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Apple's hardware quality is the way it is because they control the software and hardware. Looking System76 I can see why people would want a Mac. Purism looks a
by wil421 6y ago
Apple's hardware quality is the way it is because they control the software and hardware. Looking System76 I can see why people would want a Mac. Purism looks as decent as an XPS.
You also pay a hefty premium for MacOS if you are just running Linux.
- josephg 6y ago> You also pay a hefty premium for MacOS if you are just running Linux. You can’t run Linux on the M1 yet, but will this still true when you can? How does price / performance of the M1 air compare to x86 laptops? (Or the Mac mini vs other small form factor PCs?)
- gameswithgo 6y agoThat is not really the case in any meaningful way. I mean until just now they did not control the cpu or gpu on their laptops and desktops.
- remexre 6y agoWell, I think it's fair to say that "among the Unix-derived OSes, macOS is the one with the best hardware support for the hardware it typically runs on." I've wasted months of my life futzing with Broadcom WLAN cards...