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by IggleSniggle 2450 days ago
Aside from the other replies you’ve already received that are spot on, macOS has also been consistently good at isolating the audio ports from coil noise / interference from the other electrical signals on both laptops and desktops. While “pro” audio folks are likely to be using an external audio interface anyway, having an audio jack that doesn’t garble the sound is one of many ways that Apple hardware engineers have been attentive to audio.