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Apple: What it would take for me to like you again
- mehrzad 14y agoI'm not sure if there's anything to get me to like Apple again. I believe the best company in tech right now is Mozilla and to a certain extent, the FSF. Google is okay. I used to think Apple really made the best products in the world, and that the walled garden was good for the masses. But now I think, as a developer, a Thinkpad with an open GNU/Linux installed is probably a better choice than a Macbook. Apple's walled garden hurts business that both compete with them and also the developers who try to work with it (see: sandboxing issues). Sent from my Macbook, soon to be a Lenovo *pad.
- callahad 14y agoFWIW, I switched from a MacBook Air to a Thinkpad X1 Carbon. It's been entirely adequate, and runs Debian beautifully.
- Qantourisc 14y agoI consider Mac several years ago, but back then it already looked like a walled garden ... Hell would need to freeze over comes to mind.
- summerdown2 14y agoPersonally I'd be happy with just a matte screen.
- mkr-hn 14y agoIt sounds like the author wants Apple to become a software company.
- norse_dog 14y agoJust fix the new macbook connector. The L shape had a much better history of staying on, the new tile keeps coming off any time the book moves (it's too wide).
- Nerdfest 14y agoHow about ditching the proprietary connectors and protocols, let people install any software they like on iOS devices if they choose, and stop abusing the patent system? I'd probably buy a MBP if they stopped being so bad for the future of open personal computing.