gimp devices as if a three year old machine is at deaths door, and I'll go to a customized windows os every time.
Also the gaming thing. It's not pinnacle, but it's also not trivial.
My MacBook Air is five years old still has 92% battery it’s not even close to deaths door for either me of Apple. My XPS 13 is five years old and has had its battery and thermal paste replaced.
I haven’t played a video game since Oregon Trail was new.
I used my 2011 iMac until two years ago and you can easily install Windows and Linux on a Mac so the whole gaming thing just isn't a valid complaint. It's not Apple that makes devs not port to MacOS as much (same with Linux). I have a laptop from 2015 that microshit decided can't run Windows 11, so they're even worse. You're objectively misinformed.
I'm highly critical of Apple, their philosophy for proprietary hardware with an aggressive stance against right to repair, and some particular design flaws on specific models of their machines that are unacceptable for the price point they sell their products at. Not to mention their ball coddling of the fascist fuck in the white house.
But MacOS is definitely superior to Windows, game developers not focusing on MacOS be damned. The bloat on Windows is beyond overkill, and MacOS's Unix based build for ultra specific hardware runs so much more efficiently. I used to play around with a hackintosh back when Mac OS X Lion was around.
Yup bought a MBP in my ignorant youth of 2008. It was beautiful sturdy HW at the time when most windows laptops were creaky plastic turds. After using Ubuntu for a few years Mac OS to me was like a nicer looking easier to use linux. However every 10-20 minutes the screen would flicker just once but it happened all consistently. Multiple report in forums about it and many cases opened but apple did nothing about it. Wouldn't even acknowledge it was a problem. Finally 5+ years later when most people were moving on they made a bios patch that acknowledged the issue and fixed it.