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by re-thc 475 days ago
> So if someone wants to buy Apple hardware to run Linux, it does not have a negative affect to AAPL

It does. Support costs. How do you prove it's a hardware failure or software? What should they do? Say it "unofficially" supports Linux? People would still try to get support. Eventually they'd have to test it themselves etc.
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dylan604 475 days ago
Apple has already been in this spot. With the TrashCan MacPro, there was an issue with DaVinci Resolve under OS X at the time where the GPU was cause render issues. If you then rebooted into Windows with BootCamp using the exact same hardware and open up the exact same Resolve project with the exact same footage, the render errors disappeared. Apple blamed Resolve. DaVinci blamed GPU drivers. GPU blamed Apple.
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re-thc 475 days ago
> Apple has already been in this spot.

Has been. This is importance. Past tense. Maybe that's the point - they gave up on it acknowledging the extra costs / issues.

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k8sToGo 475 days ago
We used to have bootcamp though.
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dylan604 475 days ago
There you go using logical arguments in an emotional illogical debate.
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