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The Mac vs. PC war is back on? (www.theverge.com)
submitted 5 months ago by Bob_Robertson_IX to c/technology
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I find it hard to believe that, outside of work computers, many people would be choosing Windows over Mac or Linux, especially is AI is their goal.

I'm also curious why the comments are turned off for this article unless it is a paid ad for Microsoft.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

For me, my cad software was always windows specific. I think they have Linux versions now though.

Gaming is the other reason.

[–] tangycitrus 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think (although I've never tried to verify) Steam is making progress to make most games playable on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

There is that nvidia open source thing that recently happened. Still think that's going to break down some doors that Linux gamers have long wanted to see. Like to be able to run their Linux OSes with drivers to their GPUs from Nvidia and play games that way.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Gaming is no longer a reason, really. 99% of the time it works out of the box.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

At his point for me it's only CAD and Lightroom that keeps a Windows install in my machine

All the games I like run fine on Linux nowadays

[–] baronvonj 2 points 5 months ago

F'ing Lightroom, man.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I haven't used Lightroom or this, but there's apparently an open-source software package named Darktable that's similar.