The End of OS X

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Post by Amorymeltzer » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 5:54 PM UTC

The End of OS X
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Re: The End of OS X

#2

Post by emersonrsantos » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 6:09 PM UTC

Intel version is still 10.16, new ARM version is 11.0.

Re: The End of OS X

#3

Post by timw4mail » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 6:19 PM UTC

emersonrsantos wrote: post #2

Intel version is still 10.16, new ARM version is 11.0.

Source?

Re: The End of OS X

#4

Post by gjsman-1000 » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 6:22 PM UTC

emersonrsantos wrote: post #2

Intel version is still 10.16, new ARM version is 11.0.

I can confirm this is false. I have MacOS Big Sur on my MacBook Pro 2017, and it identifies as 11.0.

Re: The End of OS X

#5

Post by drunkpotato » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 6:22 PM UTC

I know this is about the coming MacOS 11.0, but Catalina was the end of OS X for me, and the end of Macs in general for me. I will not be migrating from Mojave to Catalina, and will use my current generation of Macs until they are obsolete, while finally making the transition to Linux. Mac and I had a good run, but I'm clearly no longer the target demographic and their corporate goals aren't aligned with mine as a customer any more.

Re: The End of OS X

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 6:22 PM UTC

timw4mail wrote: post #3

emersonrsantos wrote: post #2

Intel version is still 10.16, new ARM version is 11.0.

Source?

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Re: The End of OS X

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Post by coliveira » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 6:22 PM UTC

OS X (the name) is gone for a while, it was replaced by macOS. The numbering change now is inconsequential.

Re: The End of OS X

#8

Post by stouset » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 6:26 PM UTC

drunkpotato wrote: post #5

I know this is about the coming MacOS 11.0, but Catalina was the end of OS X for me, and the end of Macs in general for me. I will not be migrating from Mojave to Catalina, and will use my current generation of Macs until they are obsolete, while finally making the transition to Linux. Mac and I had a good run, but I'm clearly no longer the target demographic and their corporate goals aren't aligned with mine as a cu…

I suspect you're being downvoted because this is an empty, meaningless comment without some elaboration on why you've decided this. As it stands, there's no room for discussion: the only paths forward are for others to simply agree or disagree, or to try their best to guess at what your concerns are in order to further the conversation.

Re: The End of OS X

#9

Post by fierarul » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 6:26 PM UTC

I know that Java is not hip nowadays (was it ever?) but at some point Jobs bragged Macs are the best Java workstations. Clearly Apple not only does not care about Java but hates it. macOS Catalina is also pretty scary.

So, I am enthusiastically waiting on getting a new laptop with the Ryzen 4800 CPU to run Linux on. I do some Java tooling projects and I will just use the existing Mac gear to support them, for a while.

As weird as it sounds, even Windows is starting to look like a good target OS for somebody spending lots of time in the terminal and doing some Java.

Re: The End of OS X

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Post by stefanfisk » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 6:27 PM UTC

drunkpotato wrote: post #5

I know this is about the coming MacOS 11.0, but Catalina was the end of OS X for me, and the end of Macs in general for me. I will not be migrating from Mojave to Catalina, and will use my current generation of Macs until they are obsolete, while finally making the transition to Linux. Mac and I had a good run, but I'm clearly no longer the target demographic and their corporate goals aren't aligned with mine as a cu…

Same here. Currently I'm doing a Linux desktop and a minimal Windows laptop for remote work via SSH. Once I'm convinced I'll never realistically need to run mainstream apps I'll go full Linux.