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		rconti on Jan 7, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Game dev: Linux users were only 0.1% of sales but ... Why not use OS X on an MBP, or Linux on a generic x86 machine? I'm not clear on why this is the only route to get you off of Windows.

TheDauthi on Jan 7, 2019 [–]

Macs have good hardware. Or you might also want to dual boot.

Sad to say, but some Macbook models work great, and others are fucking terrible. I have two models - my older model where the only thing that has ever consistently worked is bluetooth, and a slightly newer one where nothing has ever broken.

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