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From Microsoft to Apple, and Back Again

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Re: From Microsoft to Apple, and Back Again

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Post by sneak »

I recently gave it that second chance the author suggests; Windows still sucks real bad. Even Win10 is still a nightmare of disabling a boatload of shit nobody ever wants.

The “no OS X team at Apple” rumor is false.

OS X does suck more these days than it did, but I don’t think things will stay that way in the future.

Re: From Microsoft to Apple, and Back Again

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Post by nailer »

nadioca wrote: post #2

You are creating a case to justify your overpriced windows laptop. Linux <3

I love Linux, have worked for the two largest Linux companeis for a few years of my life, and happily purchased laptops with entirely OSS drivers for Linux support.

And still spent a bunch of time fucking around with my laptop to make stuff work instead of getting things done.

Since all I want is a terminal and a web browser, Windows works fine, with the added benefit of occasionally being able to fire up some good quality desktop software like Tower 2 or Excel.

Re: From Microsoft to Apple, and Back Again

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Post by tinus_hn »

nailer wrote: post #5
nadioca wrote: post #2

You are creating a case to justify your overpriced windows laptop. Linux <3

I love Linux, have worked for the two largest Linux companeis for a few years of my life, and happily purchased laptops with entirely OSS drivers for Linux support. And still spent a bunch of time fucking around with my laptop to make stuff work instead of getting things done. Since all I want is a terminal and a web browser, Windows works fine, with the added benefit of occasionally being able to fire up some good q…

> some good quality desktop software like [...] Excel.

Lol

Re: From Microsoft to Apple, and Back Again

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Post by whywhywhywhy »

nailer wrote: post #4

> Rumor says that Apple doesn't even have a dedicated team for the desktop OS anymore. Yep. The MacOS team was disbanded in 2016. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-20/how-apple...

This is so disappointing to hear what I've suspected for a while.

I'm a huge fan of OS X but was recently forced to move my creative work to Windows for GPU power and affordable CPU power, and honestly I've found it good enough to work with but I still do miss having Terminal and Finder.

As much as I used to love Apple hardware I could honestly just do without it these days with their laptops getting worse and their pro line being a choice between M.I.A and a disposable workstation. The only thing I'll miss is OS X.

Re: From Microsoft to Apple, and Back Again

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Post by sempron64 »

nailer wrote: post #4

> Rumor says that Apple doesn't even have a dedicated team for the desktop OS anymore. Yep. The MacOS team was disbanded in 2016. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-20/how-apple...

Possibly in imitation, there actually is no more Windows "team" at Microsoft either: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/windows-leader-terry...

So we're in for a rocky few years in commercial operating systems.

Re: From Microsoft to Apple, and Back Again

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Post by Sarki »

So, another ad-financed blog post, right?

Also the following is ridiculous: "It's also obvious why it makes no sense to ask "Why don't you ditch Windows and install Linux on it?". Because no Linux distro has Pen support, whatsoever. The performance base also has a physical key that you need to press in order for the hinge to release the display."

Wacom has been developing Kernel modules FOR YEARS. I've personally been using a Samsung XE700T1C for 4 years with full pen support without any problem.

I've even been surprised to see Ubuntu 17.10 supporting automated screen rotation, on-screen keyboard pop-up out of the box.

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