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[-] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 143 points 3 months ago

And… they’re basically all correct. Linux does run on all sort of machines, even really ancient ones. It has a solid command line environment, or rather lots of them. And it’s astounding powerful. Windows does still blue screen, is currently the best place for gaming, and wow is MS fucking you with Win11. Macs can have a cool setup, are really simplified for most users and expensive.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 50 points 3 months ago

Macs excel in multimedia creation. It’s not just a cool setup. Yes, I’m prepared for the inevitable downvotes.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, more software was written for the more user-friendly computers with the (generally) less-technical userbase.

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[-] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 3 months ago

I don’t think I’ll ever be a Mac user but I’ve seen how fast these newer MacBooks edit video on battery power without breaking a sweat (and without eating through the battery).

People focus on “software magic” with Apple but the M chips are serious hardware that a lot of us don’t take seriously because the company that killed the iPod made them.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

What’s interesting is the Apple CoreAudio system on iOS and macOS is as good as it is from their experience developing the iPod. For years after the iPod was discontinued, audiophiles were paying top dollar for used iPod Classics, just for the high quality DAC. The low-latency and high quality of CoreAudio is one of the reasons Pro Tools works better on Mac than on Windows.

[-] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

Oh, I’m well aware. Every few months I search online for used Classics in working condition in my area because that’s a project I’m interested in, but I haven’t committed to it yet. Maybe I should as they are apparently getting expensive and harder to find everywhere.

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[-] gjoel@programming.dev 90 points 3 months ago

To me, a Linux user, Apple is more of a jail or a pusher. I don't want to use it because of lock in. Oh, you have an iPod? It's much better with a Mac. An iPhone? All your friends should also have it, and now we have this special app you can only use properly with other apple users.

No thanks.

[-] rozodru@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

The funny thing about apple is just how far they've moved away from Jobs' "vision".

It was clearly evident when they released the Apple Pencil. Jobs hated Stylus'. one of the reasons he killed the newton, and a reason why the iphone/ipad never originally had one as he was quoted as saying "why would I need a stylus? I have 5 of them on my hand"

I mean Apple is like a cult that worship a dead god who would burn current Apple to the ground and start over if he came back.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 18 points 3 months ago

Steve jobs also hated keyboards, or at least all the F1-12 keys because "nobody needs them"

About the "5 stylus on my hand", it really feels like he only ever cared about the lowest common denominator when it came to usability and function. Yes, you have 5 fingers, but to this day fingers lack precision on touch screens, while a pencil stylus is as precise as it can get.

[-] ZarkleFarkle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

The function keys allow you to access extra features or shortcuts in programs that most people don't ever use or don't know might make them slightly quicker if they use the program a lot.

Steve Jobs only seemed to believe in supporting input methods he thought seemed most convenient for most people. Anything else was needlessly complicated and a waste of space. Some of his ideas about that come across as unusual, especially when things like space aren't as limited.

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

Jobs also believed that 3.5" was the perfect touchscreen size for the human hand, neglecting the fact that (a) the human hand size varies drastically and (b) people are willing to trade ergonomic perfection for more screen estate because it's more usable that way.

[-] Resol@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I always thought the Nintendo DS Lite looked like something Apple manufactured.

Now that I think about it, it's kinda ironic because Steve Jobs hates the stylus.

[-] cmhe@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Apple looks more like a cult, similar to Scientology. Linux user as well.

[-] lastweakness@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Linux is a cult with an exit, apple is a cult that most don't acknowledge as a cult and there's no real exit

[-] cmhe@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

Well... cults with an exit are just groups of people.

[-] lastweakness@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

Yes, Linux is mostly just a bunch of passionate people

[-] palordrolap@kbin.run 10 points 3 months ago

Was going to say that I don't have the energy to be passionate about anything these days, but then I realised I'm quite happy - almost passionate, you might say - to turn that dispassion towards large organisations like Microsoft.

Buy our products!

"No."

[-] ZarkleFarkle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Main reason I started using Linux on my computers a few years ago. I also learned some shocking things about privacy that made me wanna switch. Linux runs most stuff someone not in another weird niche could ever want nowadays anyway.

[-] dwindling7373@feddit.it 49 points 3 months ago

Memes came and go and this picture is still somehow relevant. How old is it? I wouldn't be surprised if it was 10+ years!

[-] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 29 points 3 months ago

I’m pretty sure Steve Jobs was alive when it was created, so sounds about right.

[-] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 47 points 3 months ago

Apparently Windows users have a very accurate perception of how I use Linux

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[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 45 points 3 months ago

I see this meme more often than i see my parents

[-] DynoNoob@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

This meme is almost old enough to vote.

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 44 points 3 months ago

Ngl, that Fischer Price setup looks sick. 10/10, would modify into an actual, usable desktop setup.

[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 19 points 3 months ago

Especially since it looks like it has an actual graphics tablet attached to it. Granted, it's probably just aa resistive panel with no display behind it, but still!

[-] locuester@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 months ago

Found the Mac user

[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 21 points 3 months ago

Linux

[-] computergeek125@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

After Crowdstrike are we sure it's not all blue screens in the windows column?

[-] General_Shenanigans@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Where do I fit if I use all three?

[-] Allonzee@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

You fit exiled in the forest by all three.

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[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago

It’s missing my clique… BSD Fans.

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That makes sense, because you're seen by nobody (besides maybe on lemmy sometimes)

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 12 points 3 months ago

Based on this graphic, I am a Linux fanboy... despite how I use Macs (though to ssh into Linux:-).

[-] guillem@aussie.zone 13 points 3 months ago

Beware, MacOS was my gateway to Linux.

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

iTerm2 terminal and homebrew package manager help turn MacOS into a fully functional OS

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 3 points 3 months ago

Did you use an emulator on the Mac first or jump directly? I need to find a good free one that works with the M-series chips.

[-] guillem@aussie.zone 4 points 3 months ago

For some reason I had to use homebrew and it made me discover FOSS and the terminal. I started switching to GIMP, Scribus and others on Mac and ended up jumping to Linux.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 3 points 3 months ago

FOSS, on whatever platform we install it onto, is indeed the ultimate goal of the human race - sharing is caring and all:-).

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[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The one on the bottom right should be the same as the center right but with "Apple" written instead of "Microsoft". And maybe with the hand of the character representing Apple reaching in the other's pocket while doing what he's doing.