In the early days, RISC and other non x86 hardware was the future to some of us. Whether the OS is good or not, I wanted to try it out, as a newer era in CPU architecture and a possible competitor to the dominant architecture. To me the hardware is very much not the problem here, when I disregard non-serviceable parts. The OS is just as quirky as linux, and has some elements that are comparable to linux (the terminal is much more posix-y than windows cmd), however your options are limited in ways that you may have grown used to as a linux user:
- no alternative DE's, WM's or the ability to compute without either one. (both are in my submission history with 0 solutions, i've asked.)
- no customization (top car can't go away, bottom bar can't slide out like powerpc mac)
- no involvement in the bootloader
- no upgrading hardware without 'tricking' the OS
- no alternative drivers/firmware options
the list goes on, and like I said, just as quirky as linux so most of us just 'make do' with MacOS as 'good enough' on what is probably the most performant and efficient laptop I've ever owned. I never knew how much fan noise, vibration, and hot fingers negatively impacted me until I put hands on my old laptop.