XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: snipeco.2@gmail.com   
      
   CrudeSausage  wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-03 20:20, Sn!pe wrote:   
   > > CrudeSausage  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > [...]   
   > >   
   > >> Linux supports almost every platform under the sun.   
   > >> How many platforms does MacOS run on?   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > macOS is designed to run on Apple kit, nothing else.  If it ran   
   > > on other manufacturers' (inferior) hardware, Apple would not sell   
   > > as much of their own kit, which is where they make their money.   
   > >   
   > > This is not rocket surgery, just sound commercial design.   
   > >   
   >   
   > Which is entirely my point. Some of us buy hardware with the intention   
   > of doing whatever we want with it. We have a choice to run Windows or   
   > Linux if we bought x86-64, but Linux is still an option for us if we   
   > bought hardware of any other platform. If I were to buy a Mac, there is   
   > no doubt that I would have excellent hardware under my fingers when I   
   > type. Nevertheless, the hardware will never allow me to do whatever I   
   > want with it because, inevitably, Apple will cease to support it a few   
   > years after I bought it with no realistic option to keep it useful once   
   > the updates stop coming. I'm left with the option of buying a new one   
   > from Apple and allowing them to recycle my machine.   
   >   
   > Meanwhile, Linux just allowed my brother to give a third life to his   
   > laptop from 2007.   
   >   
      
   Good for you and for your brother.   
      
   The fact remains that if you want to run macOS, which I regard as a   
   superior OS, you need Apple kit to do that.  If macOS is /not/ superior,   
   why else would you want to run it?  If you're content with what Linux   
   and mainstream hardware gives you, good for you; stick with it and   
   stop griping about the benefits that we Apple users enjoy.   
      
   When my 2011 iMac 27" can no longer run macOS, I'll probably put   
   some flavour of Linux on it and keep it running for a few more years.   
   It's a win-win!  (not win-doze...)   
      
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