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Old 03-12-2014, 06:16 PM  
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Probably because the Mac is Linux based, a big problem Linux end users have always been to get all the hardware to work well and installing new software.
Apple fixed that by building the machines, writing the drivers and creating the app store.
OS X is not now nor has ever been Linux based.

OS X is a BSD based OS.

The fact that I can fire up terminal and have a complete and pure UNIX development system at my finger tips means that OS X is better than Windows for my purposes. I think Macs offer far better value for money than any other commercial product on the market. YMMV.
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