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> I spend 3-5 years getting the perfect PC setup My solution is... don't try to get the perfect setup. Learn to just be happy with the defaults and get on wit

> I spend 3-5 years getting the perfect PC setup My solution is... don't try to get the perfect setup. Learn to just be happy with the defaults and get on with what matters - the work you're using it for. I change maybe 1 or 2 settings on a fresh macOS install and that's it. I don't even change the wallpaper. > I just need to work So don't distract yourself with trying to create the perfect setup! Worse is better.

dane-pgp 5y ago
"Just let Apple decide everything for you, they know best!" is exactly the sort of attitude that is causing us to lose this war.
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  I don't know if Apple know best or not - I didn't say I thought that anywhere and I'm not sure who you're quoting - the point is the opposite - I don't care. As long as the system is usable, get on and use it and actually focus on your work rather than tinkering for the sake of tinkering. The only war I'm fighting against is wasting my time with system setup.
  - eyelovewe 5y ago
    I think, rather, that parent posts were complaining that these manufacturers defaults were: 1) constantly changing Willy Nilly 2) less than useable, né breaking functionality A proprietary OS has no obligation to care about your needs, but more importantly, does not allow you TO do anything about it. This is why I am moving everything to FOSS over the long haul
qq4 5y ago
Ha, I stopped changing the wallpaper when I realized I would never be looking at it.
hutzlibu 5y ago
Defaults are designed for common users, who barely know how to copy and paste. Their setup is really not working for me. I want my desktop designed for me, from me. And if the OS thinks, it knows better than me, how to handle things and regulary rearanges or reconfigures, than screw this OS.
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  > I want my desktop designed for me, from me. Right but when you write it out like that can you see how it doesn’t make sense to expect that from a company? Not reasonable to complain when you don’t get it.
  - hutzlibu 5y ago
    Why can't I expect from a company that they give me the tools I want, if I give them money? "Designing the desktop" is also just aranging icons. That works since decades.
    - chrisseaton 5y ago
      > Why can't I expect from a company that they give me the tools I want, if I give them money? Well you could expect it but you probably wouldn’t like the price they quoted you. To make the price realistic they have to design something which works reasonably well for millions of people, not perfectly for one person.
      - eyelovewe 5y ago
        Or not remove the configuration utility, in some cases. No one here asked for telepathy and amazing defaults, but take away my configurability and I get upset.
        chrisseaton 5y ago
        Think about it like this - every single extra simple boolean configuration option doubles the configuration state space of the program. Add just ten option checkboxes for a feature and you have made the system three-orders of magnitude more complicated. Everyone pays for that complexity.

dane-pgp 5y ago

"Just let Apple decide everything for you, they know best!" is exactly the sort of attitude that is causing us to lose this war.

chrisseaton 5y ago
I don't know if Apple know best or not - I didn't say I thought that anywhere and I'm not sure who you're quoting - the point is the opposite - I don't care. As long as the system is usable, get on and use it and actually focus on your work rather than tinkering for the sake of tinkering. The only war I'm fighting against is wasting my time with system setup.
- eyelovewe 5y ago
  I think, rather, that parent posts were complaining that these manufacturers defaults were: 1) constantly changing Willy Nilly 2) less than useable, né breaking functionality A proprietary OS has no obligation to care about your needs, but more importantly, does not allow you TO do anything about it. This is why I am moving everything to FOSS over the long haul

qq4 5y ago

Ha, I stopped changing the wallpaper when I realized I would never be looking at it.

hutzlibu 5y ago

Defaults are designed for common users, who barely know how to copy and paste. Their setup is really not working for me. I want my desktop designed for me, from me. And if the OS thinks, it knows better than me, how to handle things and regulary rearanges or reconfigures, than screw this OS.

chrisseaton 5y ago
> I want my desktop designed for me, from me. Right but when you write it out like that can you see how it doesn’t make sense to expect that from a company? Not reasonable to complain when you don’t get it.
- hutzlibu 5y ago
  Why can't I expect from a company that they give me the tools I want, if I give them money? "Designing the desktop" is also just aranging icons. That works since decades.
  - chrisseaton 5y ago
    > Why can't I expect from a company that they give me the tools I want, if I give them money? Well you could expect it but you probably wouldn’t like the price they quoted you. To make the price realistic they have to design something which works reasonably well for millions of people, not perfectly for one person.
    - eyelovewe 5y ago
      Or not remove the configuration utility, in some cases. No one here asked for telepathy and amazing defaults, but take away my configurability and I get upset.
      - chrisseaton 5y ago
        Think about it like this - every single extra simple boolean configuration option doubles the configuration state space of the program. Add just ten option checkboxes for a feature and you have made the system three-orders of magnitude more complicated. Everyone pays for that complexity.