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Gee, I wish I could run the Mac OS in a VM though. Too bad Apple won't let me do that unless I'm running it on their overpriced, under-powered hardware with the

Gee, I wish I could run the Mac OS in a VM though. Too bad Apple won't let me do that unless I'm running it on their overpriced, under-powered hardware with the one supported configuration: running the Mac OS as the host OS. (Sorry, I won't call it "macOS" anymore because my marketing services don't come free - I'll continue to refer to it as "the Mac OS" since it's the OS that you can only run on a Mac.) Windows has a better business model for everybody. You can run it anywhere you want without restriction. It's also a vastly superior OS both technically and with regards to UX for Pro and Business users. For those that enjoy UNIX - Apple is still shipping 10 year old GNU utils with the Mac OS and meanwhile, Windows now comes with Ubuntu...and it's fucking awesome!

pmarreck 10y ago
> Too bad Apple won't let me do that unless I'm running it on their overpriced, under-powered hardware with the one supported configuration: running the Mac OS as the host OS. Somewhat agree: If Apple considers iOS the current "cash cow", then they should just open-source "macOS" and thereby expand its potential userbase. They could even charge to "certify" certain hardware or VM configs for it, while leaving the rest of the troubleshooting on uncertified hardware to the masses. > You can run it anywhere you want without restriction. Hahahaha no. I can copy my entire MacOS install/drive to literally any other Mac, or copy it to an external drive and hook it up to ANY Mac, and it boots just fine off it. It doesn't force me to re-validate, it doesn't force me to call Apple, it essentially doesn't assume I'm guilty until proven innocent. You absolutely positively cannot do this with Windows, which makes moving installs (such as to new PC's) ridiculously painful (to any experienced Mac user such as myself). And having to revalidate every time you upgrade your own hardware? LOL. > It's also a vastly superior OS both technically OK now you're literally smoking crack. The OS with the most security holes, by far, in history, is "vastly superior." The OS with such incredible UX oversights as completely removing the ability to shut down from the UI if you enable Fast Boot mode (which is really just a renamed "hibernate"), is superior for Pro users? That's just my most recent encounter of hundreds. LOLOLOL. (I use a Windows machine for gaming. Because that's all it's good for- it's too fucking naggy to tolerate if I want to get any actual work done. And forced reboots without saving the entire state of the apps you're running are fucking stupid... at least MacOS has a facility to save the entire state of a running application if there is EVER a need to involuntarily reboot... Which there almost never is.) > For those that enjoy UNIX - Apple is still shipping 10 year old GNU utils with the Mac OS Apparently you don't use a Mac at all for development or you'd know this: Everyone who's anyone who enjoys UNIX dev on MacOS has long since moved on to Homebrew http://brew.sh/ http://brew.sh/ which puts all those latest utils into userspace.

pmarreck 10y ago

> Too bad Apple won't let me do that unless I'm running it on their overpriced, under-powered hardware with the one supported configuration: running the Mac OS as the host OS. Somewhat agree: If Apple considers iOS the current "cash cow", then they should just open-source "macOS" and thereby expand its potential userbase. They could even charge to "certify" certain hardware or VM configs for it, while leaving the rest of the troubleshooting on uncertified hardware to the masses. > You can run it anywhere you want without restriction. Hahahaha no. I can copy my entire MacOS install/drive to literally any other Mac, or copy it to an external drive and hook it up to ANY Mac, and it boots just fine off it. It doesn't force me to re-validate, it doesn't force me to call Apple, it essentially doesn't assume I'm guilty until proven innocent. You absolutely positively cannot do this with Windows, which makes moving installs (such as to new PC's) ridiculously painful (to any experienced Mac user such as myself). And having to revalidate every time you upgrade your own hardware? LOL. > It's also a vastly superior OS both technically OK now you're literally smoking crack. The OS with the most security holes, by far, in history, is "vastly superior." The OS with such incredible UX oversights as completely removing the ability to shut down from the UI if you enable Fast Boot mode (which is really just a renamed "hibernate"), is superior for Pro users? That's just my most recent encounter of hundreds. LOLOLOL. (I use a Windows machine for gaming. Because that's all it's good for- it's too fucking naggy to tolerate if I want to get any actual work done. And forced reboots without saving the entire state of the apps you're running are fucking stupid... at least MacOS has a facility to save the entire state of a running application if there is EVER a need to involuntarily reboot... Which there almost never is.) > For those that enjoy UNIX - Apple is still shipping 10 year old GNU utils with the Mac OS Apparently you don't use a Mac at all for development or you'd know this: Everyone who's anyone who enjoys UNIX dev on MacOS has long since moved on to Homebrew http://brew.sh/ http://brew.sh/ which puts all those latest utils into userspace.