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minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down6·4 months ago you can’t put Windows 11 on a 13 year old machine I didn’t say Windows 11. I said Windows. An up-to-date version of Windows. Nice try, though.
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-24 months agoWhy don’t your browsers work? Mine do. Also I’m still getting security updates. Edit: I don’t know why I’m entertaining you? The equivalent of the latest OSX is Windows 11 and you’re saying other shit? I get the APPLE BAD shit but that’s so disingenuous. I don’t think you’ve ever used Apple shit
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·edit-24 months ago Why don’t your browsers work? Because it runs an older OS that’s not supported and Apple doesn’t make anything else available. We’ve already been over this. The equivalent of the latest OSX is Windows 11 and you’re saying other shit? Doesn’t matter what the equivalent is. What matters is that the OS is completely usable. As in, Windows is, and Mac isn’t. I get the APPLE BAD shit but that’s so disingenuous. What’s disingenuous is comparing MacOS to Windows 11 on a 12 year old machine and pretending like W10 doesn’t exist. I don’t think you’ve ever used Apple shit.
minus-squarehorse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoApple supports current macOS plus the previous two. If he’s on one of those ( which it sounds like) everything will work just fine.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·4 months ago Apple supports current macOS …huh? Of course they do. Who else would? The problem is current MacOS isn’t supported on old hardware.
minus-squarehorse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·4 months agoThe point was that Windows is the same.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·4 months agoWe’re going backwards here. I’ve already explained how it’s not.
minus-squarehorse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·4 months agoAll you’ve said is that it’s fine because you can run Windows 10 on old hardware, but somehow being able to run a fully supported version of macOS isn’t good enough.
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoWhy do my browsers work and yours don’t? What are you doing wrong?
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoSounds like a question for Apple. Assuming that I’m doing something wrong sounds like a bad faith question.
I didn’t say Windows 11. I said Windows. An up-to-date version of Windows. Nice try, though.
Why don’t your browsers work? Mine do.
Also I’m still getting security updates.
Edit: I don’t know why I’m entertaining you? The equivalent of the latest OSX is Windows 11 and you’re saying other shit?
I get the APPLE BAD shit but that’s so disingenuous.
I don’t think you’ve ever used Apple shit
Because it runs an older OS that’s not supported and Apple doesn’t make anything else available. We’ve already been over this.
Doesn’t matter what the equivalent is. What matters is that the OS is completely usable. As in, Windows is, and Mac isn’t.
What’s disingenuous is comparing MacOS to Windows 11 on a 12 year old machine and pretending like W10 doesn’t exist.
I don’t think you’ve ever used Apple shit.
Apple supports current macOS plus the previous two. If he’s on one of those ( which it sounds like) everything will work just fine.
…huh? Of course they do. Who else would?
The problem is current MacOS isn’t supported on old hardware.
The point was that Windows is the same.
We’re going backwards here. I’ve already explained how it’s not.
All you’ve said is that it’s fine because you can run Windows 10 on old hardware, but somehow being able to run a fully supported version of macOS isn’t good enough.
Why do my browsers work and yours don’t? What are you doing wrong?
Sounds like a question for Apple. Assuming that I’m doing something wrong sounds like a bad faith question.