Well, at last Microsoft is micro and soft. Still behaving inappropriately.
I’m a Windows user and have bwen for many many years. I recently started learning Linux so I can hopefully one day be competent enough to justify never having to buy Microsoft ^TM branded lube again.
My partner, and much of my friend group, are a Mac users.
I am a programmer so I know many many Linux people.
It is Shocking how accurate this meme is LOL
LOL
And every panel is true 😂
I too stare at htop for hours
Wait… can a Mac run multiple monitors? It must be able to, but the only pictures I see Mac people posting of their desktops only ever have a single monitor. Clean desks and a minimalist aesthetic, but never multiple monitors.
Macs are used in a lot of “creative” industries and professionals tend to benefit from multiple monitors. Every editor I’ve known cuts on a Mac with at least two monitors.
I’m the weirdo who regularly uses all three. I think a lot of Mac people use one screen because MacOS has better desktop switching than the other two OS, especially if you’re using a trackpad. I personally use two screens but have used as many as three.
MacOS has better desktop switching than the other two OS
Can you elaborate on this? As a tiling WM user, I feel as if I can confidently challenge this assertion.
the only pictures I see Mac people posting of their desktops only ever have a single monitor
That’s because their monitors cost $2k
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I’m using 3 on my M1, so… * shrug *
It’s like the same meme about developers.
In this format there’s usually a single column that is the core and everything else is an assumption.
In the developers meme designers are children eating paint because the column of truth is for software devs.
I have three monitors in addition to my main iMac screen, coupling that with their extremely clean desktop switching has me by the balls until Wayland is fully working with Nvidia(if it’s not already, I admittedly am not paying attention until I stop getting OS updates)
The M1 macbooks only support 1 external monitor natively lmao
The M1/2/3 Pro, Max, & Ultra chips all support multiple displays. It’s just the base model chip that doesn’t.
M3 MacBook Air supports two external screens if you close the lid.
There are issues with Macs and multiple monitors, but one thing they do great is that they can easily support multiple monitors with different dpi settings and refresh rates (including variable refresh rates), which turns into a big pain in the ass to get right in Linux.
Look at this guy, never used wayland before
Wayland on Nvidia is finally getting to that “bit quirky but overall awesome” point, and it feels like my PC just got a major upgrade without switching any hardware. Absolutely buttery smooth 144hz and I love it. Plus no more having to block compositing to use my creative stuff like Blender and Krita smoothly! :D. Ride, hardware, ride!!! HIYAH!!
If you get one big monitor (extra wide) that’s all you need
Yep.
They are computers. So yes.
Never expected this to blow up, lol!
Viva LA penguin
Nice.
How’d they get a picture of my terminal
Oh hey. I made the linux part of this - Please don’t hurt me.
Funny as hell brother
I have yet to meet one person that actively likes Windows, it’s always that they use it because it’s the only thing they know
You guys have Stockholm syndrome
Your right. I dont like windows, but i still like it a hell of a lot more than linux and mac.
I like windows for it’s low latency ASIO drivers.
I’m a windows user but you want macos for that, man. If that’s what you really care about.
Agree. If I were a professional musician making $$$ then OS would be a first preference.
I like it. I can run linux from the command line whenever I want. I can play whatever game I want without pulling my hair out.
If Windows is good enough for John Carmack it’s good enough for me. Tried Linux as my main driver for a couple years and there were nothing but hoops, problems and endless configurations to jump through. Why do I have to learn every goddamn thing about the operating system to use it properly? It’s like washing your clothes by hand. Ever tried that? Well I had to for several months once, not fun at all. So yes I actively like Windows.
Alternatively you learned to jump through all of Window’s hoops over the years of using it. Also, experience in the sense of configuration and hoops can vary wildly by distro. Linux has of course not always had the cleanest UI/UX but it’s always getting better and simply does not have the level of investments as Windows or MacOS. When Linux does have investment and runs on corporate sponsored hardware it’s usually pretty solid and easy to use e.g. ChromeOS, Android, and many server and cloud products. Also some people may appreciate the level of customizability that “washing clothes by hand” provides.
it’s always that they use it because it’s the only thing they know
Or they are forced to use it because of X application that only supports Windows and Wine doesn’t work well enough for it to run on Linux
Funny, I remember seeing this meme years ago. Still, very true.
Having used all 3 and not totally hating any of them, all the Windows ones I agree with, the two Linux ones that isn’t old computer I agree with, and I only agree with the money one for Mac. I don’t have an issue with Mac OS more than Windows OS, but it is way overpriced. At least with Windows I haven’t actually paid Microsoft much on thet front. Though if you add in other MS products then we’re back to being screwed.
At the risk of being unpopular, I have a home with a decently-powered Mac desktop (I used to work as a video editor), a Linux notebook for my personal use, a Windows notebook as required for my daughter’s online school and even a Chromebook for my wife’s use because it was all she felt she needed.
This meme is accurate in some ways, but the biggest way in which it’s accurate is that people judge others for the OS they choose as if it is some sort of character flaw if they choose the ‘wrong’ one.
Running all of these OSes in one home, I’ve been able to see the advantages and disadvantages of each and I can’t really say any of them would be the right one for everyone, so I’m actually glad there’s a range of options. Even if those options can be overpriced or bloated or difficult.
Personally, I think you’ve got the right approach.
MacOS is really the only one I never understood unless you’re really tied to the Apple ecosystem.
I’d argue the “just use Linux” meme is more relevant for Mac users than Windows.
I want to love Linux as well, but it does require some troubleshooting skills I’m too lazy for these days Additionally, some of my games require anti-cheats that just don’t work on Linux.
MacOS is really the only one I never understood unless you’re really tied to the Apple ecosystem.
I’d argue the “just use Linux” meme is more relevant for Mac users than Windows.
At this point when I’m choosing a computer I’m really just choosing a hypervisor front end.
MacOS gives me all the familiarity and transferred knowledge that I built up with Linux, but with a much more polished desktop experience. I like the Messenger sync, it helps me actually notice texts from my partner when I’m rabbit-holing hard. I like Mail better than Outlook (or Thunderbird or whatever the modern mail client on Linux is now).
I just prefer MacOS as the glue between all my VMs that I work in each day. I’m personally on the desktop pc with Windows for gaming, MBP for all my work/hobby work (using VMs with whatever OS is necessary that day), and headless Debian on any servers train.
MacOS has in my experience the best multiple desktop system of any OS I’ve used, it’s also just a very very polished Unix system that I can always count on to work until my machine stops getting updates, and since it’s an Intel Mac as soon as it does I’ll put Linux on it.
Edit: this obviously ain’t a deal breaker but iTerm is the best terminal program I’ve ever used by a wide margin
Hey I also edit video and other graphics heavy tasks, as someone with all the OS you settled on Mac for work, is that because of reliability and lack of crashes? My machine with an i9 + 3090 is starting to blue screen kind of often, CPU fan errors when the fans work fine and I have the i9 throttled to keep it at reasonable temps… Always rejected Mac and if I could my machine would be on Linux but until PS+LR works on there I don’t think I can switch.
That’s a strange question from a video editor. I settled on it because it’s been, or at least was when I got the Mac 7 years ago and the ones before it, the industry standard for decades and it facilitates with compatibility with other people you may be working on a project with.
I don’t work in industry but mostly as a solo operator so I do whatever I want ;)
I like htop
Yep it looks cleaner than btop imo
This is accurate
That is surprisingly accurate.
I mean it essentially boils down to “thing I don’t use is bad”.
I don’t see that message in the image. Also, having used all three platforms for over 20 years, I feel like what I see in the image pretty accurately describes what a lot of the enthusiasts I’ve known in each camp describe about themselves and the others.
As someone else who uses all three on a weekly if not daily basis, the only one I disagree with is the Windows row, because i honestly have never met someone in person who I would describe as a fan of Windows, just folks that understand how to utilize it well. But even they shit talk it and Microsoft regularly
