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If/when support for Linux gaming becomes widespread and easy to navigate with few configuration hurdles, Windows will die very quickly. As for MacOS, I genuinel

by jimbo808 10mo ago

If/when support for Linux gaming becomes widespread and easy to navigate with few configuration hurdles, Windows will die very quickly. As for MacOS, I genuinely can't wrap my head around why anyone who is technically competent would prefer that OS.

herpdyderp 10mo ago
Unfortunately sim racing requires Windows (that's my last holdout). As far as macOS goes, Linux is so good but I also like my peripherals to work for my job where I don't have time to tinker all day.
3eb7988a1663 10mo ago
Fewer and fewer people own home computers anymore. I would not be surprised if ChromeOS laptops outpace home Windows install at some point. The bastion of Windows installations will still be the corporate market. Outside of developer circles, Macs are only used by executives - the drones still get underspecced Windows laptops.
- pzo 10mo ago
  not only corporate but also many small shops still running some dedicated software for PoS. Maybe wine will work but it's a lot of hassle still and too risky for trying something that critical to work for such PoS scenarios. Also not sure if situation changed but at least 5 years ago most ATMs in asia were running windows based on talk with my friend working in this field.
  - jimbo808 10mo ago
    Yeah I think my original comment was a bit overstated. I think it would have been more accurate to say Windows would die for the consumer desktop market.
paulryanrogers 10mo ago
Doubtful this will ever happen for the most lucrative part of desk/lap-top gaming: multiplayer and micro transaction games. They require anti-cheat to keep the money flowing. And IIUC, Linux fundamentally grants too much user control for effective anti-cheat.
JCattheATM 10mo ago
> As for MacOS, I genuinely can't wrap my head around why anyone who is technically competent would prefer that OS. Even technical users can succumb to Apple's Reality Distortion Field.
claysmithr 10mo ago
MacOS is like the best of both worlds between Linux and Windows. It's commercial software, and a major platform target for devs, and can do all the unix-y things too.
- jimbo808 10mo ago
  That's the pitch, yeah. If you're happy to use the OS in the specific way Apple thinks you should, it's okay.

herpdyderp 10mo ago

Unfortunately sim racing requires Windows (that's my last holdout). As far as macOS goes, Linux is so good but I also like my peripherals to work for my job where I don't have time to tinker all day.

3eb7988a1663 10mo ago

Fewer and fewer people own home computers anymore. I would not be surprised if ChromeOS laptops outpace home Windows install at some point. The bastion of Windows installations will still be the corporate market. Outside of developer circles, Macs are only used by executives - the drones still get underspecced Windows laptops.

pzo 10mo ago
not only corporate but also many small shops still running some dedicated software for PoS. Maybe wine will work but it's a lot of hassle still and too risky for trying something that critical to work for such PoS scenarios. Also not sure if situation changed but at least 5 years ago most ATMs in asia were running windows based on talk with my friend working in this field.
- jimbo808 10mo ago
  Yeah I think my original comment was a bit overstated. I think it would have been more accurate to say Windows would die for the consumer desktop market.

paulryanrogers 10mo ago

Doubtful this will ever happen for the most lucrative part of desk/lap-top gaming: multiplayer and micro transaction games. They require anti-cheat to keep the money flowing. And IIUC, Linux fundamentally grants too much user control for effective anti-cheat.

JCattheATM 10mo ago

> As for MacOS, I genuinely can't wrap my head around why anyone who is technically competent would prefer that OS. Even technical users can succumb to Apple's Reality Distortion Field.

claysmithr 10mo ago

MacOS is like the best of both worlds between Linux and Windows. It's commercial software, and a major platform target for devs, and can do all the unix-y things too.

jimbo808 10mo ago
That's the pitch, yeah. If you're happy to use the OS in the specific way Apple thinks you should, it's okay.