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by maxxk 1212 days ago
Maybe it's me personally, but with M1 / M2 Macs the quality of a product (hardware + software) is far ahead of anything I could get with GNU/Linux, unfortunately. macOS quality isn't as great as it was, but (from my most recent "coming home to M1 Mac" after 4 years on GNU/Linux) sound settings with various configurations including microphones, AirPods, external and internal speakers do work, and OS "automagically" remembers settings for each combination. External displays with different DPI just work (and, again OS does remember all display settings). AirDrop and AirPlay, Keychain and Notes sync (with OCR search) etc just work, not even speaking about famous Mac "instant DHCP". And, as a bonus, kernel upgrades don't randomly break GPU or WiFi drivers.

So, it's really great it works for you, but, sadly, for me a lot of things on macOS "just work", both essential and unessential, while in GNU/Linux many essential things "just won't work", even considering its much better developer experience.