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[–] 32 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

The first 3 computers I ever touched were an Apple II, Apple II e, and a Powemac.

Then I spent a decade in the Windows wilderness. Back and forth... Now safely home to Linux.

Maybe not a good question by itself.

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  • [–] 6 points 19 hours ago (1 child)

    That was definitely back before Apple went crazy with their whole closed ecosystem. Apple II feels a lot more like linux these days considering the amount of documentation available about the hardware. And parts aren't locked down with serial numbers like in the iPhone...

    I had a lot of fun as a kid messing with an Apple IIgs. One of the games I had was "Thexder", and you can probably guess where I got my username.

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  • [–] 3 points 15 hours ago

    The question really does need to be separated out by era. Are we talking Mac System 7 vs Windows 3.1, Mac OS 9 vs Windows 98, early OS X vs Windows XP, Intel Macs versus Windows 7, ARM Macs vs Windows 10, etc.? Each generation had a different user paradigm, and people who were good with one versus another might mean different things than other generations.

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