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		mbrock on March 30, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ubuntu on Windows I remember similar thoughts when the first MacBook (x86) came out in early 2006, as I was just starting university, and also thinking "Hmm, this is all probably going to be huge, and I should find out how to buy Apple stock with this ~$1200 I have... oh, no, I'll buy a MacBook for myself." Ten years later, I'm totally bored with Apple and OS X. Especially after trying to use Xcode and the iOS Development Cloud Platform or whatever. So yeah, I'd probably switch to Microsoft Linux. And I could totally play Counter-Strike and Diablo II while pausing from coding bash scripts? Omg!

jc4p on March 30, 2016 [–]

I know it's just an example, but both of the games you mentioned have had Mac versions for a very long time, if not initial release.

thescriptkiddie on March 30, 2016 | [–]

Adding on to this, Counter-Strike (1.6, Source, and CSGO) runs natively on Linux, and Diablo II runs absolutely perfectly under WINE.

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