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Saying it's a Fisher-Price OS is like saying Linux is Fisher-Price because people have anime themes.
It's Unix under the hood. It's just as much a "real" operating system as any desktop Linux distro. It just looks nice.
Sorry if it offended you, to me it just felt locked down like iOS, only time I used MacOs when I spun up a virtual machine to try it out
No offense taken! There are a lot of justifiable reasons why people would avoid Apple products, I just don't think the desktop OS is one of them.
@Semi-Hemi-Demigod @Artemis_Mystique I totally disagree, I have to troubleshoot software installations for students and help them repair broken devices and I spend most of my time fixing one or two issues for the biology or mathematics students having macs. (And when their computers are broken, well I advise them to buy a new one which they'll be able to get repaired).
It's just not meant for serious computer use, IMO. The only contexts it beats #Linux et rivals windows seems to be in creative settings.
I’ve been seriously using a Mac for over 20 years in my career across the tech industry and I respectfully disagree.
@Semi-Hemi-Demigod @Artemis_Mystique Well, maybe the problems the students are facing are due to all of the software that the school uses being incompatible with apple. (Knowing how apple loves to be incompatible themselves, I guess that's quite logical).
And I am sure an experienced user can find workarounds to get the computer to work properly. (#asahilinux being the first thing that comes to my mind, though I never tried #asahi personally because I don't want to contribute to apple's e-waste)
I would advise you not to judge a platform from what trouble inexperienced users get into with incompatible software.