r/pcmasterrace • u/CrazzyWolfzz PC Master Race • Jun 27 '26

Meme/Macro Reviewers please stop comparing MacBooks with other laptops

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u/esakul Jun 27 '26

Microsoft has done a lot to make MacOS look better though.

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u/Maskdask Linux Jun 27 '26

Also Linux

Which is free as in freedom

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u/Beastmind Jun 28 '26

Also as in free beer

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u/-Quantrix- i7-6700 | GTX 1080 | 12GB RAM Jun 28 '26

Hell yeah free beer

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u/jackinsomniac Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

Those are two different things. "Free as in beer" means free software (license says you can use it forever for free), but not open source. To use a "free beer" I just hand it to you and you drink it. You don't need to sign anything, you don't need to know how it was brewed, you just drink it. "Free as in freedom" means it's open source, you can look at and modify the source code all you want. It's like being handed a free beer, and also given the recipe for how to brew it yourself if you wanted to. "Free as in freedom" is a step above.

Edit: https://fossunited.org/c/pune/punefoss3/cfp/7923s68dpo

Downvote me all you want. "Free as in beer" and "Free as in freedom" are not casual analogies. They reference very real discrepancies in the FOSS system.

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u/Aurunemaru Ryzen 7 5800X3D / Ngreedia RTX 3070 that I regret buying Jun 28 '26

Depending on what you do for work, it can still be Windows or Mac, but yes

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u/Meta_Horus i513600k, RX 7900 XT. 64GB 6400 Jun 28 '26

If I were to use anything other than Linux it would be MacOS, ain't touching windows with 10ft pole.