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I study math at uni and I was shocked realizing all my teachers use ubuntu on both their laptop and work desktop

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[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Just seemed odd to pay your way into the Apple ecosystem just to wipe it and install Ubuntu

[–] 555_1@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Oh, that. Yes. I can’t fathom using Apple hardware outside of the Apple ecosystem unless that machine if EOL. But never for windows haha.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It’s really nice hardware. And for some segments of the market, it’s not even particularly expensive compared to alternatives of similar build quality.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah I think they needed horsepower to run some sophisticated models in Matlab, and Apple had a killer educational discount.