Now that the dust has settled, who really won in the end?

The world runs on PCs, only fake industries rely on apple products.

windows lost the moment it made the default task bar centered to the middle, copying mac.

>>106160655 (OP)
They are not antipodes. They are twins.

Microsoft got free advertising so they won

>>106160655 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtp5gNhBZgo

>>106160655 (OP)
they both won.
linux lost.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjpn3L3bSJQ

>>106160655 (OP)
>who really won in the end?
certainly not the consumer.

>>106161097
Not only that but also most people had a negative reaction to the smug Mac guy and liked the goofy PC guy. Terrible casting as Hodgman was simply a more likable actor than Justin.
In later ads they tried to compensate by making PC whiny and aggressive and toning down Mac's smugness but by then it was too late. Apple was speaking mainly to its base. Apple fans loved the ads but it failed at attracting the general public. The ads in the UK were better cast and directed for the intended purpose of selling Macs.

>>106160655 (OP)
Gotta love how those ads never mentioned games.
Something the "boring" PC was always infinitely better at.

iOS is not even 1% worldwide.
Only a small fraction of Americans use it because "Apple computers are easier".

>>106161370
yes the ads were aimed at adults

The only way pic related could be released now is if the stunning and brave tranny was on the Mac side with a tagline something like "Mac lets you be whoever you want to be".

>>106161455
>aimed at adults

>>106160655 (OP)

Both. Windows 11 is still the dominant force and that allows macOS to thrive in its own way. 11 still doesn’t have an equivalent for some basic Apple software like Notes, Reminders, Messages or creative software like Logic Pro. MacOS still takes it up the ass with its lousy audio management.

Peak performance is Windows desktop + Apple laptop. You get the best of all worlds with that setup.

Mac is (was?) better at everything except gaming.

>>106161648
mac sucks for anything non-casual.

>>106161796
lol sure bro

As someone who grew up a Microsoft hardo

It was Windows during Win7/Win10
It's now Mac thanks to Win11 and other features of Microsoft decline

It's not that Mac is improving it's just that they're treading water and staying true to form while Microsoft compromises everything possible. Can't believe I'm on a Mac now (and way less annoyed).

>>106160655 (OP)
>who really won
We won saaaaaaaaar India global superpower 2020

>>106160655 (OP)
literal who faggot

>>106160655 (OP)
The dust was settled an age ago


>>106161005
That was indeed a massive own goal and the first thing I changed when my company forced my workstation to 'upgrade' to 11

>>106161796
both can be used as office boot loaders
what kills windows is insisting on its shitty legacy dos user space while macos is fully unix compatible
that makes windows instantly
>outdated
>incompatible
>waste of time to learn
microshaft has even admitted this by pointing at wsl for anything useful

>>106162086
windows always was shite, you just grew tired of it

>>106162086
You're quite young, aren't you?

>>106161478
Let's see, we have:

- PC
- Mac
- Gisele
- A Rust Developer

Some things never change.

We all won because we got two great top notch AAA operating systems God bless Windows and Mac!

>>106162219

Mac was too childish for me in the 2000's. Windows let you do anything and it also performed well and wasn't full of bugs and bloatware. Really, a good OS doesn't even make you aware it's there, because that's what it's supposed to do, be in the background facilitating not in your way. Win11 has been like this

>randomly freezing consistently
>occasionally crashing randomly
>full of bloat that's randomly using my CPU
>ads snuck into various places
>a disgusting frankenstein UI that literally uses Win7, Win10, or Win11 UI style at random depending on whether it was updated or not

In other words: Indian fingers are all over it now. I notice it, constantly, when I shouldn't.