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[–] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 37 points 3 months ago (17 children)

My understanding of the different operating systems

MacOS: One time hardware payment for their service (plus for every other device)

Linux: Free as in price free and freedom

Windows: 30+ subscriptions to edit 1 file, then cooldown till next day or upgrade subscriptions to enterpise version for a kidney/per user/per month.

TitleChomeOS: Communism for the children, supported by the Education System

[–] horse@feddit.org 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (11 children)

imo macOS is better value than Windows. A Windows PC of similar quality to what Apple offers (built quality and specs) is not that much cheaper and with a Mac you get a ton of actually usable software included.

Obviously FOSS still wins offering a ton of good software for free, lots of choice and the option to choose from hardware at any price point. But Windows is just bad unless you're an enterprise user or gamer (and the latter is changing fast in Linux favour).

[–] Mistic@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (7 children)

Have you ever built PCs? Macs are significantly more expensive for the same spec

The rest I agree with, it doesn't help that Windows has been steadily going downhill with each new version...

[–] RightEdofer@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago

Not really if you actually try to match the screen too. Good colour accuracy is expensive. It’s the best part of their products. If someone doesn’t need that then yeah, definitely better options.

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