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Re:macOS in Svelte by somenewaccount1 on Saturday August 14, 2021 @09:13AM (#28180347)
Ive installed Linux on dozens of machines, wifi works out the box on about 8/10. Bluetooth (after driver download) on about 1/3 without doing more troubleshooting.

On Mac? Both work 100% of the time on every one I've purchased.

That's the difference. 100% vs 80%. If my software deployments broke 20% of the time at work, I would be fired.

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Re:macOS in Svelte by Mikeb85 on Saturday August 14, 2021 @03:00PM (#28183102)
And? Wifi works on 100% of the laptops I've installed Linux on out of the box because I select laptops with parts that Linux supports. Just like Apple makes their OS work for their components.

Linux supports far more hardware out of the box than either MacOS or Windows.

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Re:macOS in Svelte by somenewaccount1 on Thursday August 19, 2021 @06:46PM (#28240293)
> Why do people pay the premium for this UI Apple forces you to use?

People pay the "premium" because they do not have to make any effort in selecting which laptop will work out of the box. Effort takes time, time is money. In general, people would rather pay the money upfront, rather then pay with their time later.

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