Not seen: the 100,000 USD bill for the Apple Car

Alt text: A cartoon photo of a “Windows” car that is in need of maintenance and care, and an “Apple” car that just has an on/off switch

  • Certainly_No_Brit@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 months ago

    The difference is that you can install Linux on your Windows car and upgrade the engine if you want some more power. If a rear light bulb breaks in your Apple car, you will have to buy the new iCar 2 Pro Max™ or pay almost as much to get the bulb replaced.

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      4 months ago

      Hey, I never said I was gonna buy an Apple Car. I know how they play their game. I’m not holding the wheel wrong.

      • kora@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        4 months ago

        Isn’t MacOS founded on Unix?

        I had at least one Prof at university that claimed MacOS and Linux have more in common than Microsoft and has with either. The only thing tying MS and Apple is the vampiric nature of the companies.

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        4 months ago

        Not on silicon macs as far as I know. Asahi linux would be the best option, but I wouldn’t want that as my daily driver. Virtualization is more viable.

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          4 months ago

          Asahi runs as a full replacement OS, others you need to run as a VM so technically yes but also not really in those cases.

          I’m sure more will support it, but yes now you can boot Linux as a full replacement or as a VM on silicon Macs. We are also only a few years into the silicon era and plenty of people have Intel Macs still, which can support tons of different distros.

    • audiomodder@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 months ago

      I’ve owned Macs for years. Yes, it is the second picture, but if you take the shroud off you pretty much do whatever you want. Meaning, I’ve got a proper Unix terminal that I can use to do anything. You can tune to your heart’s content, you just don’t have to.

      Compared to my Windows machine, where I just count of doing a fresh install every year or two just to keep it running.