XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-03 14:54, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 1/3/26 5:33 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > As if that isn't par for the course?  It's certainly not unique to   
   > Apple's platform, though they have done a good job in that aspect   
   > admittedly.   
      
   Is it... ..."par for the course"?   
      
   Show some other similar transitions.   
      
   >   
   >   
   >>> so special and genius in adopting it, though it has in many ways   
   >>> improved their own business, but to imagine that macOS's transition   
   >>> makes it unique here is typical Alan masturbatory logic and probable   
   >>> financial support by Apple in secret, because they need a Usenet shill   
   >>   
   >> Oh, this your new bullshit, is it?   
   >   
   >   
   > I don't really believe it, if that's the question, but to the casual   
   > observer it wouldn't be that hard to imagine, your debate tactics   
   > indicate a devotion to Apple that is so extreme that you have to avoid   
   > acknowledging other platforms' strong points *and* avoid addressing   
   > points about it by other posters, even accusing them of making things up   
   > and demanding unwarranted evidence.   
      
   LOL!   
      
   >   
   >   
   >>> 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > That's not really the issue, though, all three platforms do the same   
   > things from some perspective, my concern with macOS is that it's   
   > supposed to really stand out and yet that seems more true on having   
   > higher prices than actual use advantages.   
   So having declared it "crapware", you immediately admit you were   
   speaking bullshit.   
      
   That's par for your course.   
      
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