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Today's Apple event spells the end for OS X

22 points by epaga 11y ago

simonh 11y ago
Apple has really been pushing hard on Mac technology over the last few years. Fusion drives, Thunderbolt, 5K displays, the new MacBook's aggressively light form factor, a thorough UI revamp. The only sign of stagnation is the state of the App Store, but all that means is we carry on buying and installing apps the good old way. Apple is trying to boost the iPad, so obviously they're playing up it's future role and persuading people it's the next big thing. What else does anyone expect them to do? I think Apple genuinely do think iOS is the future of mainstream consumer computing, and a big chunk of professional computing as well. But that doesn't mean OSX has no future. Nor does it mean this future of computing is going to be here in full force and sweep traditional form factors under the rug in the next 6 months. But 5 or 10 years down the line? Maybe. But that's not a concern if you're buying a machine today.
heldrida 11y ago
Scientists from Johns Hopkins University crunch through Apple encryption. https://www.rt.com/news/336422-apple-encryption-break-bug/ https://www.rt.com/news/336422-apple-encryption-break-bug/
- dogma1138 11y ago
  What does this has to do with the fate of OSX?
  - Fastidious 11y ago
    Nothing. Pretty much the same Apple's announcement for the new iPad has to do with "the end" of OS X. ;-) I do not see the death of OS X on iOS. If anything, I see it morphing.
tonyedgecombe 11y ago
I'll believe that when I see xcode running on ios.
- Maxious 11y ago
  "More developers now use OS X than Linux, says ‘most comprehensive survey ever conducted [by StackOverflow]’" http://9to5mac.com/2016/03/18/os-x-versus-linux-developers/ http://9to5mac.com/2016/03/18/os-x-versus-linux-developers/
  - mobiuscog 11y ago
    Because Linux was always the most popular desktop environment...
    - jaitsu 11y ago
      For developers, yes.
      - DerekL 11y ago
        No, read Stack Overflow's survey. Just over half of the developers use Windows.
mark_l_watson 11y ago
Although I use my MacBooks and Linux laptops for most programming, I find myself spending more time on my iPad Pro. I wrote about this yesterday http://blog.markwatson.com/2016/03/in-defense-of-ipads-as-productivity.html http://blog.markwatson.com/2016/03/in-defense-of-ipads-as-pr...
Recurecur 11y ago
The "end for OS X" is a giant load of nonsense from someone focused on iOS. I could see eventually merging iOS and OSX, but Apple is a bit hoist on its own petard there since it insists that the experiences be completely different. Almost everything below the UI layer is the same. Apple makes plenty of profit from its OSX machines, and needs to diversify more, not less. It also needs powerful machines for development, design and other tasks. Apple's culture would never accept switching to Windows, and Linux is still lacking in too many respects. What Apple should do is improve OSX (high color depth support, better graphics performance, ultra low latency etc.) as well as releasing cutting edge hardware that outperforms anything in the industry. Rackable, higher-end Mac Pros supporting SLI and gobs of memory that could gang together using Thunderbolt would be a good start. Apple should be using its vast market capitalization to lead the industry forward. It has the resources to do many things at once.
- vithlani 11y ago
  Wow!!! You are so right. I wish somebody from Apple could read this. They could pull this off and it would push them off the stagnate phase they are currently in as well as pull back all the design and high end customers they have losing.
Esau 11y ago
To me, nothing in that article justifies the title, but it does remind me why I stopped visiting that site on a regular basis.
jaitsu 11y ago
This is clickbait at it's best. There is no hard evidence to prove this (obviously, it's Apple) and it couldn't be further from the truth. iPads are far from a replacement for your MacBook or iMac - for one you can't properly multitask, and you as a developer you couldn't properly debug and write code on an iPad. OSX will be around for years to come.

22 points by epaga 11y ago

Apple has really been pushing hard on Mac technology over the last few years. Fusion drives, Thunderbolt, 5K displays, the new MacBook's aggressively light form factor, a thorough UI revamp. The only sign of stagnation is the state of the App Store, but all that means is we carry on buying and installing apps the good old way. Apple is trying to boost the iPad, so obviously they're playing up it's future role and persuading people it's the next big thing. What else does anyone expect them to do? I think Apple genuinely do think iOS is the future of mainstream consumer computing, and a big chunk of professional computing as well. But that doesn't mean OSX has no future. Nor does it mean this future of computing is going to be here in full force and sweep traditional form factors under the rug in the next 6 months. But 5 or 10 years down the line? Maybe. But that's not a concern if you're buying a machine today.

heldrida 11y ago

Scientists from Johns Hopkins University crunch through Apple encryption. https://www.rt.com/news/336422-apple-encryption-break-bug/ https://www.rt.com/news/336422-apple-encryption-break-bug/

dogma1138 11y ago
What does this has to do with the fate of OSX?
- Fastidious 11y ago
  Nothing. Pretty much the same Apple's announcement for the new iPad has to do with "the end" of OS X. ;-) I do not see the death of OS X on iOS. If anything, I see it morphing.

tonyedgecombe 11y ago

I'll believe that when I see xcode running on ios.

Maxious 11y ago
"More developers now use OS X than Linux, says ‘most comprehensive survey ever conducted [by StackOverflow]’" http://9to5mac.com/2016/03/18/os-x-versus-linux-developers/ http://9to5mac.com/2016/03/18/os-x-versus-linux-developers/
- mobiuscog 11y ago
  Because Linux was always the most popular desktop environment...
  - jaitsu 11y ago
    For developers, yes.
    - DerekL 11y ago
      No, read Stack Overflow's survey. Just over half of the developers use Windows.

mark_l_watson 11y ago

Although I use my MacBooks and Linux laptops for most programming, I find myself spending more time on my iPad Pro. I wrote about this yesterday http://blog.markwatson.com/2016/03/in-defense-of-ipads-as-productivity.html http://blog.markwatson.com/2016/03/in-defense-of-ipads-as-pr...

Recurecur 11y ago

The "end for OS X" is a giant load of nonsense from someone focused on iOS. I could see eventually merging iOS and OSX, but Apple is a bit hoist on its own petard there since it insists that the experiences be completely different. Almost everything below the UI layer is the same. Apple makes plenty of profit from its OSX machines, and needs to diversify more, not less. It also needs powerful machines for development, design and other tasks. Apple's culture would never accept switching to Windows, and Linux is still lacking in too many respects. What Apple should do is improve OSX (high color depth support, better graphics performance, ultra low latency etc.) as well as releasing cutting edge hardware that outperforms anything in the industry. Rackable, higher-end Mac Pros supporting SLI and gobs of memory that could gang together using Thunderbolt would be a good start. Apple should be using its vast market capitalization to lead the industry forward. It has the resources to do many things at once.

vithlani 11y ago
Wow!!! You are so right. I wish somebody from Apple could read this. They could pull this off and it would push them off the stagnate phase they are currently in as well as pull back all the design and high end customers they have losing.

Esau 11y ago

To me, nothing in that article justifies the title, but it does remind me why I stopped visiting that site on a regular basis.

jaitsu 11y ago

This is clickbait at it's best. There is no hard evidence to prove this (obviously, it's Apple) and it couldn't be further from the truth. iPads are far from a replacement for your MacBook or iMac - for one you can't properly multitask, and you as a developer you couldn't properly debug and write code on an iPad. OSX will be around for years to come.