I think for the past couple of decades windows and mac have had similar levels of complexity for the average user. Most people dont do anything more than going through an install wizard
Since when did this become an autistic trait? I joined the school computer club when I was 14. It started that year with a single IBM PC. We did not load Linux because it didn’t exist for another decade otherwise I’m sure we would have. I have to believe that kind of curiosity and learning still exists without one needing to be autistic. Then again, under current diagnostics for autism, we might all have been on the spectrum since we were all geeks on some level.
I did my first programming on a mainframe with punch cards, then migrated to a TI-59. At some point I was typing little games into my friend’s VIC-20, and then I got to take my first real programming class in 9th grade using an Apple IIe. I’m not autistic at all, just nerdy as fuck.
I still have the TI-59, buried in a box somewhere.
Dang, you’re old old
Only physically. In my mind I’m often still 14 or 25 or some random young age.
disclusion is not real science
It ain’t real English either
I started on a Mac, got a bachelor’s degree in IT on a Mac, and have used a Mac professionally in that field for over 20 years.
I think most people would assume the Mac kids to be more tech literate.
The Windows nerds I’ve met have all said Macs are toy computers that don’t do real work.
Ask them to write a file path, they’ll put the slashes the wrong way.
That should disqualify them from any further tech related discussion.
Oh yeah? Well I have a hypotenuse too!
I remember this meme from when the Berlin Wall fell and everyone in the DDR got access to Ubuntu.
Why would it skew results? It’s a study of correlation, not causation.
Because it would add one more variable. “Skew” isn’t really the right word though. It could affect the results in unpredictable ways, discoverable by comparing a separate study done with only autistic kids.
Best use of a Mac is to sell it and buy 2 computers to put Linux on.
To fix Windows problems, reboot (and pray)
To fix Linux problems, Be root.I had a job developing software for datacenter machines’ hardware and software health. And the most common automatic repair that we had was escalating 1. reboot; 2. reinstall OS; 3. check hardware. I know it’s different but it was fun to see it “first-hand”.
And also, “to create Linux problems, be root” works as well.
to create Linux problems, be root
Personal attacks are against community rules.
Macs can actually be really good linux computers. It’s not always straightforward, but I’ve heard good things once it’s installed.
Anything running Linux can be good of course- just not going to easily convince me that paying double (or more) is rational.
Macbooks aren’t really always overpriced anymore. Macbook neo is among the best value at its price range and m5 Mac air is roughly comparable with other of its tier.
Not sure if either can run Linux yet tho
MacBook supported for 7 years and then no more updates vs 10+ years of support on average.
I guess if you dont mind the forced obsolescence and ewaste, maybe?
Well yeah that’s a huge issue infecting the vast majority of the arms computing space which sucks a lot but not a uniquely apple issue. Windows seems to be heading in the same direction such as with the Microsoft surface laptops which also have a 6 year end of life and to a lesser extent most laptops have about 6 year of driver support.
This can be fixed in most laptops by switching to Linux but the issue is still there.
I agree with you but you don’t pay double when you buy an old “obsolete” Mac and install Linux on it. Granted, my computer needs are very basic but my 13 yr old Mac is running better than ever after I got rid of MacOs.
Now I understand you.
I hear Linux runs pretty good on a can opener!
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Hey, if it’s an Intel Mac they run Linux great. I’m using a 2011 iMac running Linux Mint going on two and half years and haven’t had any issues!
(I know that more recent Macs have Asahi Linux, but I’ve not used it and cannot speak to it)
Nice.
The first 3 computers I ever touched were an Apple II, Apple II e, and a Powemac.
Then I spent a decade in the Windows wilderness. Back and forth… Now safely home to Linux.
Maybe not a good question by itself.
The question really does need to be separated out by era. Are we talking Mac System 7 vs Windows 3.1, Mac OS 9 vs Windows 98, early OS X vs Windows XP, Intel Macs versus Windows 7, ARM Macs vs Windows 10, etc.? Each generation had a different user paradigm, and people who were good with one versus another might mean different things than other generations.
That was definitely back before Apple went crazy with their whole closed ecosystem. Apple II feels a lot more like linux these days considering the amount of documentation available about the hardware. And parts aren’t locked down with serial numbers like in the iPhone…
I had a lot of fun as a kid messing with an Apple IIgs. One of the games I had was “Thexder”, and you can probably guess where I got my username.
thexder and silpheed were both ahead of their times. good memories.
Basically the same here haha
I started out on a Coleco Adam. I could play Atari games on it.
My very first was a Sharp PC-1251. I couldn’t run anything on it. 😐
There are dozens of us.
people who grew dealing with classic mac are going to flip a table reading this.
Is Discluded a word? Isn’t that Excluded?
Annie failed English but they change her grade to get her out of their school
No no, discluded is for when you exclude someone and diss them at the same time.
She was about to say discarded, then change the route mid sentence.
Got 'em!
I think it’s one of those flammable/inflammable sort of things.
I wasn’t autistic, I was poor and switching to Linux made old hand-me-down computers work like new. It also frustrated me a lot, but that’s part of the game.
I had to install PC-DOS because Windows didn’t exist.
On my family’s 386, it booted into DOS, which I wasn’t literate enough to figure out at the time, but I knew how to load MS DOS Shell, which was a text-based file GUI I could navigate to launch DOS programs, or I could run Windows 3.1 to play Castle of the Winds. (And I was aware Windows has other purely theoretical uses. It was only necessary for Castle of the Winds.)
I remember when my aunt got us a 320MB hard drive loaded with shareware games. That was life changing.
I was definitely autistic, as it turns out.
