I agree. About a year into the Intel transition, around 2007, it was incredibly stable. I was doing hardcore computation 24/7 on a MacBook, including model che

I agree. About a year into the Intel transition, around 2007, it was incredibly stable. I was doing hardcore computation 24/7 on a MacBook, including model checking real-time systems, and I vividly remember the exact day I experienced one kernel panic. The rest of the time, everything was rock solid. It's sad both quality and aesthetics degraded during the 2010s, where the system somewhat converged to iOS UI patterns and lost skeuomorphism. Apple did skeuomorphism really well, which is hard. No idea why they moved to flat designs, which are easy to copy by competitors.