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Apple ditching intel could lead to some great improvements in hardware, but I would be much happier if they made no changes to the hardware and actually started

Apple ditching intel could lead to some great improvements in hardware, but I would be much happier if they made no changes to the hardware and actually started investing in OSX again. Catalina is a disaster. I've been using macs since OS 7 and I cannot believe how bad Catalina is.

nicbou 6y ago
What is bad about it? I'm still on Mojave
- kup0 6y ago
  In my personal experience, I would say it's the buggiest and least snappy version of macOS I've used in quite a long time
  - mark_l_watson 6y ago
    I think that the lack of snappiness is mostly caused by the new sandboxing and security features. I have mixed feeling about this. Things can run slower especially at startup, but extra security is a good thing.
- danielscrubs 6y ago
  For me macOS seems rock solid as long as you don't install certain drivers (Dell being the worst) and some security software in which case it quickly turns into Windows XP level of "blue" screens. They really need to work on making that stable that but I'm not sure how that would work. Normally you would just sandbox it. For example I used certain software because I was working in the government that was basically government mandated spyware it installed global certificates, checks and uploads network traffic and more. Mandated and buggy as hell. My personal computer on the other hand uses pretty much only App Store and Homebrew cli utils and is rock solid.
  - Someone 6y ago
    “They really need to work on making that stable that but I'm not sure how that would work“ Apple has outlined how it would work: by moving drivers into userspace (https://developer.apple.com/support/kernel-extensions/ https://developer.apple.com/support/kernel-extensions/ , https://developer.apple.com/documentation/driverkit https://developer.apple.com/documentation/driverkit) I guess that, with a move to ARM, they would enforce this for all drivers, if performance allows it (video drivers might be the exception)
- nr2x 6y ago
  I regularly have the terminal crash when switching between full screened and windowed mode. Other times it will freeze up and beach ball for 30 seconds. How you could possibly screw up an application that simple amazes me.
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nicbou 6y ago

What is bad about it? I'm still on Mojave

kup0 6y ago
In my personal experience, I would say it's the buggiest and least snappy version of macOS I've used in quite a long time
- mark_l_watson 6y ago
  I think that the lack of snappiness is mostly caused by the new sandboxing and security features. I have mixed feeling about this. Things can run slower especially at startup, but extra security is a good thing.
danielscrubs 6y ago
For me macOS seems rock solid as long as you don't install certain drivers (Dell being the worst) and some security software in which case it quickly turns into Windows XP level of "blue" screens. They really need to work on making that stable that but I'm not sure how that would work. Normally you would just sandbox it. For example I used certain software because I was working in the government that was basically government mandated spyware it installed global certificates, checks and uploads network traffic and more. Mandated and buggy as hell. My personal computer on the other hand uses pretty much only App Store and Homebrew cli utils and is rock solid.
- Someone 6y ago
  “They really need to work on making that stable that but I'm not sure how that would work“ Apple has outlined how it would work: by moving drivers into userspace (https://developer.apple.com/support/kernel-extensions/ https://developer.apple.com/support/kernel-extensions/ , https://developer.apple.com/documentation/driverkit https://developer.apple.com/documentation/driverkit) I guess that, with a move to ARM, they would enforce this for all drivers, if performance allows it (video drivers might be the exception)
nr2x 6y ago
I regularly have the terminal crash when switching between full screened and windowed mode. Other times it will freeze up and beach ball for 30 seconds. How you could possibly screw up an application that simple amazes me.

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