XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-04 18:33, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-04 19:29, Alan wrote:   
   >> On 2026-01-03 18:15, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>>>> they can depend on to obfuscate their drawbacks and exaggerate   
   >>>>> their better features, making it seem like the investment in a Mac   
   >>>>> isn't overpaying Apple but in fact an upgrade over its competition,   
   >>>>> a proposition easily refuted by actually using the three platforms   
   >>>>> enough to see how mediocre Apple's crapware really is.   
   >>>> And yet you can never actually articulate something that either   
   >>>> Linux or Windows does better.   
   >>>   
   >>> Servers and supercomputers for Linux, gaming for Windows.   
   >>   
   >> First: not what people care about for a PERSONAL computer.   
   >   
   > You asked what Linux does better (still available to quote above) and I   
   > told you.   
      
   In the context of what APPLE provides, yes.   
      
   Do you see the difference?   
      
   >   
   >> Second: "more" is not "better".   
   >   
   > Being able to play every game under the sun and with excellent   
   > performance is a lot more important to a gamer than knowing that two or   
   > three titles Apple selected run fine on Apple's hardware. So yes, _more_   
   > games and _more_ frames are indeed better, Linux is a better option that   
   > MacOS for gamers who don't want to use Windows, but Windows is still   
   > king for now.   
   It isn't BETTER from a computing standpoint.   
      
   But if you want to make that your standard, then Linux is clearly MUCH   
   "worse" than Apple...   
      
   ...because Apple provides far more of the software packages that people   
   want to use.   
      
   Same standard, you agree, right?   
      
   (Man, you are bad at this!)   
      
   (BTW, that was all AMUSEMENT. :-) )   
      
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