There's really only two solutions (unless you're adept at *NIX coding and have built your own in house linux stuff) to using what the industry has to offer in the way of production softwares (or hardware even). Windows or AppleOS. The unfortunate fact is that neither of these two are by any stretch of the imagination safe and private for any user to employ in any computing use model. As far as which one is "better" in a use case scenario - that's entirely subjective. Neither solution can be labeled a hindrance anymore. This may have been true a decade or more ago but no longer. That war is over - neither side won. These days it's all about workflow, safety and user privacy.

The public stance that these two corporations take concerning all three of those points are basically that of snake oil merchants. NEITHER system is safe, private, and provides optimum workflow for ANY use model out of the box despite all the hype and false advertising done by the OEM's... The positives for me in the case of windows is the fact that it can be had and authorized cheaply (like 0$) with no strings attached to the OEM and there many pre-optimized ISOs out there that one can choose from to build a stable and secure system. Plus the optimization can be carried further (by the user) to completely secure a system from the prying eyes of the OEM and the internet. None of this can be said of AppleOS. So you pays your peso's and takes your choice depending on what means more to you.

AppleOS is slicker. The apple hardware is sleeker and more expensive and claims to be more robust. However one is pretty much stuck with what one gets from apple. There are no "choices" when it comes to apple. You get what you get in hardware and software and you're stuck with it. No optimizing, no making anything more private or safer online. Sure, there are some 3rd party products like firewalls, or a/v's that help in that area, but nothing that can reverse engineer the appleOS into a safe, private, and OEM free entity.

Personally, I don't need "slick" or "sleek" and refuse to pay more for it. PC hardware, if you look for quality, will last just as long as any apple stuff. Even with quality factors up, it will still cost less than the same from apple. As far as options with PC, the world is your oyster. You have to separate the good from the bad, but if you employ quality parts, the hardware build you end up with will usually surpass apple in the functionality department, and for less $$. The windows OS being malleable by the end user to fit the desired use model, and being able to be had and authorized for 0$ without tying you to OEM purse strings are positives that, at this point, will never be duplicated by apple. For me, this is the main deal breaker between the two and what has separated them for quite some time and will more than likely continue down that road in the foreseeable future.

 

Last edited: May 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM

It's pretty funny that Windows users type all this stuff like any of us actually care what they think.

There is no fix for a broken heart. Or a learning disability. The OP may have both now.

 

It's quite apparent that most apple users become very offensive when it comes to anyone calling out a flaw in their character or choices they make. Whatever. You all made your choice now sit in it...Talk to the hand...

 

Last edited: May 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM

Yes coders can be very good at what they do.
I remember this guy in 11th grade who was hacking into the NSA on his GameBoy in the hallway between classes.

But of course his pants were on backwards.