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Why not put Linux on your mac?
Hardware support/ease of setup mostly. I ran Ubuntu on my iBook PPC circa 2005 or so, and it wasn't a great experience. Has hardware support for the modern mac lines gotten better in recent years?
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This doesn't seem like it is going to change. Ever. The course Apple was on software-wise when Jobs passed away Apple seems terrified of moving away from, even when it was clear at the time that desktop was not getting full attention over iOS. No one in software at Apple seems to have the vision required to make positive changes, rather than cribbing from iOS as the Lions have. Jonny Ive can keep hardware running wel…
I've been considering a fulltime move to Linux for a long time, but have yet to take the plunge- I tried a few years ago, but the driver support for my Macbook was less than great. Now, Lion seems to have slowed down my 2010 Macbook Air- at times it absolutely crawls when I'm positive it never used to. Is there anyone out there running Ubuntu full time who can say how good driver support is? In particular the trackpa…
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I'm not a huge fan of brown leather, but Calendar's textures work together to draw my attention to the most relevant parts of the screen in a way that is almost entirely missing in Google Calendar, to pick on a prominent competitor. The leather is mildly ugly if I focus on it (never), but Google Calendar's harsh asymmetry, nonsensical color scheme (cartoonishly highlighting two buttons - "SEARCH" and "CREATE" - I nev…
The torn paper at the top of the Calendar app is torture to anyone with the slightest hint of OCD. I just need to tear off the bits that were left behind and I can't !
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Why not put Linux on your mac?
Hardware support/ease of setup mostly. I ran Ubuntu on my iBook PPC circa 2005 or so, and it wasn't a great experience. Has hardware support for the modern mac lines gotten better in recent years?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro
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FWIW, when I upgraded to ML, my boot time was cut down from 20 seconds to 5. Awesome.
While boot times make for good review copy, how often does anyone actually reboot a Mac these days? Once a year?
Why do I get the feeling that Apple wants to turn my laptop into a big ipad with a keyboard? Facebook sharing, Twitter integration... These features make sense for users like my Mom, but I couldn't care less. Are there any compelling features for developers? Why should I hassle with upgrading, especially after a lot of the stability issues people had when upgrading to Lion? I want to keep being productive, not turn m…
Imagine how Mac Pro users like me feel. Now my Mac Pro feels like a phone. Yippie. I'm staying on Snow Leopard for as long as the hardware works. When it fails, it's time to move on. Linux is looking prettier every day. I don't know what the hardware choices are going to be in 5 years though. If Apple has their way, general computing will go away by the end of the decade.
I must admit, I'm having a Poe's Law moment here. Do you really feel this way because of a few additional features and UI tweaks?
#1 question I want answered: Does it support TRIM for 3rd party SSD drives without repeatedly doing a command line hack?
No. Also, your SSD probably does garbage collection without the need for TRIM.
Interesting to note they're using the "old" Twitter logo on http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/features.html (right at the bottom).
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Supports only 64-bit CPUs and EFI of a flavor that (while I don't remember the technical details) rules out some early 64-bit Macs.
So, Hacintosh. Any good reason for this limitation?
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The torn paper at the top of the Calendar app is torture to anyone with the slightest hint of OCD. I just need to tear off the bits that were left behind and I can't !
Never mind that it's plain distracting visual clutter and serves no purpose whatsoever. Design for the sake of design.
I'm not trying to point to an Apple/Google horserace, but seriously, there are other aspects to design then skeutomorphicness. Textures that appear as subtle gradients in your periphary are barely noticeable for most the vast majority of the population. I mean, just ask a non-geek iOS user what they think of the silk texture in iOS and prepare for a blank stare.