Charlie Stross on Nostr: What I want in my next computer: * The design values of Apple * The modularity and ...
What I want in my next computer:
* The design values of Apple
* The modularity and repairability of Framework
* The openness of GNU/Linux
* The legacy support of Microsoft
This is pretty much the opposite of a Chromebook.
(Footnote: macOS software as recent as 2016 no longer runs on a current machine, but Windows XP apps from 2001 still work)
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