Why Apple macOS, or Why Not?
In later years, Apple products, including the Mac (or Macintosh computers) has gained in popularity and market share, and I even hear stories of how some people buy and bring their MacBooks, even when it's not recommended for their tasks or by their computer departements. But why would a geek like me choose, or even prefer, running on macOS?
My Background
I've been using Mac and macOS since long before it became popular (again). Back in the 80's and 90's, I started out using some Swedish computers (DTC2 and ABC800), and then a CP/M computer (NorthStar Advantage). Then we (me and my brother) started using IBM PC 8088 (XT) and later 80286 (AT), running DOS. We also got our hand on a Commodore 64, and later also a Commode 128.
I kept using PC using DOS and later on Windows for some years, but in the early 90's I got myself an Amiga 3000, and I also added a hardware Macintosh emulator, so I ran both Amiga OS and MacOS Classic for some years. In the latter part of the nineties school and work brought me back to using a PC. (If the best technology always won, there's no doubt in my mind that the Commodore Amiga was superior in many ways and would have reigned supreme.) But I didn't stay long with Windows, though using it at work, I was running Linux and learning UNIX and Linux stuff. And in 1999 I started working for a company running on Sun Solaris, so from then on I was no longer working with Microsoft Windows. (I did take 4 MCP exams while working with Windows NT and such, so I almost completed my MCSE degree before jumping ship.)
Then in 2000 I started working for the first company to go all in on and for Linux in Norway, so I started working full time in GNU/Linux, and early on I was part of establishing the training departement. So I was developing course material, and teaching Linux/UNIX stuff (basics, system administration, shell programming and quite a few related topics).
After some years Apple approached our company. Steve Jobs had returned from NeXT, and Mac OS X was released, and it based on the Darwin BSD code. So they asked if we might be interested in teaching Mac OS X classes. And we were, so we got all the certifications and everything. That's when I switched to using a Mac instead of (Debian) GNU/Linux as my daily operating system. I kept a dual boot installation for a while, I believe it was YellowDog Linux back in those PowerPC days of the Mac.
The Hardware
The hardware of my Macs has been amazing all these years. I had a PowerBook G4 Pro or something like that back then, and in 20+ years, I haven't had more that 2 or 3 serious issues. One had a broken DVD-ROM, so the switched mainboard (it was on AppleCare). And in later years, the only issue of poor hardware I can remember, is the butterfly switch keyboards of the last generation Intel MacBook Pro.
Can I add more?