XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-03 15:40, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 1/3/26 6:01 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > Does WinARM not run x86 software?   
      
   Did that happen before or AFTER Apple had worked out how to do it...   
      
   ...twice before?   
      
   >   
   >   
   >>>>> 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!   
   >   
   >   
   > Laugh if you must but it's right there for anyone who's been reading   
   > this shit to see.   
   >   
   >   
   >>>>> 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > It's not in every way crapware.  But relative to the choices we have, it   
   > qualifies as such.   
      
   In ways you will never actually articulate.   
      
   We know.   
      
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