I have heard for years about how windows kicks macs ass as a

>>58709032
Mac is a brand of computers, OP. Did you mean macOS / OS X ?

>>58709052
yes

>>58709032
>Unix based.
>Actually polished (in comparison).
>Isn't filled with deprecated code from a decade ago.
>Isn't fucking adware.
>consistent ui.

>>58709032
Well, Mac is shiny and trendy

>>58709069
macOS is a full-fledged UNIX with essential utilities such as loadable kernel extensions and dtrace. Darwin-core is also open source / free software and draws heavily from FreeBSD with coreutils and a majority of its userland being direct downstream from FreeBSD development branch.

These are all generic things, but if you want more specific features:
- the concept of application memory containers and compression of these which allows applications to have a fast and uniform access to configuration space as well as insanely short startup times
- FileVault enabling full-disk encryption as default option with the ability to completely nuke all your private data on 50 wrongly entered password attempts as well as advanced and secure sync functionality
- maximum battery life due to an extremely expressive API for managing applications' power profiles in addition to advanced window semantics allowing the GPU to only draw relevant layers instead of wasting power on drawing objects only to draw on top of them again
- macports, a portage system for macOS

>>58709032
IMO it's better to dual-boot Linux and Windows.

Now that SSDs have lowered boot times to seconds, it's not so bad.

>>58709218
not anymore its all about surface products now

>>58709254
SSD? Why is it important in a OSX vs Windows debate?

>>58709366
bump

a question that deserves answer!

>>58709032

It doesn't watch you fap, or download 30GB of updates a week for starters

>>58709032
>Not made by Microsoft
>Not Windows
That's all anyone needs to know. Ever since Bill Gates stepped down Microsoft has went to shit. I hope Steve Ballmer catches a bullet to the eye -- the right eye to be exact.

>>58713345
You realize Ballmer retired years ago right?

>>58713345
The Windows 8/8.1/10 atrocity was orchestrated by the new Indian CEO, Satya Nutella or whatever the hell his name is.