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I don't know if it's just me or is everyone these days talking about dumping their iMac and switching to Linux?

by Jan_jw 10y ago

akulbe 10y ago
I've been a Mac user through and through, since 2004. Switched from Linux back then. I've been using Linux but only on servers and VMs since then, as well. Just not as my daily driver. I got the 2016 MBP w/Touchbar. I've been plagued with the GPU issues, and the crappy battery life. Add to that issues with PDF corruption, because of Apple's screwing with the frameworks. It's starting to feel like Apple doesn't care about anything other than iOS devices. When I buy  stuff for myself, I get the highest-spec model, every time. I never want to come up short, if I need the power/storage. $4300 and change on the latest one. I just ordered one of the new Dell XPS 15" laptops. Again, same thing. The high-end model. More powerful CPU, twice the RAM, better graphices, but half the storage. $1600 less for the Dell. Starting to think Dell makes a better "Macbook" than Apple. We'll see. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
anonfunction 10y ago
I think it's people talking about dumping their MacBook Pro more so than iMac.
therealmarv 10y ago
It's just hype here. Maybe somebody should write a new "Why I dumped Linux and switched to Mac" ;)
danieldk 10y ago
It's just the HN bubble [1]. Apple's Mac sales actually increased in Q4 2016 compared to Q4 2015, amid further stagnation in the PC industry: http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3568420 http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3568420 Since the MacBook with Touchbar has only been available since somewhere in November, the new MacBooks are apparently selling quite well. [1] Though it results in some nice threads that are so surreal that they must be parody: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13379509 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13379509 (I mean, no one can possibly suggest to a professional Photoshop user that the solution to the lack of support for non-destructive editing is: 'make a copy of a layer before you change it' or 'use git'? :))

I don't know if it's just me or is everyone these days talking about dumping their iMac and switching to Linux?

by Jan_jw 10y ago

I don't know if it's just me or is everyone these days talking about dumping their iMac and switching to Linux?

I've been a Mac user through and through, since 2004. Switched from Linux back then. I've been using Linux but only on servers and VMs since then, as well. Just not as my daily driver. I got the 2016 MBP w/Touchbar. I've been plagued with the GPU issues, and the crappy battery life. Add to that issues with PDF corruption, because of Apple's screwing with the frameworks. It's starting to feel like Apple doesn't care about anything other than iOS devices. When I buy  stuff for myself, I get the highest-spec model, every time. I never want to come up short, if I need the power/storage. $4300 and change on the latest one. I just ordered one of the new Dell XPS 15" laptops. Again, same thing. The high-end model. More powerful CPU, twice the RAM, better graphices, but half the storage. $1600 less for the Dell. Starting to think Dell makes a better "Macbook" than Apple. We'll see. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

anonfunction 10y ago

I think it's people talking about dumping their MacBook Pro more so than iMac.

therealmarv 10y ago

It's just hype here. Maybe somebody should write a new "Why I dumped Linux and switched to Mac" ;)

danieldk 10y ago

It's just the HN bubble [1]. Apple's Mac sales actually increased in Q4 2016 compared to Q4 2015, amid further stagnation in the PC industry: http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3568420 http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3568420 Since the MacBook with Touchbar has only been available since somewhere in November, the new MacBooks are apparently selling quite well. [1] Though it results in some nice threads that are so surreal that they must be parody: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13379509 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13379509 (I mean, no one can possibly suggest to a professional Photoshop user that the solution to the lack of support for non-destructive editing is: 'make a copy of a layer before you change it' or 'use git'? :))