Is this the slow decline of the Apple "cult"?

Re:Is this the slow decline of the Apple "cult"? by robenkleene on Friday August 16, 2024 @10:01AM (#41266511)

Excel, Adobe suite, Cinema 4D, and Ableton Live/Max don't run on Linux, just for the short list of applications I wouldn't want to give up. So presumably you mean Windows? But then you lose AppleScript, Unix-by-default, and global Emacs bindings. Doesn't seem like a great trade off to me, so I'm curious what exactly you'd suggest here?

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Re:Is this the slow decline of the Apple "cult"? by taylodl on Friday August 16, 2024 @10:18AM (#41266676)

They have nothing to suggest because they have no clue how actual users that aren't like themselves use Apple products. You have ably demonstrated this fact.

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Re:Is this the slow decline of the Apple "cult"? by alt227 on Friday August 16, 2024 @10:44AM (#41266885)

Dont assume, it makes an ass out of u and me.

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Re:Is this the slow decline of the Apple "cult"? by alt227 on Friday August 16, 2024 @10:43AM (#41266879)

WSL

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Re:Is this the slow decline of the Apple "cult"? by robenkleene on Friday August 16, 2024 @11:38AM (#41267323)

Curious if you'd elaborate this statement, e.g., WSL is definitely a potential solution to one of the items I brought up, but given what I've stated about the advantages of macOS, would you actually go as far as to say it's a better or comparable experience on Windows? I'd love to hear your argument if so.

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Re:Is this the slow decline of the Apple "cult"? by alt227 on Friday August 16, 2024 @12:21PM (#41267773)

> would you actually go as far as to say it's a better or comparable experience on Windows?

This is obviously a subjective debate now, its all personal opinion. I would love to have that debate calmly and intelligently, but I feel here is not the place. Maybe we will meet in another place and time and be able to figure out what the other likes and prefers in their OS choice :)

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Re:Is this the slow decline of the Apple "cult"? by robenkleene on Friday August 16, 2024 @01:01PM (#41268194)

Haha, fair enough, although I do think there is still some interesting objective points, e.g., the NVIDIA/CUDA support is a clear advantage for Windows today, and on the flipside macOS is still the place where software happens first (e.g., Excel, Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, Lightroom all were launched first for Mac).

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Re:Is this the slow decline of the Apple "cult"? by fluoridation on Friday August 16, 2024 @02:57PM (#41269290)

>on the flipside macOS is still the place where software happens first (e.g., Excel, Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, Lightroom all were launched first for Mac).

Don't you think you're generalizing from a set of cherry-picked examples? How would you even approach trying to demonstrate this?

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Re:Is this the slow decline of the Apple "cult"? by robenkleene on Friday August 16, 2024 @03:32PM (#41269577)

They're not cherry-picked they're just the most important software historically to my personal, subjective value system.

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Re:Is this the slow decline of the Apple "cult"? by alt227 on Friday August 16, 2024 @02:11PM (#41268830)

I wasnt aware that Excel was first written for Mac.

Thanks for teaching me something today :)

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Re:Is this the slow decline of the Apple "cult"? by robenkleene on Friday August 16, 2024 @03:31PM (#41269566)

PowerPoint too!

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Re:Is this the slow decline of the Apple "cult"? by Vampiero on Friday August 16, 2024 @01:25PM (#41268407)

Yes, because all the people out there buying iPhones do so for the... Emacs keybindings. Obviously. That's why the brand is so popular.

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Re:Is this the slow decline of the Apple "cult"? by robenkleene on Friday August 16, 2024 @06:18PM (#41270891)

It's amazing breadth to make a fantastic product for both the most and least technically minded. If you wanted to to summarize the reason for their ferocious brand loyalty I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a better summary then that.

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