One of the reasons for people to buy a Mac is the support from Apple. It's far superior than the other vendors. And because Apple own both HW and Software, they can support both sides of things without throwing its customer to the software vendors or hardware vendors.
That's also the case of iPhone vs Android phone as well.
Needless to say, Linux can't archive the same level as Mac (at least I don't seen any distro produces its own laptop before).
That's not the reason to stop developing desktop environment, btw. There are bunch of people that love their Mac but hates OSX. I think Linux and any Desktop Environment can be a good alternative for people that get tired of fighting with Windows 8, and don't really fond of Mac OSX. There are things to improve, especially in the area of IDE (there's no single IDE that's good enough in my opinion.) I love Eclipse, but it displays badly in high-density display.
With that said, I'm currently using Windows 8.1. I've been using Arch Linux with GNOME 3 before, and also Mac OSX occasionally. I switch around the OS just because I'm getting bored when using one for sometime :).
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That's also the case of iPhone vs Android phone as well.
Needless to say, Linux can't archive the same level as Mac (at least I don't seen any distro produces its own laptop before).
That's not the reason to stop developing desktop environment, btw. There are bunch of people that love their Mac but hates OSX. I think Linux and any Desktop Environment can be a good alternative for people that get tired of fighting with Windows 8, and don't really fond of Mac OSX. There are things to improve, especially in the area of IDE (there's no single IDE that's good enough in my opinion.) I love Eclipse, but it displays badly in high-density display.
With that said, I'm currently using Windows 8.1. I've been using Arch Linux with GNOME 3 before, and also Mac OSX occasionally. I switch around the OS just because I'm getting bored when using one for sometime :).