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> I don't follow the argument. That is the problem. I don’t know why you think that the only criteria valuable for comparison is your definition of development

by redial 9y ago

> I don't follow the argument. That is the problem. I don’t know why you think that the only criteria valuable for comparison is your definition of development. Different people have different needs. For you a mac is clearly not the answer; for you. Personally, my hands are very uncomfortable every time I have to hold ctrl-a to select all.

virmundi 9y ago
I'd argue that they don't really fit most needs. To your issue with ctrl-a, fair concern, but you could just as easily use pinkie + ring finger. It's less movement than mac + a. Again, your hand remains open. Mac closes the hand, which increase nerve and joint issues. Even if I grant the keyboard, at least in Linux you can easily layout a new keyboard. OSX makes that a pain. You end up having to purchase a tool that jimmies with the system internals to get the mapping to work more than 75%. Ultimately I agree with the idea that it's people's own money. They should be free do with it as they please (though ironically many of the most ardent OSX users are near authoritarians like AntiFa that want to tax people to support pet ideas and the general removal of freedom). My point above was to commiserating with the OP that Apple produces overrated products when it comes to utility. If one prefers form over function, Apple is the way to go. If one prefers function/price over form, anyone else is better.
- redial 9y ago
  You do realize people run multimillion dollar companies using something like ruby, or python, or even java on their macs without any problems right? Not everyone's definition of function is having a perfectly supported and easily installable port of X11. And at the risk of talking to myself, again, different people have different needs. Function is not only what's useful to you. By the way, System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys. 3 clicks to remap the keyboard.
  - virmundi 9y ago
    Doesn't fully map. Not even within the confines of the Apple products.

by redial 9y ago

virmundi 9y ago

I'd argue that they don't really fit most needs. To your issue with ctrl-a, fair concern, but you could just as easily use pinkie + ring finger. It's less movement than mac + a. Again, your hand remains open. Mac closes the hand, which increase nerve and joint issues. Even if I grant the keyboard, at least in Linux you can easily layout a new keyboard. OSX makes that a pain. You end up having to purchase a tool that jimmies with the system internals to get the mapping to work more than 75%. Ultimately I agree with the idea that it's people's own money. They should be free do with it as they please (though ironically many of the most ardent OSX users are near authoritarians like AntiFa that want to tax people to support pet ideas and the general removal of freedom). My point above was to commiserating with the OP that Apple produces overrated products when it comes to utility. If one prefers form over function, Apple is the way to go. If one prefers function/price over form, anyone else is better.

redial 9y ago
You do realize people run multimillion dollar companies using something like ruby, or python, or even java on their macs without any problems right? Not everyone's definition of function is having a perfectly supported and easily installable port of X11. And at the risk of talking to myself, again, different people have different needs. Function is not only what's useful to you. By the way, System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys. 3 clicks to remap the keyboard.
- virmundi 9y ago
  Doesn't fully map. Not even within the confines of the Apple products.