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Every new release of OS X has been an increasing disappointment for years now. Security issues, bugs, incompatibilities. It's almost as if they've been activel

by lwhi 6y ago

Every new release of OS X has been an increasing disappointment for years now. Security issues, bugs, incompatibilities. It's almost as if they've been actively devesting in OS X. At least we now understand why. Mac's are no longer machines fit for professional development. It's a damn shame, but it's true in my mind.

saagarjha 6y ago
They just switched Macs to an entirely new architecture. I think they probably put more effort into macOS than iOS this year.
- lwhi 6y ago
  That's not my point. This new OS version is not OS X.
  - saagarjha 6y ago
    Neither was the last one!
    - lwhi 6y ago
      The 10 in the version number is a clue[1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Catalina https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Catalina
lwhi 6y ago
To the downvoters .. hope that koolaid tastes good!
- viro 6y ago
  You got down voted because you didn't say anything. Go ahead read it again, I'll wait. Notice how the closest you got to making a point was Macs are not "fit for professional development"
  - lwhi 6y ago
    I disagree and I think you're incorrect. For a long time, I and other people I know chose MBP for professional web-development / video editing / music production because they were provided with a slick GUI on top of a solid operating system. It's fairly apparent to most people who read tech news, that the quality of the operating system isn't what it was. For instance, think back to the 'no password necessary for root user' debacle a few years ago. I don't think it's beyond the realms of credulity to consider why this type of problem was allowed to occur in Apple's 'professional' line. If you're still with me, perhaps you'd also be able to follow my line of reasoning when I surmise that the reason for this degradation of support, may have been because they were planning on dropping their support for OS X .. with this convergence event being its replacement. In reality, it's your own sassy comment that's devoid of content. Hope you really did wait! :)

by lwhi 6y ago

saagarjha 6y ago

They just switched Macs to an entirely new architecture. I think they probably put more effort into macOS than iOS this year.

lwhi 6y ago
That's not my point. This new OS version is not OS X.
- saagarjha 6y ago
  Neither was the last one!
  - lwhi 6y ago
    The 10 in the version number is a clue[1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Catalina https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Catalina

lwhi 6y ago

To the downvoters .. hope that koolaid tastes good!

viro 6y ago
You got down voted because you didn't say anything. Go ahead read it again, I'll wait. Notice how the closest you got to making a point was Macs are not "fit for professional development"
- lwhi 6y ago
  I disagree and I think you're incorrect. For a long time, I and other people I know chose MBP for professional web-development / video editing / music production because they were provided with a slick GUI on top of a solid operating system. It's fairly apparent to most people who read tech news, that the quality of the operating system isn't what it was. For instance, think back to the 'no password necessary for root user' debacle a few years ago. I don't think it's beyond the realms of credulity to consider why this type of problem was allowed to occur in Apple's 'professional' line. If you're still with me, perhaps you'd also be able to follow my line of reasoning when I surmise that the reason for this degradation of support, may have been because they were planning on dropping their support for OS X .. with this convergence event being its replacement. In reality, it's your own sassy comment that's devoid of content. Hope you really did wait! :)