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Ask Engadget: Is it a good time to move to Macs from Windows?

A reader wonders if it's worth abandoning decades of Windows experience for greener pastures on Macs.

There are also more titles on Steam shipping with dedicated Mac support, and cloud streaming opens up access to services like Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass library. That's doubly true if you also have any interest in ever wanting to upgrade video cards, RAM or internal storage options, all of which aren't really accessible on Macs — including desktop models. By that point, the philosophical differences between the two companies was clear: Apple was more focused on delivering friendly user experiences for its custom hardware, while Microsoft built up Windows as a platform that could run on a wide variety of computers.

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