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Is it time to switch to a Mac? I've run Linux for 22 years and UNIX for 10 years before that. I had a brief flirtation with MacOS in 2006 - that lasted a mere
by simonblack 4y ago
Is it time to switch to a Mac?
I've run Linux for 22 years and UNIX for 10 years before that. I had a brief flirtation with MacOS in 2006 - that lasted a mere 3 or 4 months. After Linux's freedom to do whatever I wanted, Apple's 'walled garden' was just too constrictive for me to bear.
The last Thinkpad I used didn't have working wifi drivers
There used to be an old saying back in the 80s or thereabouts: "Decide your OS depending on the Apps you want to run on it. Decide your hardware depending on the OS you have decided to run on it."
Did you buy a ThinkPad out of a store and then decided to work out what you wanted to run on it? Or did you do what I usually do, and that's to decide on a Thinkpad and then customise its hardware to suit my Linux on the Lenovo website.
Hint: Intel hardware generally is a better match with Linux.
- nomel 4y ago> Apple's 'walled garden' was just too constrictive for me to bear. What walled garden is there with macOS? You've always been free to run whatever you want. iOS is where the walls are. 16 years might warrant another attempt. ;)
- simonblack 4y agoApple deliberately obfuscates files - their names, where they are stored, how they can be accessed. You have to jump through hoops to access your own data. Now compare that to the ease of free access to any file of yours (and others when permitted as well) in the filesystems of other operating systems (even Windows). Even getting your photos off your iPhone can be a pain in the neck. And that's just one example.