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Yup, was a bit surprised to hear some people in the Apple (developer) community apparently being actively repulsed by other platforms or software not made by Ap

by tpush 8y ago

Yup, was a bit surprised to hear some people in the Apple (developer) community apparently being actively repulsed by other platforms or software not made by Apple. I think periodically giving the other side a fair look can only be good though, if just to see what Apple could do better compared to other vendors. I say this as a general fan of Apple's hardware (holding on to my 2013 MacBook though...)

no1youknowz 8y ago
I have 3 different machines in my home. Mac, windows and linux machines. I've been a user of linux from roughly 2005? A user of Windows since 2001 and a Mac user since 2013. - I sigh deeply, deeply when I am not on my 2012 MBPr macbook. - I have zero problems with my macbook. - I am much more productive when I am on my macbook. I am not going back to a daily driver of either Windows or Linux. My next stop will probably a hackintosh and that's because of Apple's shenanigans with the newer models.
- StreamBright 8y ago
  Same here. I cannot give up MacOs. I can give up everything else, especially new Apple hardware.
- tracker1 8y ago
  Been running Hackintosh for almost 2 years now for my home desktop. Somewhat ageing i7-4790K w/ 32gb ram, gtx-1080 and samsung nvme. Lack of current GPU support has me stuck without Mohave update possible. When I upgrade in July or so, will give hackintosh a try (if I can get a modern GPU to work), or will just use Linux. Almost every tool I use is cross platform or Linux already.
- hu3 8y ago
  Counterpoint, some years ago I was offered 2014 MBPr at work and thought I'd give it a try. It lasted a good 6 months until I decided the pain was too much and came back to what I was used to on a Dell XPS + Linux. Admittedly I haven't tried Linux on Mac but XPS specs were just as good so I didn't see the point.
themacguffinman 8y ago
Have you considered that they have given the other side(s) a fair look as users and found them unacceptably lacking? From my perspective as someone who regularly uses all three major desktop platforms (Windows, macOS, a Linux distro with Gnome), I find macOS has given me the least trouble by far. I think it's fair and reasonable for developers to avoid platforms that they wouldn't actually use themselves.
- minikites 8y ago
  >Have you considered that they have given the other side(s) a fair look as users and found them unacceptably lacking? I know they haven't because the things they complain about only apply to Windows XP ("you have to reinstall it every year!") or Linux from 15 years ago ("sound and wireless networking don't work lol").

by tpush 8y ago

no1youknowz 8y ago

I have 3 different machines in my home. Mac, windows and linux machines. I've been a user of linux from roughly 2005? A user of Windows since 2001 and a Mac user since 2013. - I sigh deeply, deeply when I am not on my 2012 MBPr macbook. - I have zero problems with my macbook. - I am much more productive when I am on my macbook. I am not going back to a daily driver of either Windows or Linux. My next stop will probably a hackintosh and that's because of Apple's shenanigans with the newer models.

StreamBright 8y ago
Same here. I cannot give up MacOs. I can give up everything else, especially new Apple hardware.
tracker1 8y ago
Been running Hackintosh for almost 2 years now for my home desktop. Somewhat ageing i7-4790K w/ 32gb ram, gtx-1080 and samsung nvme. Lack of current GPU support has me stuck without Mohave update possible. When I upgrade in July or so, will give hackintosh a try (if I can get a modern GPU to work), or will just use Linux. Almost every tool I use is cross platform or Linux already.
hu3 8y ago
Counterpoint, some years ago I was offered 2014 MBPr at work and thought I'd give it a try. It lasted a good 6 months until I decided the pain was too much and came back to what I was used to on a Dell XPS + Linux. Admittedly I haven't tried Linux on Mac but XPS specs were just as good so I didn't see the point.

themacguffinman 8y ago

Have you considered that they have given the other side(s) a fair look as users and found them unacceptably lacking? From my perspective as someone who regularly uses all three major desktop platforms (Windows, macOS, a Linux distro with Gnome), I find macOS has given me the least trouble by far. I think it's fair and reasonable for developers to avoid platforms that they wouldn't actually use themselves.

minikites 8y ago
>Have you considered that they have given the other side(s) a fair look as users and found them unacceptably lacking? I know they haven't because the things they complain about only apply to Windows XP ("you have to reinstall it every year!") or Linux from 15 years ago ("sound and wireless networking don't work lol").