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If they're your friend, why didn't you just tell them to get a Mac?

by drcongo 7mo ago

gabrielhidasy 7mo ago
Why would I inflict that to my friends?
retired 7mo ago
15 years ago this comment would have been a troll. Nowadays it’s solid advice. The current Mac line-up is a step ahead of the competition. App compatibility is hardly an issue anymore with the exception of some very niche software.
- ecshafer 7mo ago
  Niche software, and almost all video games.
  - drcongo 7mo ago
    A laptop is for getting work done, I'm not a child.
  - retired 7mo ago
    15 years ago I couldn’t file my taxes on a Mac. That is the type of applications I am talking about. For games I have a console.
- skibidithink 7mo ago
  OS X / macOS has been ahead of Windows for a long time for anyone who lives in a web browser.
  - deleted 7mo ago
    [deleted]
ryandvm 7mo ago
Cute, and while I will agree that Apple hardware is generally superior or at least an excellent value, and OS X is miles beyond Windows in usability, I can't in good conscience recommend a Mac on principle. They impose obsessive control over their walled garden, constant pressure to use Apple ecosystem products, and they are staunchly opposed to interoperability regardless of it being an obviously anti-consumer tactical moat. Buying a Mac in spite of such anti-consumer behavior reminds me of voting for a bad person because you like their policies.
- Kirby64 7mo ago
  As opposed to Microsoft, the good guys right now? I don’t see how incessant privacy violations, selling your data, and general shovelware behavior of Windows 11 is better. In many ways, it’s much worse in my view.
  - benjiro3000 7mo ago
    [dead]
  - ryandvm 7mo ago
    Nah, as opposed to Linux (for me).
    - Kirby64 7mo ago
      Linux isn't a real choice for 99.9% of the population. If you're advising someone else on buying a laptop in an authority sense, rather than a colleague sense... telling someone to buy a Linux laptop (or, buy a laptop and put Linux on it), is a recipe for being tech support for them forever.
- bell-cot 7mo ago
  > voting for a bad person because you like their policies. These days, you're lucky if you get to pick from "Bad", "Very Bad", and "Worst". (BTW, does Mr. Bad look like he'll competently implement and honestly administer his policies? 'Cause without those, "good" policies ain't worth squat):
hutattedonmyarm 7mo ago
They did end up getting a Macbook. I wouldn't have suggested it, because I don't want to make people switch operating systems if they themselves don't want to. But they threw it into the mix, so I did include it in the list of suggestions

If they're your friend, why didn't you just tell them to get a Mac?

by drcongo 7mo ago

If they're your friend, why didn't you just tell them to get a Mac?

gabrielhidasy 7mo ago

Why would I inflict that to my friends?

retired 7mo ago

15 years ago this comment would have been a troll. Nowadays it’s solid advice. The current Mac line-up is a step ahead of the competition. App compatibility is hardly an issue anymore with the exception of some very niche software.

ecshafer 7mo ago
Niche software, and almost all video games.
- drcongo 7mo ago
  A laptop is for getting work done, I'm not a child.
- retired 7mo ago
  15 years ago I couldn’t file my taxes on a Mac. That is the type of applications I am talking about. For games I have a console.
skibidithink 7mo ago
OS X / macOS has been ahead of Windows for a long time for anyone who lives in a web browser.
- deleted 7mo ago
  [deleted]

ryandvm 7mo ago

Cute, and while I will agree that Apple hardware is generally superior or at least an excellent value, and OS X is miles beyond Windows in usability, I can't in good conscience recommend a Mac on principle. They impose obsessive control over their walled garden, constant pressure to use Apple ecosystem products, and they are staunchly opposed to interoperability regardless of it being an obviously anti-consumer tactical moat. Buying a Mac in spite of such anti-consumer behavior reminds me of voting for a bad person because you like their policies.

Kirby64 7mo ago
As opposed to Microsoft, the good guys right now? I don’t see how incessant privacy violations, selling your data, and general shovelware behavior of Windows 11 is better. In many ways, it’s much worse in my view.
- benjiro3000 7mo ago
  [dead]
- ryandvm 7mo ago
  Nah, as opposed to Linux (for me).
  - Kirby64 7mo ago
    Linux isn't a real choice for 99.9% of the population. If you're advising someone else on buying a laptop in an authority sense, rather than a colleague sense... telling someone to buy a Linux laptop (or, buy a laptop and put Linux on it), is a recipe for being tech support for them forever.
bell-cot 7mo ago
> voting for a bad person because you like their policies. These days, you're lucky if you get to pick from "Bad", "Very Bad", and "Worst". (BTW, does Mr. Bad look like he'll competently implement and honestly administer his policies? 'Cause without those, "good" policies ain't worth squat):

hutattedonmyarm 7mo ago

They did end up getting a Macbook. I wouldn't have suggested it, because I don't want to make people switch operating systems if they themselves don't want to. But they threw it into the mix, so I did include it in the list of suggestions