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IMO most of the the demand is due to Windows 11, not Apple. People are done with Microslop's crap.
Both Apple and Linux are winning big with the double wamy of Win 11 being complete garbage and Win 10 being murdered.
Win 10 being murdered is the important distinction. It's not the first time Microslop released a shitty and unpopular Windows version, but previously you always had the option to stay on an older still supported version.
Apple murders MacOS every ~7 years.
To be pedantic, macs are usually supported for 7 OS releases, which are annual. Every OS version is then supported for about 3 years. So a new Mac released this year will receive its last update in about 10 years.
Not great, not terrible. Also, idk about the apple silicon macs, but with the Intel macs there was usually a way to update it unofficially past the 7 year last supported version, stretching it for a few more.
Define "supported", because in my experience, you can't run modern apps on older OS's.
Yes, there were a bunch of unpaid volunteers who made OpenCore Legacy Patcher, and extended the life of devices 10+ years further, which just makes it all the more offensive that Apple either couldn't be bothered or (more likely) just wanted them to be unsupported so you'd have to go buy a new one.
use the old version you had on it
I mean I ran my 2011 mbp into the ground, until the point that the SMC's fan channels stopped working and it always rebooted at exactly 00:00 for no apparent reason, and never had issues with apps not being able to run on a 3 year old version of the OS. After that 3 year period most apps still worked, although some would indeed start targeting newer api's.
I know it was volunteering work, and I don't want to defend apple any further than strictly here, but saying they "murdered" the OS every 7 years is just straight up not true, that was all I wanted to say.
Mmk well. Not sure how you did that, considering my 2018 MBP wouldn't even run Firefox anymore.
Even "murdered" W10 will still run pretty much all .exe
more apple than linux, lay people arnt likely going to switched to something too unfamiliar or complicated, apple dumbed down the os enough although walled its easier to use.
"unfamiliar or complicated"
On macos, how does one snap a window to the left or right of the screen? That's right, you install a 3rd party application and make sure it autostarts to do basic window management.
Also they re-introduced Vista Aero to the apple ecosystem as Liquid ~~Gl~~ass
I've seen so many UI anti-patterns since I got my M5 that I think Jobs would be spinning in his fucking grave.
Someone would have been strung up from a pirate flag for the liquid ass foolishness.
Imo if leaving from windows, Linux is easier to use than macos these days, simply because Linux has improved so much recently and the design paradigm is more similar to windows.
Macos has some weird ass UX sometimes like the ridiculous alt-tab equivalent or the switch around of all common keyboard shortcuts.
Considering I still have Linux desktops in the office that often suddenly appear to stop working because the Nvidia driver decides to shit itself, I'd say for the average user, getting used to macOS idiosyncrasies is far preferable to deal with.
The average person frankly doesn't really care as much as you think probably. Anecdotal but people I spoke to who also got it mainly got it for the price. They'd still prefer Windows since it's what they're used to but the lower price makes trying something new a lot more palatable.
Most of the stuff "regular people" do on computers these days is either web-based or cross-platform, too. A lot of them are getting the Neo because it's better than practically every other $600 new laptop in terms of build quality.
IMO the average person (and multiple people I know) no longer likes using their computers since W11 was forced down. They've heard good things about Apple and are ready for a change.
The average person is furious the computer just restarts by itself because of an update. You don't have relatives that use Windows? They have asked me to disable updates because of this
Yes but people mostly just let it do it's thing. Sure they lament about it, but switching to something unfamiliar is a far more larger leap than most are willing to take. Before the Neo, the cheapest Macbook is still at the same price or higher of a Windows equivalent and those who need a laptop instead of using a phone/tablet typically are people who are using it for work or to game. That's when they start to worry if the apps they use would work and that plus a thousand+ bucks then starts to become a huge friction to overcome.