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There's a pretty easy, cheap, and straight forward fix for this. Stop using apple products. They are luke-warm in design and terrible in execution. Get a PC:

There's a pretty easy, cheap, and straight forward fix for this. Stop using apple products. They are luke-warm in design and terrible in execution. Get a PC: Supports Linux, windows, all your games (ALL) and has a mouse with more than one button.

tombert 4y ago
That’s really great advice and I think you’re very smart and intelligent for having such a brave opinion, but that does not help me as I already have a MacBook, and moreover it really doesn’t actually affect my comment. > all your games (ALL) This is measurably untrue; modern computers have trouble with the Windows XP era of games a lot of the time. Many games require tinkering and some will just crash after a minute.
- midoridensha 4y ago
  I'm pretty sure MacBooks have extremely high resale values; it should be possible to sell yours and get a PC without spending an extra dime if you want to follow the OP's advice.
- mopsi 4y ago
  > This is measurably untrue; modern computers have trouble with the Windows XP era of games a lot of the time. Many games require tinkering and some will just crash after a minute. This is mostly the fault of games and not Windows. Software usually breaks because of unfounded assumptions, for example, that user documents are always at a specific location or that CPU frequency is always constant. Instead of using Windows API functions to retrieve the path or keep track of frequency, lazy developers often halfass the implementation, hardcode values into their code and that breaks sometime in the future when those API functions become meaningful.
  - actionfromafar 4y ago
    That CPU frequency could change after boot, was once an insane proposition.
    - casselc 4y ago
      My first computer had a button to do it whenever you felt like.
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zamadatix 4y ago
You only get the one button mouse if you specifically go out to buy it instead of a normal mouse. Same as on Windows and Linux really.
112233 4y ago
Do you have any good articles on how to cheaply and easily stop using apple product, if one is photographer, filmmaker, musician (edit: or iOS developer), and has thousands of hours and dollars invested in MacOS software?
squarefoot 4y ago
Easy to do if one is starting now with computers but not an option for those who already invested time and money on Apple hardware and use it for their daily work. In these context I would rather suggest to buy (or build, which is also fun and instructive) a 2nd PC machine running whatever the user wants. This would also helps to keep the two worlds separated (work|tinkering). That involves some money for sure, but if the user has a job involving Apple products, chances are that a much more affordable platform like a PC won't be a problem.
Dalewyn 4y ago
It must be repeated that Microsoft's absolute devotion(servitude?) to backwards compatibility is nigh unparalleled. Yes, there will be some amount of inevitable jank, but by and large the latest version of Windows will happily run software originally written almost 30 years ago for Windows 95.
- AshamedCaptain 4y ago
  On this very thread we have the example of WineVDM, a product whose mere existence shows that these days it is Wine who has better backwards compatibility. Better than Windows itself.
jnwatson 4y ago
You’ve ignored the simple fact that Mac ARM laptops are not merely better than every other laptop around, they are almost in another market space. Macs have had a second mouse button for 20ish years.
- goosedragons 4y ago
  They've actually never had a second mouse button. They started letting you fake having a right mouse button with touch but they never put the second switch in.
  - actionfromafar 4y ago
    The first switch is also faked. :-) Just try tapping it with the Mac turned off.
    - wongarsu 4y ago
      So overall it's more of a movable trackpad that pretends to be a mouse :D
    - goosedragons 4y ago
      Well on trackpads. Their mice actually do still have a switch. Also Apple's definition of "off" these days keeps the trackpad and keyboard alive so you can click or press a key to turn it on. Why? I have no idea and it makes doing things like cleaning the keyboard really annoying.

tombert 4y ago

That’s really great advice and I think you’re very smart and intelligent for having such a brave opinion, but that does not help me as I already have a MacBook, and moreover it really doesn’t actually affect my comment. > all your games (ALL) This is measurably untrue; modern computers have trouble with the Windows XP era of games a lot of the time. Many games require tinkering and some will just crash after a minute.

midoridensha 4y ago
I'm pretty sure MacBooks have extremely high resale values; it should be possible to sell yours and get a PC without spending an extra dime if you want to follow the OP's advice.
mopsi 4y ago
> This is measurably untrue; modern computers have trouble with the Windows XP era of games a lot of the time. Many games require tinkering and some will just crash after a minute. This is mostly the fault of games and not Windows. Software usually breaks because of unfounded assumptions, for example, that user documents are always at a specific location or that CPU frequency is always constant. Instead of using Windows API functions to retrieve the path or keep track of frequency, lazy developers often halfass the implementation, hardcode values into their code and that breaks sometime in the future when those API functions become meaningful.
- actionfromafar 4y ago
  That CPU frequency could change after boot, was once an insane proposition.
  - casselc 4y ago
    My first computer had a button to do it whenever you felt like.

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zamadatix 4y ago

You only get the one button mouse if you specifically go out to buy it instead of a normal mouse. Same as on Windows and Linux really.

112233 4y ago

Do you have any good articles on how to cheaply and easily stop using apple product, if one is photographer, filmmaker, musician (edit: or iOS developer), and has thousands of hours and dollars invested in MacOS software?

squarefoot 4y ago

Easy to do if one is starting now with computers but not an option for those who already invested time and money on Apple hardware and use it for their daily work. In these context I would rather suggest to buy (or build, which is also fun and instructive) a 2nd PC machine running whatever the user wants. This would also helps to keep the two worlds separated (work|tinkering). That involves some money for sure, but if the user has a job involving Apple products, chances are that a much more affordable platform like a PC won't be a problem.

Dalewyn 4y ago

It must be repeated that Microsoft's absolute devotion(servitude?) to backwards compatibility is nigh unparalleled. Yes, there will be some amount of inevitable jank, but by and large the latest version of Windows will happily run software originally written almost 30 years ago for Windows 95.

AshamedCaptain 4y ago
On this very thread we have the example of WineVDM, a product whose mere existence shows that these days it is Wine who has better backwards compatibility. Better than Windows itself.

jnwatson 4y ago

You’ve ignored the simple fact that Mac ARM laptops are not merely better than every other laptop around, they are almost in another market space. Macs have had a second mouse button for 20ish years.

goosedragons 4y ago
They've actually never had a second mouse button. They started letting you fake having a right mouse button with touch but they never put the second switch in.
- actionfromafar 4y ago
  The first switch is also faked. :-) Just try tapping it with the Mac turned off.
  - wongarsu 4y ago
    So overall it's more of a movable trackpad that pretends to be a mouse :D
  - goosedragons 4y ago
    Well on trackpads. Their mice actually do still have a switch. Also Apple's definition of "off" these days keeps the trackpad and keyboard alive so you can click or press a key to turn it on. Why? I have no idea and it makes doing things like cleaning the keyboard really annoying.