Some of the pro-Apple commentary that happens in discussions like this is just a response to the constant "you got suckered by Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field" style of comments. Anti-Apple folks like to insinuate (if not proclaim outright) that Apple users are less technical than Linux users, they're stupid, etc.

Meanwhile, some of us just wanted a decently polished desktop GUI that runs a unix command line natively. You could say that Windows now supports this, and Linux desktops have made some progress, but when I switched over to primarily using OSX for my workstation years ago, neither was remotely true. I stick with it because inertia, just like most everyone else.

> I stick with it because inertia, just like most everyone else.

Yep, I bet a lot of people are like that. That's why I use Linux on the desktop: I've been using it for like 6 years and I can't be bothered to try anything else since this is what I know.

At least people who proselytize for Linux or Windows aren't telling you to throw away your laptop so you can buy a new, $1,000+ replacement machine. Oh, you don't like it? That's because you didn't buy a $700 iPhone, and you didn't compliment it with your $300 Homepod. You didn't forget to buy a $400 Apple Watch, did you? That would almost be as ridiculous as forgetting to buy a $50 Magsafe charger! W-wait, you didn't buy that either? Good luck charging your phone, then... your Mac only ships with a USB-C cable.