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Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up

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Re: Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up

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Post by CJefferson »

atl4s wrote: post #91

More FOTM moaning about the state of Apple. I can't believe people keep reading these "I left Apple and here's why you should care" articles by front end devs with no real idea of what goes into OS dev and where macOS has come from since the days of OS8. Give me a break, surely if you want to use Windows you don't need to write 2000 words in the form of some needlessly pronoun heavy (because your opinion is really im…

> macOS has never been more stable or developer friendly

* I have to turn off gatekeeper to run unsigned apps.

* I can't write into /bin or /usr on my own machine without flipping some magic option

* I can't run gdb without some complicated signing dance I have to do every time I update it.

* I can't run dtrace without rebooting and switching some secret flag off. I have to tell other people to turn they same thing off so they can dtrace applications.

That's just straight off the top of my head. The dtrace and gdb things are particularly annoying, as it makes life harder for me to get other users to do simple debugging tasks, and there is no simple workaround, just complicated instructions.

Re: Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up

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Post by fencepost »

freehunter wrote: post #205
mightybyte wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I categorically refuse to pay more money to buy something to add on to an already overpriced laptop that sticks out from my computer's form factor and that should be built in. Fortunately for me I got a new laptop not long before this new abomination came out. If Apple doesn't correct this gigantic mistake, the next time I get a new laptop it won't be made by Apple.

Man you would absolutely hate to work any job that requires a serial connection then. Because let me tell you about the serial-to-USB adapters I've used... I wish I had the luxury of saying that I categorically refuse to pay more for something that sticks out of my computer that I think should be built in.

If those are permanently-emplaced USB to serial adapters and you have problems with reliability, I recommend checking out Digi.com for their "Serial Servers." We have a couple of customers who've been running faxes from VMs to external modems over Digi One SP units for more years than I care to think about, and they're quite simply rock solid.

Re: Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up

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Post by rusk »

rimantas wrote: post #270
jmcdiesel wrote: post #17

I used to be hardcore windows guy... Then 10 years ago I got a mac. I never went back.. But what am I saving money for right now? To build a nice PC again. Mostly because of the exact reasons in the article. I have a fondness for apple... but they have definitely lost their way. First, they were a computer company driven by a man who loved computers ("first" here is the Jobs return era) ... then they became a Compute…

You know what fans (the real ones) do? They try to know more about the thing they are fans of, and to understand it. Your comment shows nothing of the kind.

Sorry but who wants to be some lame "fan"? We want the best tool for the job, too get that job done and we're willing to pay for it. The tools are no longer up to scratch or functioning as expected and we are voicing our concern.

Re: Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up

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Post by keithpeter »

dghughes wrote: post #121

I wander between Mac, PC and Linux on a regular cycle of displeasure.

I gave up cycling and just use an old laptop with Linux. Over the years, the applications I use have converged on the Web browser for many aspects of my daily computer use. I'll be able to get by with a Chromebook soon.

Re: Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up

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Post by bcrescimanno »

I hate it; but, this article sums up a lot of what I've been feeling lately. I've been looking at a lot of the same parts that he ended up with for building my own PC. My heart tells me to run Linux; but, my head says that Windows 10 is a far more serviceable OS than any of its predecessors and I don't have the time or patience to mess with WINE to play my games.

I noticed that the author seems to have stuck with a MacBook as his on the go machine. I've considered that route as well; but, I'm wondering if any company has yet started making portable hardware that compares well with Apple products. The last I checked a couple of years ago, no one felt close.

Re: Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up

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Post by cube2222 »

angry-hacker wrote: post #182
cube2222 wrote: post #161

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What version of windows are you on? (10 or 7)?

Just did fresh W10 install a few weeks ago and had to go through that pain.

That's weird. Whenever I have to reainstall windows 10, I only get 1 update, namely to the latest version. (and drivers, but those get installed in the background).

Re: Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up

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Post by achamayou »

thomastjeffery wrote: post #245
rayiner wrote: post #167

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Buy a breakable USB cable? I've had MacBooks for 10 years, and I'm ecstatic to see MagSafe gone. Apple chargers have always been shit, and Apple laptops have never been compatible with off the shelf battery packs. Moving to USB-C and detachable, replaceable cables, is a huge step forward. Also, what PC alternative has a MagSafe equivalent?

Apple owns the patent on magsafe. That was the one feature I actually liked on my MacBook pro. I have seen to many chargers wear out, or wear out their ports. Magsafe also made it easier to connect the charger. Think how nice it would be to have the same functionality with USB ports....

FWIW, some appliance connectors have used magnets for well over a decade in Japan and elsewhere in Asia (it usually looks like https://www.liandung.com.tw/Japan-m/LT-515.html). I owned an electric kettle with one of those.

I don't understand how Apple could patent this and prevent anyone else from implementing it. In any event, there do seem to be 3rd party implementations for USB-C if you're keen on the feature: https://www.macrumors.com/2016/01/04/griffin-breaksafe-magne....

Re: Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up

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Post by thomastjeffery »

coldtea wrote: post #228
ynniv wrote: post #186

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I'm a professional developer, I don't want a new toy language. I'm buying a powerful laptop, I don't want cloud storage. I want the possibility to dual boot or share drives with other operating systems, I don't need a new proprietary filesystem. I don't want compressed memory, I want 32GB of RAM. And while I'm at it, I want a laptop with a real keyboard, not keys that have so little travel they feel like a touchscree…

> I'm a professional developer, I don't want a new toy language. First, there's nothing "toy: about Swift. It's a full featured language on par with Rust, Go, etc. Second, whether some random web dev or embedded C dev or Java dev wants Swift or not is irrelevant to its intended audience and utility. It's not for "professional developers" in general, it's for Mac/iOS application developers, and thus, for Mac/iOS users…

> You can still format the rest of the hard disk on another fs to dual boot, and you can still share drives with other systems in NTFS, xFAT, etc.

Until that other OS has support for the new proprietary filesystem, it won't be able to read it. Since Apple and Microsoft categorically refuse to implement any of the many featureful existing filesystems, one is stuck with archaic NTFS (with no file permissions) or FAT (with less than 4gb files) to keep data.

Re: Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up

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Post by andai »

Esau wrote: post #230

I am currently on a Mac but I have been switching between Mac, Windows, UNIX, and BeOS since 1991. I generally find things to like in all of them. But what Microsoft has done with mandatory updates and forced telemetry is unacceptable to me. And because of that, Windows 10 is the first version of Windows that I have not installed since the release of version 3.0.

I installed W10 just to try it, to confirm that it was as terrible as everyone said. It was, and I decided to switch back just a few days after it had silently deleted the files required to undo the uninstall :(

What's BeOS like?

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