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Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward by alexvoda on Sunday January 23, 2022 @03:18AM (#30044536)
Ever since Lion or something, MacOS has been free. Not free as in free upgrade, but free as in free to download and install and use on any compatible machine (only Macs, of course).

Windows always had a price, even if that price was included by the OEM in the price of the device.

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Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward by CRConrad on Saturday January 29, 2022 @11:46AM (#30127794)
> Not free as in free upgrade, but free as in free to download and install and use on any compatible machine (only Macs, of course).

Let me repeat that:

   only Macs, of course
So then it...

* IS just an upgrade. Those Macs all came with an OS originally, didn' they?

* ISN'T actually "free": You have to buy a Mac first. They cost money -- quite a lot of it, compared to most other PCs, I've heard.

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