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		dlivingston on April 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft plugging more ads into Windows 11 Start ... > Windows caught up quite some time ago to macOS How so? I use Windows 10/11 at work and macOS at home, and Mac's font rendering is light-years ahead of Windows IMO. The font rendering subsystem is why macOS is the go-to choice for graphic designers IIRC.

Rimintil on April 20, 2023 [–]

> The font rendering subsystem is why macOS is the go-to choice for graphic designers IIRC.

Nah, it was for the color accuracy of _classic_ Mac OS. Windows caught up in the Vista timeframe.

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