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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by dlivingston on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @04:30PM (#35632933)
> Windows caught up quite some time ago to macOS

How so? I use Windows 10/11 at work and macOS at home, and Mac's font rendering is light-years ahead of Windows IMO. The font rendering subsystem is why macOS is the go-to choice for graphic designers IIRC.

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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by Rimintil on Thursday April 20, 2023 @08:58AM (#35639252)
> The font rendering subsystem is why macOS is the go-to choice for graphic designers IIRC.

Nah, it was for the color accuracy of _classic_ Mac OS. Windows caught up in the Vista timeframe.

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