Funny that they used a very clunky looking Windows laptop and a pretty dated looking Android phone to show off Facetime.
I get that you want to show your own products in their best light, but this is just petty and beneath them.
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#12MacOS major version release are so underwhelming to me. They're not so much OS updates as they're updates to built-in apps I don't use or use at a very surface level: Safari, Facetime, Apple Maps, Messages, etc.
I'm not really sure what I'd want out of a new MacOS, though. It's been stable and (for my purposes) feature-complete for many years now. I don't remember the last time a MacOS upgrade added a feature I wanted but didn't yet have, nor the last time they added a feature I didn't realize I wanted because I'd never imagined it. The latter used to be what made Apple products stand out to me.
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#13Wait. Is this normal cross platform FaceTime? Or is this like a different FaceTime because FaceTime is awesome.
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#14Focus …. by adding gazillions of notification options, and also get more notifications for "weekly screen time"… yeah, I really needed even more useless information to process instead of living my life. If i want time off i’ll just put the device down, what a concept :/ They’ve got it completely backwards.
I don't know how Monterey differs from iOS, but while I initially dismissed the new focus features as irrelevant, I quickly realized how useful they can be. Specifically I blocked all work-related notifications when I was on vacation.
Allowing for one-time customizations doesn't add to my ongoing "useless information to process" queue.
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#15Funny that they used a very clunky looking Windows laptop and a pretty dated looking Android phone to show off Facetime.
If they used an XPS people might accidentally realize that you don't need a notch to put a camera at the top of your screen.
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#17Focus …. by adding gazillions of notification options, and also get more notifications for "weekly screen time"… yeah, I really needed even more useless information to process instead of living my life. If i want time off i’ll just put the device down, what a concept :/ They’ve got it completely backwards.
It’s ok it doesn’t work for you. But for some of us it provides isolation between various aspects of our life.
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#18How stable is Monterey for those that have been using it? Ironically I just upgraded to Big Sur yesterday from Catalina. I think I'll probably wait again to let 3rd-party apps catch up.
Been better than Big Sur so far for me, on 16". Have had temperature issues with Big Sur, resulting in decreased perf due to clocking down (even with TG Pro). Now consistently 5-10 degrees cooler and less fan noise. Using "Intel Power gadget" to see the CPU frequency.
EDIT: I did not install it until the RC.
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#19Funny that they used a very clunky looking Windows laptop and a pretty dated looking Android phone to show off Facetime.
Many popular Windows laptops e.g. Thinkpad look like that.
And since they are targeting younger people for Facetime maybe not surprising they didn't choose the most expensive, flagship phone.
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#20Funny that they used a very clunky looking Windows laptop and a pretty dated looking Android phone to show off Facetime.
I get that you want to show your own products in their best light, but this is just petty and beneath them.
The macOS Finder still displays Windows machines on the network as CRT monitors showing the BSOD I believe. I’m not in front of my Mac now so can’t check.