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Re:The Windows Update Marathon in a VM: From Windows 1.01 to XP by computerex on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @06:58PM (#21458287)
MacOS is a desktop operating system, the other devices you mentioned don't run desktop operating systems. You have to do an Apples to Apples comparison, because otherwise linux wipes the floor with every OS if all we are talking about is market share on metal.
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Re:The Windows Update Marathon in a VM: From Windows 1.01 to XP by scarface74 on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @08:43PM (#21458938)
Why do you have to compare desktop operating systems? An iPad Pro running the latest OS is faster than most x86 PCs, run Office and now Photoshop and can easily take the place of a desktop computer for many people.

But regardless, if you are referring to “successful”. Which I’m discussing, success from a business standpoint is profitable. Apple is definitely making more in profit and revenue than Microsoft. As in, Apple had the more successful strategy.

There are plenty of people whose only computing device is a phone and others who are hardly ever use a computer for personal use. Even the iPhone can keep up performance wise with some low end PCs being sold.

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