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And the locked down cracOS is better?
Better than windows, yes
In terms of usability, it certainly can be. It's a UNIX system, and you can easily set up a tiling WM and get an experience similar to Linux, with homebrew, neovim, terminals, etc.
You're also not dealing with the typical adware from Windows.
It's a UNIX system
Only if we’re talking abo*t macOS 10.14 Mojave or older
I've been refurbishing old macbooks this year and been running OSX out of curiosity.
Yes, it's significantly better than Michaelsoft Binbows.
A few years ago I'd say hell no but windows 10/11 has become a nightmare to use. Shady telemetry collection aside it runs hot as all fuck and drains my laptops battery too fast.
I never thought id say this but between the two I'd just get an m2 or newer Mac.
MacOS wasn't too bad at one point. I hate apple with a passion, and their business model is disgusting, but it takes very little to best windows. How about a functioning underlying OS? MacOS has that, windows never has.
What's locked down about it? You can run unsigned code out of the box, no jailbreak required like on iOS