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I've been using Apple operating systems for most of my computing, since the Apple IIe. I started using OS X in 2001. Every since the release of 10.7, I have jus

I've been using Apple operating systems for most of my computing, since the Apple IIe. I started using OS X in 2001. Every since the release of 10.7, I have just been disappointed with their releases. Now that they are releasing major updates on a yearly press-release driven schedule, their quality has suffered. And their drive towards making the desktop more like iOS seems to cater more to non-technical consumers than developers. I have been happily exploring Linux the past year, mostly in VMs trying out different distros. I kinda doubt I will upgrade to macOS.

jarjoura 10y ago
What version of Mac OS was ever meant for more technical consumers though? Apple's DNA has always been consumer product focused in everything they build.
- sdkmvx 10y ago
  Obviously they were never exclusively marketed towards technical users, but Apple was definitely targeting the UNIX workstation and multimedia workstation markets in the early 2000s. See http://www.brainmapping.org/MarkCohen/UNIXad.pdf http://www.brainmapping.org/MarkCohen/UNIXad.pdf
  - jarjoura 10y ago
    That's an ad for the PowerBook G4 marketed to power users of the platform. See http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/performance/ http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/performance/ for comparison of the difference in marketing. Also see http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/black_macbook.jpg http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/black_... when the black macbook was launched.
tarsinge 10y ago
We don't share the same memories of the 90's