Of those, by name? Ultra Violet.
When I would play Saints Row, that one looks closest to the colour I'd pick for all the cars and clothes. (If you're unfamiliar with the series, it's a gang-themed action RPG similar to GTA and made to compete with it when it was exclusive to PlayStation; the original Saints Row was Xbox exclusive, though the rest have been on all platforms. The Third Street Saints gang uses the colour purple primarily, likely because no major gang does.)
I looked at all the choices and jumped on one that looked interesting to me.
I kinda wanted to avoid the "big" ones for various reasons (too many cooks in the kitchen, maybe?). I saw db0 and thought, these guys look interesting. I don't agree with everything they're about, but I like what they're about in general. There's one thing I disagree with them on, for a somewhat personal reason, but I also respect their point of view on it, so it's no hard feelings on my part. I also try to avoid the issue so as to not go against my instance, since they have the right to show me the door.
I don't know what neopronouns are, but I agree with what they said. I agree with the commenter who said they/them is the default until corrected or you see it in their user flair.
Software compatibility on the Mac is fine, unless you mean emulating Windows for gaming like the Steam Deck does so well. In that case, I've gotten Fallout 4 to work with Whisky, but that's not a huge accomplishment. I have an M2 Pro Mac mini from 2023 and Fallout 4 came out in 2015. It's not a great platform for gaming in any case. I play Blue Prince on it and that looks good. Stray, too. Those are newer games, but not particularly demanding. They look okay, but the framerate isn't good. Xbox (Series X) is a better platform for both.
I'm not discounting or disregarding the Deck, I just haven't got one so I cannot say what it can or can't do. I've only heard good things about it. I have a friend who may be trying to unload one, I just can't spare the cash right now and I'm not that interested in owning one. And I think he does have the most expensive version. And I think he's upgraded the SSD in it. So sure, it would be a good deal and he'd make a good deal for a friend, I just don't really have the room for it. Still, it is tempting.
I started with Nintendo 64 (between these two — I also had Pong, the 2600, the NES, and the Super NES) but I didn't like what Nintendo was doing with its 3D. It was all backwards and you couldn't change it, and the graphics looked like smeared diarrhea. And yes, I had Ocarina of Time. I also had GoldenEye, and kept thinking "this would be a great game if I could play with keyboard/mouse."
Gave it to my younger brother and bought a PlayStation. Wish I'd gone PS3 over 360 and PS4 over XB1, but I was married then and my wife wanted Xbox because she knew people on Xbox, who she proceeded to never play with online, thus defeating the purpose. Series X and GamePass, especially with All Access, was a better deal (when it was available) than PS5, but I'm not sure, in the long run, it's the better console. So yeah, shoulda stuck with PlayStation.
Edit: I got a PS3 later. I like it more than the 360, which is its generation, and the XB1, which is PS4 gen. Still haven't gotten a PS4 or PS5.
This is gonna be on Switch 1 as well? I would advise not buying it there, for the same reason I don't recommend The Outer Worlds. Well, The Outer Worlds looks and runs like trash on Switch, but it looked great on PC and Xbox.
Switch 2 is probably much more capable.
Fans of The Outer Worlds (and Bloodstained) on Switch will say "well it's the only way I can play it on mobile" and I guess that's a fair point, but it's still not a great experience.
I think the real question is, is this what Microsoft executives use internally? If they are using Windows 11, are they using the AI agent? Or do they get to opt out of it? Or are they just using Macs?
We already had Conserv... the Conservative Wiki, whatever it's called.
Guess Musk just wanted to toot his own horn.
So how much work are you willing to do for free?
Is it that your ideal world does not use money, or you're the only one who can get paid?
As for me, since it begs the question, I was raised on Star Trek, so I too like the idea of an ideal world where money isn't needed. But I also have bills to pay, and I'm not ashamed to admit I would not work for free, because that would mean getting my lights and Net cut off, and losing my home. Some people do crazy things for their ideals, risking their very safety and lives. Like Greta Thunberg a month or two ago bringing humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people (or rather attempting to do that; she was caught, detained, and ridiculed by the Israelis for it). Most people wouldn't risk it though. But it's okay to talk about it online, but in real life? We all gotta pay the bills.
Musicians, too.
I mean, anything made by Google collects "troves of data." That's their whole business model. It's what we all agreed to in 2004 when Gmail started rolling out. Our privacy for 1GB of email storage (at the time; it's gotten a little more). And we were fine with it then. And we were fine with it when Google made (bought, but whatever) an operating system and did the same thing. And it's been that way for decades.
You know what you're getting with Google. Let's not pretend Google isn't collecting data from one of its platforms.
All fair.
To be clear, Apple's compatibility layer is mostly inaccessible to the user. Even with the latest macOS, so you should have GPTK (Game Porting Tool Kit), you can't just run a Windows game. You have to do some work... or use something like Whisky. And the guy who made Whisky stopped working on it so people could pay subscription fees to CrossOver (which is not a bad product; in fact, it funnels money into WINE which helps everyone). So in theory with CrossOver your CAD software may work... or may not... but it sounds like it wouldn't be worth it for you to try.
But wait — just out of curiosity, how upgradeable is a ThinkPad? Typically the motherboard limits what you can do (e.g. if it's an AMD system, an AM4 means you can use most of the newest stuff, but there's some stuff locked behind AM5 you won't be able to touch, but it's the same on the Intel side as well). So, just curious how far you can actually take a $300 used ThinkPad. I used to build, so it's just that, a curiosity.