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Re: My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

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Post by tekknik »

spartanatreyu wrote: post #656
tekknik wrote: post #642

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How, on macOS, does apple lock you into their ecosystem when you can run whatever you want?

You can't run whatever you want. e.g. I used to install qlplugins on every new macos device as our company bought them. Then one day Apple refused to run any 32-bit library despite the fact that 32 bit code still runs natively on x86-64 chips (this when everything still ran on x86-64 btw). Designers still ask me: "Hey, how do I see the dimensions of this picture when pressing spacebar to preview it?" And I have to sa…

Because maintaining 32 bit libraries when most of the world is 64 bit doesn’t make sense.

This is not the same as apple actively forcing you into their ecosystem. This is apple not supporting old technology.

Re: My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

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Post by alsetmusic »

charles_f wrote: post #548
lofaszvanitt wrote: post #248

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Why do you even need those? Software and hardware should be under the human, helping, not hindering.

Yes! I'm also running a number of additional software on mac to make the experience more liveable (Alfred, scroll inverter, ice, rectangle, iterm,...). I think the big companies got to the point where they do the bare minimum for Gene Public to accept the useability, and leave the rest of us with our ### dangling to fill in the gap. Probably something to do with maximizing profit and minimizing expense?

> scroll inverter

You can invert “natural scrolling” in the OS (System Preferences / System Settings).

Re: My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

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Post by spartanatreyu »

tekknik wrote: post #671
spartanatreyu wrote: post #656

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can't run whatever you want. e.g. I used to install qlplugins on every new macos device as our company bought them. Then one day Apple refused to run any 32-bit library despite the fact that 32 bit code still runs natively on x86-64 chips (this when everything still ran on x86-64 btw). Designers still ask me: "Hey, how do I see the dimensions of this picture when pressing spacebar to preview it?" And I have to sa…

Because maintaining 32 bit libraries when most of the world is 64 bit doesn’t make sense. This is not the same as apple actively forcing you into their ecosystem. This is apple not supporting old technology.

> Because maintaining 32 bit libraries when most of the world is 64 bit doesn’t make sense.

64bit code is the extension, not the base case.

32bit (x86) code just straight up runs on an x86-64 (64-bit) processor.

It's an artificial limitation that just doesn't make sense, and it can also be worse for performance too.

> This is not the same as apple actively forcing you into their ecosystem.

No?

Apple prevents 32bit libraries from running. This effected almost all the common cross-platform layers from running on MacOS.

In a single action, Apple eliminated the libraries that Steam games on MacOS used. Games would now have to be recompiled and were pushed to be downloadable through the Mac App Store, giving Apple their 30% cut.

> This is apple not supporting old technology.

If it's old then apple shouldn't support it? By that logic, we shouldn't be using ints in our code, we should only use 64-bit quaternions.

There is a difference between old and outdated. 32bit code is old. 32bit code is not outdated.

Re: My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

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Post by Friedduck »

In addition to the obvious, Windows feels like a neglected ecosystem. They pile on new, half-baked features without fixing what’s already present and broken for years.

Try searching for a file by name. Third-parties have had this figured out for years and yet Microsoft can’t deliver accurate or quick results.

Two different interfaces for settings since the failed Metro experiment. The jarring introduction of old NT menus where they haven’t updated a setting to the new UI.

I could go on, but the author has done a good job of cataloguing a broken product.

Re: My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

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Post by tekknik »

spartanatreyu wrote: post #673
tekknik wrote: post #671

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because maintaining 32 bit libraries when most of the world is 64 bit doesn’t make sense. This is not the same as apple actively forcing you into their ecosystem. This is apple not supporting old technology.

> Because maintaining 32 bit libraries when most of the world is 64 bit doesn’t make sense. 64bit code is the extension, not the base case. 32bit (x86) code just straight up runs on an x86-64 (64-bit) processor. It's an artificial limitation that just doesn't make sense, and it can also be worse for performance too. > This is not the same as apple actively forcing you into their ecosystem. No? Apple prevents 32bit li…

I didn’t read but the first sentence because you clearly don’t know that an OS must have both 32 bit libraries and 64 bit libraries to run both. Apple chose to leave 32 bit behind to stop maintaining it.

Re: My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

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Post by charles_f »

alsetmusic wrote: post #672
charles_f wrote: post #548

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes! I'm also running a number of additional software on mac to make the experience more liveable (Alfred, scroll inverter, ice, rectangle, iterm,...). I think the big companies got to the point where they do the bare minimum for Gene Public to accept the useability, and leave the rest of us with our ### dangling to fill in the gap. Probably something to do with maximizing profit and minimizing expense?

> scroll inverter You can invert “natural scrolling” in the OS (System Preferences / System Settings).

I want to use natural scrolling on the trackpad and the normal mouse wheel direction. There's no way to do that out of the box, you need scroll reverser.

Re: My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

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Post by ric2b »

2Gkashmiri wrote: post #115
jijji wrote: post #89

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I hope that was sarcasm

I don't know for Microsoft but xiaomi has been saying this https://www.androidauthority.com/xiaomi-ads-business-966584/ >This advertisement business is what allows Xiaomi to subsidize and offset the cost of the hardware and reach those astonishingly low price points. So it wont be surprising if Microsoft says the same

Microsoft doesn't have astronomically low price points.

Re: My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

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Post by ric2b »

dbg31415 wrote: post #495
bitcharmer wrote: post #470

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It looks like you don't understand what Linux is at all. It's just a kernel that other distributions build on top of to create an OS. You have multiple "UIs" available in that space, like gnome, kde and others. I have no idea how having choice and being able to customize your desktop experience is a bad thing but I guess some people won't be happy no matter what.

Inside of any one distribution of Linux is what feels like a prom dress made out of fabric remnants. It feels like they don't have UX designers planning the workflows (or even involved). And that's largely because they don't, right? They have developers building some stuff and doing it however they want, and not really following any sort of enforced brand or style guidelines. Mostly the various Linux distros still fe…

Gnome is very well designed and consistent. And yes, they employ UX designers.
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