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MacOS requires that I purchase apple hardware at absurd brand markup, so that’s out. I use Linux at work because I have good IT support and I don’t rely on any

MacOS requires that I purchase apple hardware at absurd brand markup, so that’s out. I use Linux at work because I have good IT support and I don’t rely on any windows only software. Neither are the case at home.

Zurrrrr 4y ago
Use a simple distro and look at WINE or OSS alternatives? What program do you really need that is Windows only?
- stathibus 4y ago
  With great effort you can achieve a partial solution. I'm not interested in a new hobby, I want my computer to actually work without me fucking with it incessantly.
  - Zurrrrr 4y ago
    It doesn't require 'great effort' at all. Maybe 10 years ago. There's a reason numerous governments and industries have switched over. I suspect you are vastly overestimating the complexity and trouble you would face in switching.
    - stathibus 4y ago
      I already said I use Linux at work, I know exactly what I'm talking about.
      - Zurrrrr 4y ago
        With your comments referring to how hard or complex you think switching would be, it doesn't seem like it. But OK.
bowsamic 4y ago
> at absurd brand markup The markup for Apple hardware is really not big at all. They just don't have a budget option. If you compare macbooks to really any competing device the prices are similar (and the competing device will be much worse). Same situation when comparing iPhone to flagship Android. In fact, new iPhones are often cheaper than new flagship Android phones. There was once a time where what you said is true, where a truly great Windows laptop could be had for half the price or less than a mac, and a flagship Android phone could be had for half the price or less than an iPhone, but that was in the past. Now, there is almost price parity.
- stathibus 4y ago
  I run mid to high end desktops. It's not even close.
  - bowsamic 4y ago
    I don't know about desktop mac pricing, I'm referring to laptops. Desktops can surely be built for cheaper. Desktops with screens as good as the iMacs? Not sure. Laptops? No way

Zurrrrr 4y ago

Use a simple distro and look at WINE or OSS alternatives? What program do you really need that is Windows only?

stathibus 4y ago
With great effort you can achieve a partial solution. I'm not interested in a new hobby, I want my computer to actually work without me fucking with it incessantly.
- Zurrrrr 4y ago
  It doesn't require 'great effort' at all. Maybe 10 years ago. There's a reason numerous governments and industries have switched over. I suspect you are vastly overestimating the complexity and trouble you would face in switching.
  - stathibus 4y ago
    I already said I use Linux at work, I know exactly what I'm talking about.
    - Zurrrrr 4y ago
      With your comments referring to how hard or complex you think switching would be, it doesn't seem like it. But OK.

bowsamic 4y ago

> at absurd brand markup The markup for Apple hardware is really not big at all. They just don't have a budget option. If you compare macbooks to really any competing device the prices are similar (and the competing device will be much worse). Same situation when comparing iPhone to flagship Android. In fact, new iPhones are often cheaper than new flagship Android phones. There was once a time where what you said is true, where a truly great Windows laptop could be had for half the price or less than a mac, and a flagship Android phone could be had for half the price or less than an iPhone, but that was in the past. Now, there is almost price parity.

stathibus 4y ago
I run mid to high end desktops. It's not even close.
- bowsamic 4y ago
  I don't know about desktop mac pricing, I'm referring to laptops. Desktops can surely be built for cheaper. Desktops with screens as good as the iMacs? Not sure. Laptops? No way