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Re:A world without the Mac Pro by djhworld on Saturday November 05, 2016 @12:25PM (#12880402)
I think for some people customisation is a pain, especially when you have to workarounds bugs or find some hardware configuration incompatibility.

Not saying there's anything wrong with people enjoying tinkering with their setup, but I guess the advantage OSX offers you is most of that is taken care of you on the desktop, you just install your apps on top

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Re:A world without the Mac Pro by sheer_horror on Saturday November 05, 2016 @12:35PM (#12880459)
It is a misconception that mainstay Linux distributions have any sort of hardware or software incompatibility (aside from Mac- or Windows-only targeted software). That said, you are correct that people use OSX because it's literally 0 set up and configuration.
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Re:A world without the Mac Pro by mamon on Saturday November 05, 2016 @01:10PM (#12880672)
There's a lot of incompabilities on new hardware. Usually Linux kernel needs about 6 months to catch up with latest Intel or NVidia products. Also, try to use an iPhone with Linux computer - it is a nightmare. I have Windows installed in VirtualBox vm solely for iTunes's sake.
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