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r00fus on Oct 19, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch

Did you hackintosh? Because I sure as hell am not running Windows and Linux is great for VMs/containers/servers but doesn't run all my local software.

If you don't mind Windows, lots and lots of cheaper options. But you already knew that.

macNchz on Oct 19, 2021 [–]

I installed Ubuntu and Windows, and set up a Mac VM in case I needed it, but haven't really used Windows or the Mac VM. I do use a lot more VMs than I used to–having lots of cores, RAM, and fast NVMe drives it has opened my eyes to a different way of using the computer.

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