= MacOS
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Nice looking and expensive operating system by <Apple>. <Ciro Santilli> believes that:
* if you want to be ripped off, just use <Microsoft Windows> which has more software available
* or if you want to attain <ourbigbook com/motivation>[Enlightenment], just use <Linux>, which is free and open source
The story of how OS X was ported to x86 from PowerPC with large initial work up to boot by a single man in the year 2000, John Kullmann, is really worth reading: https://www.quora.com/Apple-company/How-does-Apple-keep-secrets-so-well/answer/Kim-Scheinberg on <Quora>, see also:
* https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/11/apple_project_marklar_secrets/
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%27s_transition_to_Intel_processors
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