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Re:Did you ever need to run a piece of C# code on Windows 3.11? by m_mueller on Saturday January 11, 2020 @03:54AM (#22018961)
I agree with what you write about performance and stability, but there is one other metric where MacOS has always excelled: Consistency. From the way hotkeys work to how screen elements look, to how macs interact with other Apple products in your possession.

Note: I switched to Win10+WSL in 2018 - it's a good and productive environment, but I do miss certain aspects of MacOS still. I think valuing consistency over backwards compatibility is a valuable choice, as long as the people in charge have very good taste. Not so sure about that anymore in recent iterations though.

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Re:Did you ever need to run a piece of C# code on Windows 3.11? by blinkingled on Saturday January 11, 2020 @09:09AM (#22019921)
> Consistency

Good point, I can definitely see how removing backward compat helps with UI consistentcy. Consistentcy doesn't have to come at the expense of compatibility for a mature desktop operating system but yeah for people valuing consistentcy over everything else thats a good thing.

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