XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-04 04:02, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   > Alan wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
   >   
   >> On 2026-01-03 14:29, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>> On 2026-01-03 16:57, Alan wrote:   
   >>>> On 2026-01-03 13:50, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>>> On Sat, 03 Jan 2026 20:35:17 +0000, Tyrone wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Arm CPUs are the best thing to happen to PCs since the SSD.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Second-best. RISC-V may yet surpass them. Maybe even LoongArch.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Ummmm... "may yet surpass" literally means "aren't YET as good".   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes, everyone understood what he meant.   
   >>   
   >> He declared ARM CPUs "second-best", then literally contradicted himself.   
   >>   
   >>>>> And as usual, Linux is leading the way.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> LOL!   
   >>>   
   >>> Linux supports almost every platform under the sun. How many platforms   
   >>> does MacOS run on?   
   >>>   
   >> Do you buy a computer to run an OS?   
   >   
   > Some of us run an OS to rejuvenate an old computer.   
      
   So you run the OS on the computer and nothing else?   
      
   Can you see what I'm driving at.   
      
   >   
   > My personal habit is to buy a Windows box and either dual boot or   
   > strip off Windows.   
      
   I buy a "box" that runs the software I want to run using an OS that   
   works extraordinarily well.   
      
   >   
   > I have one dual boot so I can occasionally test my code on   
   > Windows. I use the mingw compiler there. I don't give a rat's ass   
   > about Visual Studio. I'm done with it. Let somebody else get up   
   > off their keister and port it.   
   >   
      
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