XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-04 16:01, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-04 18:44, WolfFan wrote:   
   >> On Jan 4, 2026, CrudeSausage wrote   
   >> (in article<695a6593$2$23$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>):   
   >>   
   >>> On 2026-01-04 07:08, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   >>>> Alan wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 2026-01-03 14:07, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 1/3/26 4:57 PM, 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".   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> And as usual, Linux is leading the way.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> LOL!   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Linux and Windows both support ARM, your precious Apple overlords   
   >>>>>> aren't   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> So? How does that show Linux "leading the way"?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> There's more to leading the way that simply being able to run an OS.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> People don't use the OS: they use applications that can run on that   
   >>>>> OS.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> And Apple has lead the way in making it possible to run a program   
   >>>>> written for a different architecture on new one.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Motorola to PowerPC   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> PowerPC to Intel   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> And now, Intel to Apple Silicon.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> This isn't the flex you think it is.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>    
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> And yet you can never actually articulate something that either   
   >>>>> Linux or   
   >>>>> Windows does better.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> AI Overview   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Linux generally offers superior customization, hardware   
   >>>> choice, open-source freedom, and powerful developer tools over   
   >>>> macOS, allowing users to tailor the OS extensively, install it   
   >>>> on diverse (often cheaper) hardware, use powerful command-line   
   >>>> utilities (Bash, Docker), and benefit from community-driven   
   >>>> innovation, making it ideal for power users, developers, and   
   >>>> those prioritizing control and flexibility.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Bottom line: Linux makes me happy!   
   >>>   
   >>> Speaking of customization, for Mac users, it only goas as far as putting   
   >>> stickers representing your political beliefs on the lid of the computer.   
   >>   
   >> not on any of mine.   
   >   
   > Then, how do you hide the dent caused by merely looking at it?   
      
   Why must you make shit up?   
      
   >   
   >>> Every desktop looks exactly the same, every computer looks exactly the   
   >>> same.   
   >>   
   >> looks at MacBook. Looks at display attached to Mac mini #1. Looks at   
   >> display   
   >> attached to Mac mini #2. Three different desktops; even the Docks are   
   >> different, several apps are on only one of the machines. Hint: one of   
   >> the Mac   
   >> minis is a server, with multiple volumes attached.   
   >   
   > Feel free to show us the extensive customization you've done on your   
   > Macs, sir.   
      
   Feel free to show the "extensive customization" you've done to your   
   Linux machine...   
      
   >   
   >>> Heck, the typical Apple users is so used to fitting into a mold   
   >>> that they don't bother to change their wallpaper anymore.   
   >>   
   >> Hmm. MacBook currently has a high-res image of EarthForce destroyer   
   >> Agamemnon   
   >> in orbit. Mac mini #1 has Enterprise CV-6 launching against the Kido   
   >> Butai on   
   >> the morning of 4 June 1942. Mac mini #2 has Faith, Hope, and Charity   
   >> defending Malta. Each image is from different folders, one per   
   >> machine, with   
   >> 48 images each, rotated once every half hour.   
   >   
   > How daring.   
      
   Completely refuted by facts, you resort to belittling his choices.   
      
   You know what?   
      
   My computer's screen is pretty much always covered with active windows.   
      
   I've got something like 20-30 open at any given time. Admittedly, some   
   of those are minimized, but right this moment, I've got 10 windows open   
   across Thunderbird, Safari, Messages, Photos, WhatsApp, Mail, Microsoft   
   Teams, NetNewsWire, and Excel.   
      
   The only people who SEE the wallpaper on a computer...   
      
   ...are ones who aren't actually USING it.   
      
   >   
   >>> They appear to   
   >>> be entirely devoid of any kind of unique personality to a point that   
   >>> they all generally look the same (hipster attire, insist on hanging out   
   >>> in coffee shops to let you know that they paid extra to get an Apple   
   >>> product when they could just as easily work at home).   
   >>   
   >> I’ve never so much as set foot in a Starbucks. Ever.   
   >   
   > You've done yourself a favour. Starbucks has the absolute worst coffee   
   > I've ever tasted, and I say this as someone who experimented with Folgers.   
      
   Why must you speak such bullshit?   
      
   It's certainly not the best, but don't make utterly specious comparisons.   
      
   >   
   >>> I've never met Alan, but I'll bet that he wears a tuque all day long and   
   >>> spends his day drinking what Starbucks considers to be coffee writing a   
   >>> screenplay.   
   >>   
   >> bloody hell. you need help, laddie.   
   >   
   > Duly ignored.   
   Yeah...you'll insult others...   
      
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