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The third URL doesn't work.
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Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
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Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
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> Why are you lying? See, this is why Linux zealots don't effect any change in others. When OP wrote something incorrect about Windows, in my perception, I gave him the benefit of doubt ("Maybe you haven't been using Windows in recent years"). But when I wrote something incorrect, in your perception, you straightaway jumped to "lying". And it's not as if you don't know that the possibility exists. You wrote, "just go…
> But when I wrote something incorrect, in your perception, you straightaway jumped to "lying". Because the entire tone of your original post was written in a way to imply that the OP hadn't done the due diligence. The end of your post was quite telling in "It's quite straightforward." I just don't understand how come there are so many pro-Microsoft comments lately justifying everything bad that they are doing. It fe…
> Because the entire tone of your original post was written in a way to imply that the OP hadn't done the due diligence.
You have a problem. The lenses you are wearing make everything look negative.
> It's quite straightforward
In my mind, this was a statement assuring him that it is not complicated; Windows settings can sometimes be complicated, such as involving Registry hacks.
Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
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On paper Windows is good. In practice the telemetry and the story behind its introduction and how they handled communication means that I won't consider Windows as a primary OS candidate until there's a CEO change at least. It's disappointing to see so many being ignorant about this topic.
I understand abstaining from a platform on principle. But it's pretty simple to opt-out of non-essential telemetry because so many people complained about it in Windows 10: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-view-and-manage-diagnosti... I set telemetry to 'basic' which means I'm comfortable with essential system data being sent in return for my system gaining updates and security patches. Microsoft does a better job…
> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4468236/diagnostics...
Thanks for sharing the link. However, it doesn’t change my point of view about Windows telemetry.
As I read that page, I see a lot of BS justifying why the only way to improve the product is to have telemetry.
The reason why I call it BS is because they use phrases like “we hear your feedback to improve the product”... that’s lie. I work in UX, and I’ve been involved in user research many times. The data that you get from event logs is related to measuring adoption and engagement. You get better UX feedback from traditional research methods. Telemetry is good for fast market analysis, rather than UX... but that doesn’t sound good when you try to justify it to end users.
Take for example the design of the Office ribbon (there is an excellent video explaining the process). After analyzing the data from usage logs (this was in the pre-telemetry era), and doing interviews they concluded that the main issue was that many features were hard to find (is interesting to note that the conclusion came from user testing, not event logs). The solution: a UI showing all the operations (the ribbon). And because they found that paste was the most used action, they put a big paste button first (this came from event analysis).
After the success of the ribbon, MS adopted it in many Windows UIs (even if they don’t have the same issues as Office). So as you can see the main product design decisions had nothing to do with usage data analysis. The same applies to other big product design decisions (the back and forward with the Metro UI, Cortana... etc). The use of telemetry is marginal to many product design decisions, so there is no reason to force it to every user... other than doing market research.
Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
#534The XPS 17 will be my next “MacBook”. It should be out this month and it ticks all the boxes for me (great screen, supposedly good cooling, user-replaceable SSD/RAM, acceptable weight and size for a 17" laptop). https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/13/21257006/dell-xps-17-15-r... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyRUWM_LOPQ I've been trying Windows again after ~20 years on Macs (via a borrowed Lenovo Carbon X1 and then a s…
Make it a Hackintosh https://www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/search?q=dell+xps&restri...
Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
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Any clue if there's a version for german plugs with ground pins (schutzkontaktstecker) for the duckhead? I like not having an additional cable going from the AC to the outlet, but not having the computer connected to ground means that there are some problems, including static noise on headphones, and this "rubbing" sensation.
The transformer end is a standard IEC connector (C5 I think, I don't have a Mac). You can use any appropriate cable, e.g. a 30cm one if you can find it. I doubt there's one that fits on the transformer. The UK socket will only accept a plug with an earth pin as one of the safety features, so there's no opportunity to cut cost here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60320#C5/C6_coupler
Yes, but that doesn't include the ground pin.
Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
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I've offered to help, but she doesn't want to mess with configuration. I've posted in other threads how she "fixed" it. She actually bought one of those keyboard covers, cut off the touchbar part, and fixed it with tape. She literally has a crappy piece of plastic on top of her keyboard that physically prevents here from accidentally touching the touchbar. A 10 dollar hack on a 2k$ machine. I don't think she will buy…
does it close properly and not damage the screen?
yes it does, she never removes it
Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
#537Earlier quoted context omitted.
I understand abstaining from a platform on principle. But it's pretty simple to opt-out of non-essential telemetry because so many people complained about it in Windows 10: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-view-and-manage-diagnosti... I set telemetry to 'basic' which means I'm comfortable with essential system data being sent in return for my system gaining updates and security patches. Microsoft does a better job…
> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4468236/diagnostics... Thanks for sharing the link. However, it doesn’t change my point of view about Windows telemetry. As I read that page, I see a lot of BS justifying why the only way to improve the product is to have telemetry. The reason why I call it BS is because they use phrases like “we hear your feedback to improve the product”... that’s lie. I work in UX, and I’v…
Sure, telemetry won't inform every product decision and user testing is still valuable.
It does provide insights you won't get from user testing and direct observation, though, as you point out with the usage logs that informed the ribbon design.
> The use of telemetry is marginal to many product design decisions, so there is no reason to force it to every user
If the benefits were purely limited to the design phase, I can see your point for many teams, particularly small ones with niche products where they're less likely to get enough data for it to have much meaning.
But telemetry also has increased value over user testing at different stages of the product lifecycle, like when analyzing what features or products to deprecate or replace.
It also helps for peripheral things like working out what languages localization and documentation efforts should be prioritized for. This year I was asked what five languages a product we make should be translated to. They wanted to start with locales that have the biggest impact and expand to more later. The team who approached me made a list based on support requests and another product in our sector. But our install data showed usage was completely different. We even had two locales that hadn't made the top-10 shortlist. Their guess about the second-most popular language after English was also wrong. By using telemetry we made sure work and funding was focussed where it helps the most users.
Telemetry can definitely be abused or underused, but being on the other side and doing data-driven design and development over the course of a product lifecycle has shown that it has real value.
Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
#538I knew I recognized that name... it’s the bashblog guy! I’ve been meaning to try out bashblog for years, and may do so soon for the blog I’ve been dragging my feet on for forever..
Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
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Windows (the technology) is okay. Not good, but okay. Windows (the experience) degrades every day. Everything is slow even though the specs are good. Granted, corporate “additions” like O365 ATP don’t help and aren’t part of the core system. But many users have to bear with them nonetheless. And have you looked through the diagnostic data Windows sends? That cannot be turned off without hacks? They get live notificat…
Would it be feasible to run a Windows Pro or Server version in a laptop? (or at least shut all the "windows 10" stuff and return to something that look like Windows 2000?)
ClassicShell is my go to. No perfect but much better
Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
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Probably not very good. Personally I always use a Magic Trackpad 2 so I no longer have to take this into consideration.
> Personally I always use a Magic Trackpad 2 so I no longer have to take this into consideration. I never got it to work with Windows except for just pointer motion and left clicking. No multi-touch, gestures, etc. Not even right clicking. Does it work properly now?