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barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

and on one I tried to make the point that for some demographics, like my parents/grandparents, Windows is the best OS.

Yeah you’re pretty much objectively wrong there. With OSX you could’ve had a point but Windows is a nightmare if you have to administer a box for family.

…don’t tell me your parents and grandparents absolutely have to use 3ds Max. And if they were using AutoCAD I very much doubt you’d have to administer the machine.

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MMbhJkpW3a3i@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
How do you literally, literally run head-first into the point and still miss it?

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- barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I didn’t miss it. It’s rule 386.
  
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Hadriscus@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
What’s the 3dsmax bit from ?

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- barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s random software that indeed only runs on Windows. There’s not even a Mac version.
  
  …but it’s also software that people generally don’t use privately, and for which FLOSS alternatives exist (Blender), arguably better software and because free also used by hobbyists, and even more insanely powerful commercial software that also runs on Linux (Houdini). Frankly speaking I’m surprised that a DOS 3d software package even made it into currentyear with all that IRIX competition.
  
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  - Hadriscus@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I am familiar with it, I was just wondering where you pulled that from ? I didn’t see it mentioned in the OP
    
    Some studios depend on it because they have a whole pipeline&talent revolving around it, but hobbyists ? indeed that’s weird
    
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    barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The main point is that there’s probably no Windows-only software that parents+grandparents absolutely need.
    
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