• OpenStars@piefed.social
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    1 day ago

    Mac is arguably more Unix than Linux is. Mind you, that doesn’t make it better, but yeah, why not allow people the freedom to choose?

    Especially if your workplace is picking up the tab for the device, and all the more so if the only options are Windows vs. Mac bc that’s what the company has knowledge of due to them being used before.

    Linux is great. Windows sucks ass. Mac is also great. What is so hard about saying that?

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      24 hours ago

      Mac is not great bc it is incredibly expensive and very restrictive, fully closed source. Most apps are paywalled too, you can barely do anything on a Mac if you are broke

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        19 hours ago

        Okay, but read my 3rd sentence. Though yeah, what you said is somewhat true as well - except that Mac OSX does provide a ton of stuff right out of the box, included in the price you might say, whoever pays it; also, many Linux programs require payment too, like a game on Steam, and also, many FOSS programs can work on Mac as well, especially if someone has already put in the effort to figure out how to get it to compile. So it’s not “barely anything”, even though it is lesser. Oh and also, if your work picks up the pricetag for the paid apps, then that solves that issue as well.

        They both have their uses, by different people at different times - e.g. a Mac if you can get access to one, while a Linux at home if you cannot.

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          4 hours ago

          Mac is good for audio production, but windows, linux, even bsd does many things better