I study math at uni and I was shocked realizing all my teachers use ubuntu on both their laptop and work desktop

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    6 months ago

    Just seemed odd to pay your way into the Apple ecosystem just to wipe it and install Ubuntu

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      6 months ago

      Oh, that. Yes. I can’t fathom using Apple hardware outside of the Apple ecosystem unless that machine if EOL. But never for windows haha.

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      6 months ago

      It’s really nice hardware. And for some segments of the market, it’s not even particularly expensive compared to alternatives of similar build quality.

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        6 months ago

        Yeah I think they needed horsepower to run some sophisticated models in Matlab, and Apple had a killer educational discount.