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E. Don't buy Apple. You'll spend much less, and won't be supporting practices you don't approve of.
by tokenizerrr 9y ago
E. Don't buy Apple.
You'll spend much less, and won't be supporting practices you don't approve of.
- yoz-y 9y agoThis is not very useful advice, kind of similar to "just use Linux" when people complain about some issue they have with Windows. For many, dropping macOS would be a much larger disruption than having less usable F-keys. That does not mean we can't complain about it.
- tokenizerrr 9y agoThere are plenty of other hardware manufacturers out there. One of the practices you might not wish to support is an OS being tied to a specific hardware vendor. If you don't like the hardware you shouldn't be buying it.
- fredoliveira 9y ago> One of the practices you might not wish to support is an OS being tied to a specific hardware vendor. Which is literally the reason why OSX is that good/stable.
- CivilEngineer 9y agoIs it? It used to be. And you can buy Chromebooks or Microsoft Surface products if you want strong hardware/software integration.
- cheeze 8y agoI feel like the "stable" part of things has been eroding away lately. I've been very disappointed with Apple over the past few OS rollouts. The new FS went flawlessly but there have been so many fit and finish bugs, I feel like Microsoft is making it.
- SippinLean 8y ago>> High Sierra bug where empty password gives you root >> High Sierra patch released, breaks file sharing >> High Sierra patch re-enables passwordless root access on certain machines > stable
- solarkraft 8y agoI hear it's not very good/stable now, but running a Hackintosh system of Snow Leopard - Yosemite on various hardware worked pretty well. And that's without them trying to optimize it (I guess).
- baq 9y agoso you're saying that apple has many people in a bind, many of those willingly. that's not a good negotiating position for them.
- yoz-y 9y agoIt is a crummy situation indeed. In my case for example, I am just hoping that the next generation will fix the keyboard issues and being lucky that 4 years old work computer works fine.
- zeveb 8y ago> For many, dropping macOS would be a much larger disruption than having less usable F-keys. It's worth it, trust me. I dropped it almost twenty years ago, and I've never looked back. My computers are less expensive, more powerful & more flexible. My computing environment is customised to my needs, not those of some generic 20-something in Cupertino. If I want to, I can dig deep in the guts of my system and fix bugs or add features. Or I can hire someone to do it for me. Or I can just rely on the work of others (which is ultimately what Apple's customers have to do anyway: rely on Apple to fix & extend — and as their recent spate of crippling security bugs indicates, they haven't been doing a great job).
- yoz-y 8y agoI think that comparing the operating systems of today based on how they worked 20 years ago is a bit of a stretch. I bought my first Mac in 2009 (still kicking and alive) because I was tired of tinkering with Linux (I have abandoned Windows years before). I do look back at these systems every day at work so I do know quite well how my life would be if I really had to use them for everything. Just one example of why I like macOS - it has a copy/paste shortcut that really does work everywhere. From Vim running in a console to my vector based drawing program of choice, out of the box.
- zeveb 8y ago> I think that comparing the operating systems of today based on how they worked 20 years ago is a bit of a stretch. My family, friends & colleagues all use Apple computers & phones, so I believe that I've had pretty good exposure to them. There are a few things which macOS does better (system-wide copy/paste is clearly one), but overall I stand by what I wrote. Linux is great, and I don't thinking I'm missing anything by avoid Windows & macOS.
- jgust 8y agoOr if you work with mobile apps, unable to do your job.
- DoofusOfDeath 8y ago> This is not very useful advice, kind of similar to "just use Linux" when people complain about some issue they have with Windows. Given that we don't know whether or not you can live with non-Apple hardware, I think it's reasonable to at least float the idea.
- hennsen 9y agoAnd have even crappier hardware (thinkpads with screen resolution and disk sizes of last decade, not much cheaper, anyone?) with Win 10 preinstalled...
- adambyrtek 9y agoDell XPS 13 has build quality comparable if not better than MacBooks, comes with Linux preinstalled, and has an optional high resolution QHD+ screen. http://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/laptops-notebooks-and-2-in-1-laptops/xps-13/spd/xps-13-9360-laptop http://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/laptops-notebooks-and-2-in-1-...
- tokenizerrr 9y agoThis is what I use, and as far as I can tell it's better than a MacBook in just about every way.
- hennsen 9y agoIt’s a matter of taste i guess. Unless you tell more about what you like in the one and what not in the other it’s hard to get a value from your experience report.
- glogla 9y agoI tried that for half a year, and it has some issues: - Linux applications have a lot of trouble with the HiDPI screen - Coil whine - Shitty battery life - Shitty touchpad So as whatever is Apple doing is annoying faddy bullshit, it's still the better option, especially considering the XPS 13 cost as much or more than MBP.
- hennsen 9y agoI wonder why people downvote others who just report their experiences, and not even have the balls to write a word about it... i share your opinion that it seems so that we can only chose between things that suck least and have no generally great option
- glogla 9y agoAnd give up the only good desktop operating system, retina screens and the only usable touchpad in laptops.
- whywhywhywhy 9y agoGive up the only usable trackpad if you move away. Endure an objectively terrible keyboard with a massive failure rate if you stay. (Ironically my £3K touchbar MBP return key failed to register a press right on cue when typing this comment)
- bpicolo 9y agoThe new keyboards drive me nuts, too. Old ones were 100x better. How did they not notice how quickly and crappily the keys turned to degraded mushstate? Never left the clean room?
- api 8y agoBut it had to be thin and light! The new keyboard is usable for me but is absolutely worse than the old models.
- GordonS 8y agoPersonally, I hate the touchpad on my MBP - I find I have to press the buttons too hard, even with the sensitivity up to the max. Literally gives me sore fingers.