XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy
From: nuh-uh@nope.com
On 2026-01-03 18:26, 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 manucturers' (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.
Ummmmmm...what?
Apple's support goes on for years, dude.
My last laptop was a 13" MacBook Pro (A1502) from early 2015, and I only
replaced it with my current M3 MacBook Air in early 2024.
I got about 8.5 years out of it, and when I finally replaced it, it was
capable of running macOS (12)...
...which came out AFTER I'd already replaced the machine.
>
> Meanwhile, Linux just allowed my brother to give a third life to his
> laptop from 2007.
Which is good usage, I grant you.
But don't pretend that "Apple cease[s] support in a few years".
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