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> Because every update usually also moves things forward. Just because something move forward doesn't means it moves in the right direction. > And because the

> Because every update usually also moves things forward. Just because something move forward doesn't means it moves in the right direction. > And because they still have the better OS/hardware combo. Do they ? How many brain-time did Apple waste yesterday by soft-bricking ALL THE DAMN MACS running Canalina ?

coldtea 6y ago
>Just because something move forward doesn't means it moves in the right direction. Sure. In this case though I meant "in the right direction" too. I, for one, welcome third party kernel extensions moving to userland. >Do they ? How many brain-time did Apple waste yesterday by soft-bricking ALL THE DAMN MACS running Canalina ? A little. Nothing like the brain-months I've wasted on Windows and Linux troubleshooting, and I've been using Windows for ~30 years, and Linux for ~20 (plus several UNIX varieties of yore, like SunOS, Solaris, and AIX, with the ocassional toying with FreeBSD as well). I'm annoyed by several things in Apple land as well (e.g. the keyboards on the last 3 years on laptops, the firewall bypass situation in Big Sur, the not-so-useful touch strip, and lots of minor issues), but I'm also annoyed by the "grass is greener" sentiment all the time, or the "sky is falling/Stallman was right" rhetoric...
- innocenat 6y ago
  Maybe I am doing something wrong here, but I use Windows for 10 years, then switch Ubuntu for 5, and Mac for less than a year right now (so I am on Catalina). I feel that I spend 2-3x times troubleshoot my mac than Ubuntu. I still haven't been able to find a cause for intermittent entire UI froze I experience 2-3 times a day.
  - bartvk 6y ago
    Entire UI freeze? Don't accept this, record the occurrences of this, and bring it back to the store.
    - figassis 6y ago
      Many forget that a large number of Mac customers are not US based. In fact, many live in areas with no apple stores at all. Seems to me that apple is glad to sell to everyone but only really care about a few.
      - alacombe 6y ago
        And even US based folks might now have an Apple Store within reasonable driving distance.
        coldtea 6y ago
        That's on them.
      - bartvk 6y ago
        I'm not US based either but support is available online as well.
        alacombe 6y ago
        Apple online support has probably been my worst experience ever. On something as simple a ordering 2 magsafe power supply, they manage to only send me 1, and had to wait 3 weeks without any communication to finally get the notification for the second one shipment after a support call. Every low-key chinese Ebay sellers has better support than that.
        coldtea 6y ago
        >Apple online support has probably been my worst experience ever. On something as simple a ordering 2 magsafe power supply, they manage to only send me 1, and had to wait 3 weeks without any. Worse support experience ever, or worst experience ever? If it was the latter, you have a pretty sweet life! But even if it was the former, you must have had some pretty great online support experiences until that point...
  - coldtea 6y ago
    >I still haven't been able to find a cause for intermittent entire UI froze I experience 2-3 times a day. Well, that's hardly the usual behavior. I have uptime in months (or had, I rebooted to switch to Big Sur). Maybe a faulty production run? Or some suspect app?

coldtea 6y ago

>Just because something move forward doesn't means it moves in the right direction. Sure. In this case though I meant "in the right direction" too. I, for one, welcome third party kernel extensions moving to userland. >Do they ? How many brain-time did Apple waste yesterday by soft-bricking ALL THE DAMN MACS running Canalina ? A little. Nothing like the brain-months I've wasted on Windows and Linux troubleshooting, and I've been using Windows for ~30 years, and Linux for ~20 (plus several UNIX varieties of yore, like SunOS, Solaris, and AIX, with the ocassional toying with FreeBSD as well). I'm annoyed by several things in Apple land as well (e.g. the keyboards on the last 3 years on laptops, the firewall bypass situation in Big Sur, the not-so-useful touch strip, and lots of minor issues), but I'm also annoyed by the "grass is greener" sentiment all the time, or the "sky is falling/Stallman was right" rhetoric...

innocenat 6y ago
Maybe I am doing something wrong here, but I use Windows for 10 years, then switch Ubuntu for 5, and Mac for less than a year right now (so I am on Catalina). I feel that I spend 2-3x times troubleshoot my mac than Ubuntu. I still haven't been able to find a cause for intermittent entire UI froze I experience 2-3 times a day.
- bartvk 6y ago
  Entire UI freeze? Don't accept this, record the occurrences of this, and bring it back to the store.
  - figassis 6y ago
    Many forget that a large number of Mac customers are not US based. In fact, many live in areas with no apple stores at all. Seems to me that apple is glad to sell to everyone but only really care about a few.
    - alacombe 6y ago
      And even US based folks might now have an Apple Store within reasonable driving distance.
      - coldtea 6y ago
        That's on them.
    - bartvk 6y ago
      I'm not US based either but support is available online as well.
      - alacombe 6y ago
        Apple online support has probably been my worst experience ever. On something as simple a ordering 2 magsafe power supply, they manage to only send me 1, and had to wait 3 weeks without any communication to finally get the notification for the second one shipment after a support call. Every low-key chinese Ebay sellers has better support than that.
        coldtea 6y ago
        >Apple online support has probably been my worst experience ever. On something as simple a ordering 2 magsafe power supply, they manage to only send me 1, and had to wait 3 weeks without any. Worse support experience ever, or worst experience ever? If it was the latter, you have a pretty sweet life! But even if it was the former, you must have had some pretty great online support experiences until that point...
- coldtea 6y ago
  >I still haven't been able to find a cause for intermittent entire UI froze I experience 2-3 times a day. Well, that's hardly the usual behavior. I have uptime in months (or had, I rebooted to switch to Big Sur). Maybe a faulty production run? Or some suspect app?