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Re:The Hackintosh Reborn with AI by simondotau on Thursday November 05, 2026 @07:21PM (#50386519)
Apple's value was absolutely for their software... as compared to Windows. (And compared to Linux, for people who don't care about technology and for whom any risk of ever facing a terminal prompt is a non-starter.)
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Re:The Hackintosh Reborn with AI by pjmlp on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:58AM (#50389868)
Not when comparing classical Mac OS to Windows 9X/NT, which is why they were into trouble during the 1990's.
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Re:The Hackintosh Reborn with AI by simondotau on Saturday November 07, 2026 @05:28AM (#50403279)
Agreed, I wouldn’t make that comparison before 2010. And even then you’re right into peak Windows with Windows 7. That was a goated OS.
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Re:The Hackintosh Reborn with AI by illwrks on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:22AM (#50392609)
Agreed. In the creative space there is no equal. Macs have provided consistency and stability from the 90s.
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