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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Racist Apple is targeting blacks only and abusing white women to
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:18:52 -0800
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On 2024-12-11 14:24, Joel wrote:
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> 
>>>>> High-end PCs can benefit
>>>>> from M$'s tinkering [to make Windows 11 just right].
>>>>
>>>> Give an example.
>>>
>>> Well, boot Win11 24H2 on a nice 13th gen i7, and you have a great
>>> experience.  That's what Microsoft supports.  Linux is the solution
>>> for others, but they often overlook it.
>>
>> In what way is booting that a better experience than booting macOS
>> Sequoia 15.1.1 on an M3 Mac?
>>
>> Be specific (for once).
> 
> 
> macOS just isn't something suitable for the norm, but to people caught
> in Apple land it seems to be.

You made a specific claim.

Back it up or shut up.

> 
> 
>>>>>>>>> They depend on
>>>>>>>>> Microsoft and Adobe to develop applications.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Apple makes computers and other computing devices and the operating
>>>>>>>> systems for those devices along with many applications to run on them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Microsoft is more full-service.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Again... ...to the END USER, how does that matter?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What matters is that the END USER can find the software he or she needs
>>>>>> to get his or her tasks done.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And for almost every ordinary task, that software (often the exact same
>>>>>> software) is available for macOS.
>>>>>
>>>>> Simple people like simple things, I suppose.
>>>>
>>>> What's a complex thing that can't be done on a Mac?
>>>
>>> Nothing.
>>
>> So you have no actual answer.
>>
>> You can't produce a single example of a complex thing that can't be done
>> on a Mac.
>>
>> Got it.
> 
> 
> It was acknowledgement of your point.  macOS has every capability that
> WinNT and Linux have.

So then your insult was just bigotry...

....right?

> 
> 
>>>>>>>>> I actually enjoyed
>>>>>>>>> seeing the free trial of M$ Office for Mac.  Showed it to my mom,
>>>>>>>>> who's always used Office for Winblows.  The Mac version of Office is
>>>>>>>>> actually great software.  And I imagine Adobe's stuff is pretty great
>>>>>>>>> on it, and the movie editing, etc.  But for a typical PC user, posting
>>>>>>>>> on Usenet everyday, macOS is a quirky choice.
>>>>>>>> Again with the "quirky".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yep, wear it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not until you define it.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's self-evident, Apple supplies a quirky corner of the market.
>>>>
>>>> That's another non-answer.
>>>
>>> I was blown away by Finder.  Really amusing, how little effort Apple's
>>> programmers put in.
>>
>> As opposed to what?
> 
> 
> Windows, several Linux file programs.
 > >
>> What specifically do you not like about the Finder?
> 
> 
> It's just basic and clunky, or was in ...

IN WHAT WAY?

What is a specific thing that the Windows and/or Linux file programs do 
that the Finder does not do?

> 
> 
>> And how out-of-date is your experience of it; Snow Leopard?
> 
> 
> Very little since.
> 

So your whole claim is bullshit, then.

Got it.