For me, at least. Finally moved my desktop off Windows 10 and on to CachyOS. Things just… work. Finding applications to install via AUR is easy, gaming is great. The only thing I’m missing is Fusion360 but I didn’t use it too much to begin with. Happy to be Microsoft-free. Several friends have switched off of Windows as well which is great to see. I’ve really been enjoying Arch (btw) I have CachyOS on my laptop and also in a VM which is nice to have the same desktop experience on all my devices. Looking forward to the road ahead!

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
    172·
    1 month ago

    Go back 20 years. See how many times this prediction has been made 🤣🤣

    The only shift now is Microsoft shitting the bed so hard that people don’t want to deal with them. The difference this time is the MacBook Neo.

    People would gladly pay Apple $600 for a working machine WITH support and stores everywhere to get help if they have hardware issues. It’s the new iPhone business model. They’ll be taking more desktop market share than people even imagine on the price point alone.

    • Ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      9·
      1 month ago

      The only shift now is Microsoft shitting the bed so hard that people don’t want to deal with them.

      That’s a pretty important difference…

      • just_another_person@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 month ago

        Not important enough for people to not spend $500-600 on a MacBook instead of sticking with an antique PC they wish to keep running. That’s my point.

        Costs less than a phone from the same company.

    • wltr@discuss.tchncs.de
      41·
      1 month ago

      That doesn’t conflict with Linux. Once people get off Windows, it’s easiest to turn to such further. I’m an Apple guy, but most all of my computers run Linux now. Even MacBooks.

      I am considering of buying a Mac mini, with the perspective of using it as a Linux server, after it serves as a macOS desktop for my wife.

      Once you change your default system and understand it can be changed, you won’t ever need Windows. Both Linux and macOS are quite close to each other.

    • iopq@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 month ago

      Linux already got good a few years ago. Once most of the software just worked in wine that was the point where Linux adoption started to grow