• fubo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Silicon Valley has run on Macs for years and years. I think it’s weird too, but there it is.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not too weird when you consider that macOS is a UNIX operating system. So you get many of the advantages of Linux/Unix through the terminal, with better app compatibility.

      I’ve also heard macs are cheaper to maintain en masse than windows because of simpler tooling/group policy, which would be another a big reason it’s everywhere in tech.

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        1 year ago

        XNU is an abbreviation of X is Not Unix. MacOS borrows a lot from the Unix world, but itself is not actually a form of UNIX.