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Apple's value is absolutely for their software... as compared to Windows. (And as compared to Linux, for people who don't care about technology and for whom any risk of ever facing a terminal prompt is a non-starter.)

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Not when comparing classical Mac OS to Windows 9X/NT, which is why they were into trouble during the 1990's.

Agreed, I wouldn’t make that comparison before 2010. And even then you’re right into peak Windows with Windows 7. That was a goated OS.

Agreed. In the creative space there is no equal. Macs have provided consistency and stability from the 90s.

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