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What an annoying comment. Plenty of people use Macs for professional or personal reasons who don’t find gaming to be a deciding factor in their purchase decisions.
Like any creative ever. Gamers will disagree but I find Macs desktop UI much nicer than Windows. I worked in Hollywood editorial for a while and it's ALL Macs there until you get into really high end VFX stations.
The Wacom drivers are also MUCH better on Mac. It's hard to explain, but the stylus just doesn't feel as smooth on Windows. The response curve/time is just better, even with the same settings.
A bunch of small UX things like native column view in finder turn into annoyances on other systems.
Having a UNIX terminal is nice if you're a developer but aren't fond of any of the Linux desktop environments. WSL for windows it's getting better, but getting IDEs to play nicely with it was still touch and go last time I gave it a whirl.
I game on PC and deploy to Linux servers, but Mac is my daily driver for coding and video editing. It just gets out of my way and let's me be productive. I have to do way too much fiddling on Windows and PC for a desktop experience I still like less.
Also -- disregarding the OS, which I do think Apple should be forced to sell as a standalone -- the build quality is leaps and bounds above any other laptop I've had. I've been using a laptop with the M1 Apple Silicone, and it's legitimately the happiest I've ever been with a work computer.
What an annoying apple fan. Plenty of people use computers for gaming and not professional reasons
And I love that for you.
What an annoying response. I asked about gaming specifically because I already know it's the only thing holding back iOS. I'm fully aware iOS is capable of creative software and general use. You don't need to start a circle jerk.
You’re the one that started off pegging all MacOS users as college kids writing papers in Starbucks. If you’re gonna be snarky then stick to your snark. No need to back peddle now.
I didn't tag anyone as anything. Read it again. I asked if college kids buying laptops was what was driving the higher sales. But I get things can seem like it's personal when you attach so much of your identity to a product.
Sure, Jan.
Ok boomer