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Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief

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Re: Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief

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Post by bigstrat2003 »

rootusrootus wrote: post #188
beezlebroxxxxxx wrote: post #70

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Android has frequently been ahead of Apple in terms of features for years at this point. But Apple's overall "ecosystem" is (or was) much more cohesive, so everything felt very Apple, while Android's has (for better or worse) been something of a wild west situation; and iPhone's have excellent cameras. If you go with a flagship Android phone, though, you're now getting an equally good camera (if not better in some ca…

> NA seems to really fixate on the luxury and social significer aspect of having an iPhone though I have yet to experience that. The biggest reason I have mostly stayed with iPhones over the years was because the tight integration with my MBP was useful, and iMessage is way better than SMS. RCS helps even out the playing field a bunch, but just about the time that went mainstream I hear that it's a regular source of…

Teenagers supposedly care. But I've never seen adults who care in the least what kind of phone someone has.

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Post by trinix912 »

stefanfisk wrote: post #180
hu3 wrote: post #172

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Sweden is another rich country. But worldwide Chromebooks are more numerous than macs in education.

I'm not arguing that macs are more common than non-macs, only that "In rest of the world (including europe) Macs are seen as luxury environment." is false. Chromebooks dominate K12 here so it kinda depends on what you mean by "students". Once people start buying their own computers however my impression is that Macs are quite common of not dominating.

Very few uni and high school students have MacBooks in East and Southeast Europe and it’s seen as quite a flex there. They’re also impractical for those in engineering schools due to required software that only works on Windows.

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Post by encom »

stefanfisk wrote: post #128
somebehemoth wrote: post #68

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I have an oled thinkpad running fedora that has never had a sleep issue. Excellent touchpad as well. Thinkpad X1 Carbon.

For me the touchpad experience is not just about the hardware. I got a Magic Trackpad for my Linux desktop hoping that it would at least be somewhat comparable to my MacBook. But scrolling and gestures are nowhere near as consistent and fluid as in macOS since the software support just isn't there. As a fairly typical example, getting Firefox on Linux to actually scroll smoothly takes googling and fiddling with setti…

Firefox on Fedora on X1 Carbon and scrolling just works. Maybe it was different in the past.

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Post by loloquwowndueo »

bigyabai wrote: post #73
rr808 wrote: post #69

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I think that is what you get used to. I've been using Android for over a decade and my wife's iPhone is super confusing to me.

Yep, my parents are both Android users and have to ask "where is the home button" when someone passes them an iPhone.

> ask "where is the home button" when someone passes them an iPhone.

This is actually hilarious because Android had all-screen phones with only virtual buttons long before iPhones did :)

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Post by encom »

egypturnash wrote: post #10

I just hope that my current Mac keeps being usable long enough that Liquid Glass has been fixed or replaced entirely by the time I'm forced to upgrade to whatever's shipping on my next computer.

Just keep giving Apple more money. That'll show them!

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walthamstow wrote: post #114
eoskx wrote: post #60

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I've had similar observations with different behaviors in Safari and Finder. One would think the quality of Apple's software would be increasing with the usage of Swift over Objective-C, but the opposite seems to be true.

Spotlight is also slow and buggy now, on an M3 Pro no less. I loathe the feeling of being faster than my computer and having to wait for it to catch up, something that I haven't felt since the M1 came out.

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Post by PrairieFire »

phantasmish wrote: post #173
fauigerzigerk wrote: post #150

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AVP may be dead but VisionOS is not. I'm pretty sure Apple smart glasses are coming.

If someone cracks “smart glasses” that’s the next smartphone-size market and revolution, guaranteed, no question about it. VR headsets ain’t it but I’m convinced the reason every company is working on them and developing AR stuff for their traditional devices (which are terrible to use for AR) is because they don’t want to still be at the starting line if someone figures out smart glasses.

This is the “answer” in plain sight and I agree. The iPhone is the beating heart of the modern Apple empire. Tim Cook has been a vocal proponent of AR since the summer of Pokemon Go. That combined with Meta getting traction with their Rayban line is almost certainly at the center of an overarching internal strategy at Apple to ensure they are positioned to maintain or even grow position as end user mobile computing form factors shift beyond the traditional smartphone. Getting the ux and app ecosystem ready visually is what ‘caused’ Liquid Glass.

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Post by manoDev »

eoskx wrote: post #60
jjice wrote: post #43

I don't mind how Liquid Glass looks at all. It's just insane how buggy the system has become. Even Messages will bug out, like deleting my first word if I type too fast after opening a conversation or auto scrolling and not letting me scroll down until I exit and re-enter. Unacceptable for the premium you pay for Apple software. Unacceptable for any software one is paying for. I hope they get their shit together and…

I've had similar observations with different behaviors in Safari and Finder. One would think the quality of Apple's software would be increasing with the usage of Swift over Objective-C, but the opposite seems to be true.

Swift was the worst thing that happened to Mac OS, because we’re now suffering second system syndrome.

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Post by Etheryte »

CodeWriter23 wrote: post #224

The Bozo Explosion is in full force at Apple now. They should bring Forstall back. Engineers need to be be humiliated for making stupid decisions.

I get where you're coming from, but the word humiliation is not constructive in a professional setting. Reasonable decisions can easily look stupid without context and hindsight is always 20/20. Being responsible for your actions should be the norm, but ridicule is not the right way to get there.
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