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This seems a very poor effort. A huge increase in system requirements for modest changes. Stage Manager is hopeless. Like I have no idea what they were thinki

This seems a very poor effort. A huge increase in system requirements for modest changes. Stage Manager is hopeless. Like I have no idea what they were thinking. Metal continues to fiddle while developers for MacOS abandon it and the platform at scale. Meanwhile there's still no snapping for useful window management, virtualisation is an afterthought, there's still no Windows story for the M1/M2, the M1/M2 has terrible monitor support, the UI padding is still too high and there's no coherent gaming story (because that requires Apple to swallow their pride and accept Vulcan, or even better to built a Proton-esque compatibility layer and fix the core missing Metal features that make such a thing difficult today).

sharikous 4y ago
>> there's still no snapping for useful window management Yes, but a lot of utilities give that functionality >> virtualisation is an afterthought That's false, maybe you refer to containerization? Apple provides APIs to virtualize a system in 10 lines of code >> there's still no Windows story for the M1/M2 That's up to MS >> the M1/M2 has terrible monitor support Absolutely false. It's just that the base models are differentiated this way >>> the UI padding is still too high Yes but where do you find small puddings? It is a global design fad and even Linux distros adhered to this fashion >> and there's no coherent gaming story Macs are not marketed to gamers
- Mindwipe 4y ago
  > Yes, but a lot of utilities give that functionality This does not excuse core OS functionality being left to rot. > That's false, maybe you refer to containerization? Apple provides APIs to virtualize a system in 10 lines of code And not well. > That's up to MS Given the software story for the Mac is imploding, it is Apple's problem too. Apple could introduce a Proton-esque translation layer if they wanted to and make Macs significantly more useful machine at a stroke. > Absolutely false. It's just that the base models are differentiated this way This is unambiguously true - the M2 still cannot use multiple monitors correctly. > Yes but where do you find small puddings? It is a global design fad and even Linux distros adhered to this fashion Apple own their UI, Linux distro designers are not holding them at gunpoint. > Macs are not marketed to gamers They literally spent ten minutes of the keynote trying to market Macs to gamers.

sharikous 4y ago

>> there's still no snapping for useful window management Yes, but a lot of utilities give that functionality >> virtualisation is an afterthought That's false, maybe you refer to containerization? Apple provides APIs to virtualize a system in 10 lines of code >> there's still no Windows story for the M1/M2 That's up to MS >> the M1/M2 has terrible monitor support Absolutely false. It's just that the base models are differentiated this way >>> the UI padding is still too high Yes but where do you find small puddings? It is a global design fad and even Linux distros adhered to this fashion >> and there's no coherent gaming story Macs are not marketed to gamers

Mindwipe 4y ago
> Yes, but a lot of utilities give that functionality This does not excuse core OS functionality being left to rot. > That's false, maybe you refer to containerization? Apple provides APIs to virtualize a system in 10 lines of code And not well. > That's up to MS Given the software story for the Mac is imploding, it is Apple's problem too. Apple could introduce a Proton-esque translation layer if they wanted to and make Macs significantly more useful machine at a stroke. > Absolutely false. It's just that the base models are differentiated this way This is unambiguously true - the M2 still cannot use multiple monitors correctly. > Yes but where do you find small puddings? It is a global design fad and even Linux distros adhered to this fashion Apple own their UI, Linux distro designers are not holding them at gunpoint. > Macs are not marketed to gamers They literally spent ten minutes of the keynote trying to market Macs to gamers.