I can’t laugh alone
MacOS Requirements: 💵💵💵
Windows Requirements: Massgrave Linux Requirements: 🥔
Is there a distro that just has wildly high minimum requirements for no reason whatsoever?
windows 11
Idk if its still in development but I used to use "PinguyOS" and that was extremely high on system requirements, ran like absolute shit but it supported Microsoft Silverlight out of the box and I needed that at the time.
Edit: I looked it up and added a link it is not in development anymore and hasn’t been for quite some time
My Kubuntu RPi 4 does not look that much different.
honestly windows requires more than macos
Minimum Requirements for macOS Sequoia vs. Windows 11
macOS Sequoia Requirements
COMPONENT MINIMUM REQUIREMENT Processor Compatible Intel or Apple Silicon processor Memory (RAM) 8 GB or more Storage 35.5 GB of available storage Graphics Metal-compatible graphics card Internet Internet connection for updates Windows 11 Requirements
COMPONENT MINIMUM REQUIREMENT Processor 64-bit processor with at least 1 GHz and 2 cores Memory (RAM) 4 GB or more Storage 64 GB of available storage Graphics DirectX 12 compatible graphics / WDDM 2.x TPM TPM version 2.0 required Internet Internet connection for updates Key Differences
- Processor: macOS supports both Intel and Apple Silicon, while Windows 11 requires a 64-bit processor.
- Memory: macOS requires a minimum of 8 GB, whereas Windows 11 requires only 4 GB.
- Storage: macOS needs 35.5 GB, while Windows 11 requires 64 GB.
- Security: Windows 11 mandates TPM 2.0, which is not a requirement for macOS.
You forgot the MacOS Sequoia requires a T2 chip, which is Apple’s version of the TPM 2.0. So claiming it as a negative for Windows but not for MacOS feels very bias.
As for the CPU, MacOS needs a at minimum a 4 core i3 (lowest supported CPU) that’s running at 3.6 GHZ. This is a much higher minimum for Windows 11.
The storage requirements aren’t being compared the same. The MacOS storage listing is how much MacOS storage space is taken and not how large a drive should be to store and run. Windows 11 takes around 27-30 GB of space when installed, which is less than MacOS.
In short, MacOS does take up more resources to run. The difference is Apple is strict in cutting off which systems can run it to prevent the end user from noticing the bloat whereas Windows will let you install it on a much slower base system.
(Yes, you can override the MacOS requirements with open core legacy patcher, but you can also override spec requirements such as the TPM 2.0 requirements of Windows with unofficial patches. The difference is, you’ll notice MacOS starts to get real sluggish on older MacOS because they don’t have that extra power the newer versions need. I noticed it myself when I used OCLP to forcefully upgrade MacOS on unsupported hardware).
oh that was intel machines not the current gen’s based on ARM, but that’s wild they did that I wasn’t aware i’m an old mac head back when 2 gig ram any mac cpi could run os x. shit back when os x ran on powerpc:/ i’m old aren’t i
guess they got new hardware to sell
What the fuck is windows even doing with 64 GB? I expect there’s some space for the user, but still.
I like having a fairly large root partition, but then that’s because I enjoy installing and testing all kinds of weird shit.
How to install Linux on a dead badger (written in 2004, might not work with modern distributions)
Mac OS requires more power than Windows? Nah, this meme is clownin’
Yeah, anyone that has ever used Hackintosh, especially on a Laptop, knows that MacOS is much less resource intensive than Windows
Mac OS requires… non Apple hardware?
Linux people don’t know what’s going on outside their ecosystem.
I don’t know about that, I’m a Linux people and I know how much apple doesn’t like people running macos on other hardware. And all the fucker ms is doing with windows 11. It’s like on the front page of lemmy every other day.
Hackintosh, baby.
It’s not required
Linux: CPU (optional)
