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Why does an out-of-the-box Mac have to fulfill the same requirements we spent hours configuring for on a Linux machine? I think part of the problem is due to M
by dagw 3y ago
Why does an out-of-the-box Mac have to fulfill the same requirements we spent hours configuring for on a Linux machine?
I think part of the problem is due to Mac and Apple have traditionally sold itself as intuitive and easy-to-use out of the box. People buy a Mac because they've been told that they don't have to spend hours configuring it. Hell Apple built a whole ad campaign around how the Mac is so much easier and more intuitive to use than Windows computers. However truth is that if you're coming from Linux or Windows, a lot of MacOS is incredibly unintuitive and weird out of the box.
- roopepal 3y agoYes, I do in general agree with that. I suppose my confusion really only applies in this particular context of , e.g., HN; I would expect software engineers to look at these issues differently than your average home or office user. It seems to me that this "easy to use out of the box" marketing is aimed at a different sector of users, and I would expect software engineers be able to look through this. Perhaps my expectations and assumptions are wrong. I am just curious where all the willingness to tinker and solve problems appears to disappear when we move to macOS. Windows spying on you? Oh, let's install this tool X and change a whole bunch of registry settings to prevent that. App windows behaving annoyingly on Linux? Oh, let's just switch to a completely different desktop environment/window manager or what have you. Too many icons in the menu bar on macOS? Yeah, I'm returning this machine. :)