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Re:Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020) by scubbo on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @03:20PM (#31171937)
Software Development is also a specific purpose. One that has a much broader range of requirements than (e.g.) a microwave, but still. It is entirely possible that Macbooks fulfill those requirements while lacking some other properties required of a general purpose computer.

(I'm not claiming that that's true - simply that your implication that "it is necessary to have a general purpose computer in order to develop software" is untrue)

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Re:Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020) by mikro2nd on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @03:14AM (#31177176)
Yep. My notion isn't so much that you need a general purpose computer to do software development, but more that people who are interested in doing development are more likely than most to be interested in general-purpose computers.
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