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> it works the way I expect it to on my macbook What? Not at all? Not working when you unplug headphones? Not working for Flash? Google for "osx sound problem

• mgkimsal 13y ago
  My anecdotal evidence using my MacBooks (3 since 2008) carry as much weight as anyone else's linux anecdotes. And osx is by no means perfect. I just have had far fewer problems related to hardware and drivers than I ever did on Linux. In 9 years of desktop linux, audio was a constant problem. It's been an extremely rare issue on my MacBooks. What it demonstrates is that even in 2011, the base issues of how audio should even work hadn't really been sorted out. oss vs alas vs pulseaudio vs whatever aren't issues I want to be concerning myself with - this is just one reason I left for the macbook world.
  • phaemon 13y ago
    ...and I've had no problems with Linux sound since I tried to force JACK to do things no sane human should. Your anecdotes illustrate nothing. I was using macbooks at the same time for our video editing. Don't pretend they don't spin that beachball crap at you at the worst moments.