I worked with IT in media back then and OSX wasn't production ready before 10.2 - the previous releases being slow on the G4 of that era. To be frank, it wasn't before G5 came around that it become good
I don't think crashing is a big problem in Windows these days. I cannot remember last time my personal computer crashed in Windows- my workplace computer crashed once in the last three years. The big problem with Windows is that they are going towards subscriptions, agentic OS without local accounts
Things are much worse now. Before they had somewhat hard to understand security breaches which I could understand people missed in testing. Now they break internal processes that you should catch the first time you test the software. The AI coding MS is worse in every way
$2,200 is freaking expensive to switch OS. As a PC user you rarely replace everything. For instance, I recently upgraded my home server. The price point for this was $500 with an M2 drive, new mb and cpu + ram.
No, it wasn't high-end parts but it highlights the difference between this approach and switch ecosystem
How long will this lie prevail?
Solar and wind doesn't cover all new power demand. The do if you look at how much is installed and theoretically possible on an ultimate day. However, it always comes up short when demand is there