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the key is "with linux". Try developing iOS apps or do anything within the apple ecosystem (e.g. check your photos?). Not viable for 99.9% of mac users.

• blark 4y ago
  My computer was too old for Apple, a characteristic similar to saying 90% of brand new laptops are too blonde. There are very few modern Apple development machines but anyone with an old desktop can make most modern software. (There are also plenty of exceptions where an Arm laptop isn't usable in software development, so nothing is universal.)
  • password4321 4y ago
    In case you're not aware: OpenCore Legacy Patcher https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32614135 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32614135 https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/#readme https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/#readme > running and unlocking features in macOS on supported and unsupported Macs
    • blark 4y ago
      Thanks, I didn't know much about that and it could be helpful with relatives, etc. Most of the Apple hardware bought for me has been by employers who understood I wasn't going to use Apple software. In the big scheme of things, it is better to have a reduced set of drivers and pay a bit more than have an employee fiddling on drivers because Acer skimmed another $1 off their motherboard cost.