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I have less experience (with MacOS), having only used it for perhaps a year for work, a couple years ago. But I do know that when it comes to the overall system

I have less experience (with MacOS), having only used it for perhaps a year for work, a couple years ago. But I do know that when it comes to the overall system, I have vastly more choices when it comes to hardware, being able to upgrade, being able to repair. There's just far less coupling between the operating system and the hardware than you find with Mac. So it certainly doesn't feel as free to me. But the UI might be similarly as open as Windows - I don't have sufficient experience to know.

hmrr 5y ago
The differentiator for macOS versus Windows is the Apple stuff actually works properly and doesn't get in my way at all. I really don't give a shit any more if it costs 2x as much or isn't repairable or the or that because that's a cheaper TCO than the friction and mental anguish of having tools made of shit dissolve in your hands daily. Whenever I have to dive into my corporate windows box for work, it's like someone is kicking me in the balls 20 times a day. For example today, I achieved nothing productive today thanks to windows. WSL2 bug open since 2019. Probably never get fixed.