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I think the "Just working" argument is too subjective. Ubuntu just works, unless you have some specific hardware that is too obscure or new. Then one day someo

by sqeaky 10y ago

I think the "Just working" argument is too subjective. Ubuntu just works, unless you have some specific hardware that is too obscure or new. Then one day someone starts expecting you use files from some obscure source and you need an application that isn't on Linux. Windows just works, until you need to re-install because of virus and need to track down drivers. Then you realize the version of office was some weird OEM license and need to figure something else out. I am sure Mac OS X has problems too but I haven't used it much. All these things are so advanced that they just work... until they don't for you.

lelandbatey 10y ago
Mac OS X just works until one day the UI locks up and App store updates hang, and the computer becomes an unusable brick because nothing can be read from the disk after the non-replaceable SSD because it died (happened to me two weeks ago). Everything just works until the awful built in media management applications corrupts your media collection/destroys their metadata. Everything just works till their terrible disk format results in an undetectable error that slowly corrupts your files until even most of your backups have been quietly corrupted. Everything just works till the UI for resolution becomes permanently scrambled and doesn't allow you to switch away from Fischer Price mode on the retina MacBook you use for development. Using Apple computers has thoroughly disabused me of the notion that there is anything in the world that "just works" for anything but the most hilariously trivial use cases. It's a flawed platform just like all the others.
- hellofunk 10y ago
  I've been using Macs for years, and these are some pretty amazing problems you've had, I can't imagine ever experiencing them. You've had some bad luck, friend. Sorry to hear it. In all my years using Macs, I've never had any of these, and I push my machines quite hard. They've always kept up like a pro, always reliable.

by sqeaky 10y ago

lelandbatey 10y ago

Mac OS X just works until one day the UI locks up and App store updates hang, and the computer becomes an unusable brick because nothing can be read from the disk after the non-replaceable SSD because it died (happened to me two weeks ago). Everything just works until the awful built in media management applications corrupts your media collection/destroys their metadata. Everything just works till their terrible disk format results in an undetectable error that slowly corrupts your files until even most of your backups have been quietly corrupted. Everything just works till the UI for resolution becomes permanently scrambled and doesn't allow you to switch away from Fischer Price mode on the retina MacBook you use for development. Using Apple computers has thoroughly disabused me of the notion that there is anything in the world that "just works" for anything but the most hilariously trivial use cases. It's a flawed platform just like all the others.

hellofunk 10y ago
I've been using Macs for years, and these are some pretty amazing problems you've had, I can't imagine ever experiencing them. You've had some bad luck, friend. Sorry to hear it. In all my years using Macs, I've never had any of these, and I push my machines quite hard. They've always kept up like a pro, always reliable.