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> Windows 11, ad ridden malware by any definition from 10 years ago. Users will take it, because where else to go.

2 of my last 3 jobs have offered MacBooks, something unthinkable even 10 years ago.

The majority of my friends kids (70-80%) have Apple devices (phones and laptops). A couple of them, surprisingly to me, even have linux and Chromebook laptops.

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At my job you need a special dispensation if you want a Windows machine (normally available options are Linux or Mac). That would certainly have been unthinkable 10 years ago.

I'm currently trying to persuade my current employer for a linux desktop. Developers at my company have zero reasons to use Windows, and yet we're using it 'for reasons'.

Apple products (Macbooks especially) are prohibitively expensive in most of the world. The US market is very important, of course, but Microsoft has very little competition elsewhere.

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