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If you want a Unix with a usable GUI the only option is macOS
(neé OS X) because only Apple had the resources to make a
really usable UI over the top of a Unix foundation. Course,
it's not Linux, it's BSD, but BSD is better than Linux anyway
since it has less GPL3 pollution.

I don't agree with you concerning Apples idea of a GUI.

It doesn't matter if you do or not. It is a usable GUI (unlike
any desktop linux which is only usable by someone well-versed
in Linux). It is Unix. I can do *ANYTHING* on my Mac that you
can do on your linux machine, and anything[*] you can do on
your wintendo machine, and many many more things.

[*] except play some high-end games.

It's a usable gui to you and those who enjoy apple products. As
far as anything goes, that depends on if you're a coder, AND, how
good of a coder you are. I have full access to the hardware on
these machines, right down to the firmware and some microcode.
Does your mac allow you that level of access, or is it denied to
you, because Apple doesn't think you'd ever need or want it?

there are *no* limitations of any kind.

Did I lose you with firmware and/or microcode?

what part of no limitations is not clear?

The gaming market is a bit more than a niche market,

the desktop gaming market absolutely is a niche market.

http://www.pcgamer.com/pc-gaming-mar...llion-in-2016/

Hell of a niche.

not really, given that the entire computer industry is measured in the
trillions of dollars.

apple alone had over $200 billion in revenue last year.

even just within the gaming sector, pc gaming is a minority, at just
23%:
http://www.businessinsider.com/mobil...an-console-pc-
chart-2017-6
When it comes to the video game industry¹s bottom line, though,
mobile games are anything but worthless. This year, smartphone and
tablet games combined are expected to bring in 42% of the gaming
market¹s global revenues, according to a recent Newzoo report charted
for us by Statista. That's well ahead of other, more traditional
types of games. Games designed for consoles like the PlayStation 4,
for example, are expected to account for 31% of global sales, and PC
games around 23%.

furthermore, pc sales are *declining*:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/12/1...gartner-idc-20
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The PC industry has been declining for years, but it just hit a big
milestone. PC shipments have now declined for 5 years in a row, with
between 260 and 270 million machines shipped during 2016 according to
Gartner and IDC. Both firms' estimates vary due to how they count
convertibles and other form factors, but the overall message is that
the market has hit five years of decline.

mobile is the future.