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Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by alchemism »

IggleSniggle wrote: post #219
DoofusOfDeath wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With respect, you post wasn't very condescending.

Here’s my fix: “Oh, please. People don’t _actually use_ macs while drinking their lattes anymore (except maybe ironically). Lenovo (running Windows with the Linux Subsystem enabled) is the only halfway decent way to get work done. Unless of course you’re one of those hipsters running Arch. I’ve been meaning to try that, actually.” -actual 2019 computing hipster, probably

“Lenovo running Windows with WSL” is _so_ 2017.

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Post by ollie87 »

yreg wrote: post #203
ollie87 wrote: post #102

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My nearest Apple Store (not a third party reseller - they're bloody useless) is a 3 hour round trip, and they never have any appointments any way. Granted that's still better support as non-business you'd get from one of the PC OEMs, but still crap.

>not a third party reseller - they're bloody useless Where I'm from, all official Apple premium resellers do the job just fine.

They're absolutely terrible here.

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Post by [deleted] »

ThalesX wrote: post #17

I think though it got upvoted, I’m not sure this piece should be taken so seriously by the commenters. It’s a play on taking some ballpark similiarities and making it seem like Apple 2019 and Linux 2000 are alike. Some might enjoy it, some might not but this is not meant as serious technical piece.

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Post by erikbye »

Aperocky wrote: post #252
nkoren wrote: post #190

Meh. I bailed out of the Mac ecosystem last year, as my mid-2012 retina Macbook was finally getting too creaky, and the latest Mac hardware was a regression in many respects, while simultaneously utterly unaffordable. I'm now dual-booting Ubuntu/Windows 10 on a Dell XPS 15". What this experience has taught me is that computing in 2019 basically sucks. The problems with 2000-era Linux, as described in the article, are…

I’ve seen people use Dell XPS, but the huge bottom bezel and lack of macs touchpad threw me off. At this point, it seem like the only selling point of Apple being it’s touchpad. And even everyone knows it there doesn’t seem to be anyone catching up. I even managed to play Diablo 2 with just touchpad. I really don’t like the direction apple is heading though, starting with the pointless touchbar. I hope some day other…

I manage fine with the touchpad on my Surface Book 2, not as good as Apple's, but certainly usable. Tap clicks work well.

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Post by someguydave »

rickyc091 wrote: post #218
randallsquared wrote: post #134

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> 1. Never once seen an issue with USB-C to HDMI or VGA connections. It doesn't even make any sense since MacBook Pro users with external, third party monitors are an extremely common combination. Last year I had a lot of problems with this. It was pretty common[1] that USB-C to HDMI cables would work at first and then stop working in a particular port. Sometimes rebooting helped. Sometimes swapping the cable for ano…

I constantly still have problems with my Dell 4k monitor (first gen and last year's model), where it doesn't wake properly from sleep. Most of the time, I resolve it with the following. - Switch the USB-C port from one to another - Open up my laptop from clamshell mode and switch the cables around - Unplug my monitor - Restart my computer The nuclear option of rebooting my computer and monitor always seems to work.

Yeah I have similar problems with a Dell 4K Monitor and a 2018 MacBook. I have to power cycle the monitor to get it to work on occasion.

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Post by posedge »

jwr wrote: post #131
threeseed wrote: post #20

1. Never once seen an issue with USB-C to HDMI or VGA connections. It doesn't even make any sense since MacBook Pro users with external, third party monitors are an extremely common combination. 2. I just downloaded Caret (Markdown editor) from their website and used Homebrew to install a CLI tool. Nothing has changed between the current OSX and previous ones. 3. If you have a tech support issue go into the Apple Sto…

Though I am not a "condescending elitist hipster latte drinker" (or at least I hope I am not), I agree with most of OPs sentiments. I would like to see Apple invest more into making sure their stuff "just works", because that's why I use their systems: they are the least-crappy of anything that is out there today.

Isn't "just works" supposed to be one of Apple's largest selling points?

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Post by boudin »

Pizzaputer wrote: post #260
kn100 wrote: post #211

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W.r.t your hidpi/non-hidpi issue - a 'proper' solution is slowly making its way out of the woodwork. Wayland apparently will allow us to solve this problem, but in the meantime here's my solution if it'll help you. I have a 4k dell xps 13 and a 2k monitor. I have this script set up to run on boot. https://gist.github.com/kn100/7193667d393fcf34d4d5c6c359a695... What this does is it forces your internal display to run…

This is insane. I thought issues like these were solved problems ? Is there no distro/display server that just works for a setup such as this?

The wayland protocol solve this. I do think that at least gnome 3.34+ and wlroot based window managers support this, but it needs to be confirmed as i don't have this setup and just used ratios on same dpi monitors. Not sure how it works with X based app also that are run through xwayland.

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Post by WilliamEdward »

song wrote: post #26

I do believe that macos is not as stable, performant or well thought out as it used to be. There are also a few recurring bugs that really annoy me (search not working in Apple Mail forcing me to reindex for example) But, I think this article is over the top... I've never had issues with external monitors (nor know anyone who had some), I never use the App store (I oppose it on principle) and when I've had a non stan…

This has happened to me: my external monitor created harmonic interference with its electrical frequency and literally prevented wifi from reaching my mac.

It's something i never thought possible but here we are; not saying this is mac's fault but monitor issues are not uncommon and this definitely didn't happen with windows.

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Post by machello13 »

erikbye wrote: post #267
nkoren wrote: post #190

Meh. I bailed out of the Mac ecosystem last year, as my mid-2012 retina Macbook was finally getting too creaky, and the latest Mac hardware was a regression in many respects, while simultaneously utterly unaffordable. I'm now dual-booting Ubuntu/Windows 10 on a Dell XPS 15". What this experience has taught me is that computing in 2019 basically sucks. The problems with 2000-era Linux, as described in the article, are…

How is macOS any better? Default macOS, without third-party software. Does vanilla macOS even have keyboard-based window management yet? Does it still have weird modals where you're forced to use the mouse to select an option?

> Does it still have weird modals where you're forced to use the mouse to select an option?

I don't think I've ever encountered a modal like this. Not with "Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls" turned on. By keyboard-based window management you mean being able to tile windows? That can be added with a third-party app pretty easily, but I think it's much a much less fundamental problem than those pointed out in Linux.

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