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Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by em500 »

trey-jones wrote: post #342
bla3 wrote: post #325

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Are you sure? I thought they cached login stuff locally so you can sign in while you're offline. Not sure though.

I admit that I don't have a Chromebook in front of me to test and that I'm not sure. This comment will likely be stricken from the record.

I do have a Chromebook in front of me and I can certainly login without any network connection.

Contrary to popular belief, ChromeOS devs do know that people might want to use Chromebooks on airplane or train trips without network. Google Docs / Sheets / Slides work on a cached copy and sync when online again.

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Post by floatingatoll »

craftinator wrote: post #535
floatingatoll wrote: post #355

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The payoff for the very slight risk is an effective built-in malware prevention system that doesn’t treat me abusively and reacts in a timely manner to abusive circumstances. After decades of production operations, I have no complaints about how this was handled, and I expect they’ll investigate and patch any defects exposed by the outage. I went for a walk when this happened and when I got back it was fixed. Works f…

What's it like renting a computer?

The tricky part with renting a computer is that you have to insure it against accidental damage by the renter, and that has to be “gig economy” or “business” compatible insurance, because you’re profiting from loaning it to others.

There’s also not exactly a huge market for rental computers when you consider that libraries offer them for free, and often with better Internet connections than those renting a computer could offer.

Renting computers is a lot easier if you host them in the cloud and deny physical access to your customers, though — they generally can’t do permanent damage, and there’s no issues with theft/loss. But this isn’t typically viewed as “renting” anymore, but instead something like “colocation” or whatever EC2 is.

Why do you ask?

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by dvdkon »

areoform wrote: post #566
nightowl_games wrote: post #556

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Yeah so basically in the windows world, a lot of the good laptops are under the "business class" of the various manufacturers: Dell Precision, HP Elite Book, MSI Prestige In the consumer world the Dell XPS, Asus Zenbook, Asus Pro Art are the way to go for a designer. Dell Precision is probably the overall best laptop. MSI Prestige is targetted right at you though, with color accuracy and a good display. The only bran…

Interestingly, Apple covers more than sRGB, their panels are now being set to the broader DCI-P3 gamut. Whereas these laptops (at least in 2019) were slightly less than the sRGB gamut on testing. Except for the surface book, https://imgur.com/a/6dGz3LO I got these results from, https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-Prestige-15-A10SC-Laptop-R...

Almost no displays get 100% when tested for gamut coverage. I'm not really sure why, I think it's some testing artefact. At this point (around 99% sRGB) what you should be looking at is coverage in larger gamuts (here 84.8% AdobeRGB).

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Post by arvinsim »

Symbiote wrote: post #360
valuearb wrote: post #179

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How is this not congruent with strong privacy protections? Your iPhone knows everywhere you’ve been, but when it sends that info to Apple it doesn’t include any personally identifiable information.

Strong privacy would be not sending that information to Apple at all . (Do iPhones really send the current location to Apple?)

I agree. I thought iPhones do theirs on-device.

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Post by intricatedetail »

areoform wrote: post #533
submeta wrote: post #2

Unbelievable. When I read the tweet (tried to post here as well), I suddenly realized why my Mac was unresponsive an hour ago. Here is another tweet that describes the problem in more detail: https://mobile.twitter.com/llanga/status/1326989724704268289 > I am currently unable to work because macOS sends hashes of every opened executable to some server of theirs and when `trustd` and `syspolicyd` are unable to do so,…

So yesterday I wrote about the blurring lines of ownership, and people came back with some fairly disparate responses. It's fair to say that I was mostly dismissed. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25058952 And this is why I won't be moving to Apple silicon. Apple already has the ability to restrict whats apps I can run (they can simply toggle a switch for all users to "no unsigned binaries"), and congrats! Apple…

It's hard to say who is now Apple's target audience. It seems like their products are ideal for people who don't know much about IT and just want to watch a video or edit their holiday photos and maybe create a CV and will probably never go beyond that. Other people still enjoy Macs from 2012, but things are moving on when you look at desktop PC and what you can do. Apple looks more and more dumbed down.

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Post by rfvrgvegbegn »

russelg wrote: post #422
pgt wrote: post #390

A compelling way to enact change at large corporates is to vocally communicate when and why you are forced back into a buying position as a customer. Apple VPs who are listening, especially Craig Federighi - here is an early warning for you. The HN crowd may seem fringe, but they are living in the future. I de-Googled my entire life over similar transgressions by Google and several of my friends are gradually going t…

The Dell XPS range is probably the closest available currently.

Yes , and they are also selling Ubuntu edition where you not only save quite a few $$$ (because no windows licence) but you're also sending a signal to manufacturers that there is a demand for compatibility with other OSes (unlike on Apple or MS Surfaces).

So if the dev edition fits your need consider buying this one

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Post by silverpepsi »

monocasa wrote: post #686
areoform wrote: post #533

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So yesterday I wrote about the blurring lines of ownership, and people came back with some fairly disparate responses. It's fair to say that I was mostly dismissed. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25058952 And this is why I won't be moving to Apple silicon. Apple already has the ability to restrict whats apps I can run (they can simply toggle a switch for all users to "no unsigned binaries"), and congrats! Apple…

My Huawei Matebook Pro has been everything I wanted in a Mac, in a way I couldn't get from Apple. Pros that Macbooks don't have: USB-A (along with USB-C), no touch bar, 3:2 screen, can enable secure boot if I choose so feel like I'll be able to run whatever I want on it, replaceable SSD, etc. Pros that Macbooks also have: still has a great build quality, full day battery Cons that both have: Non replaceable RAM

My huawei matebook pro is the best laptop I've ever owned.

The only downside is that I have Windows 10 on it, and considering Microsoft actively destorys user data and has for 15+ years as company policy...I won't use it for serious work, only entertainment. :(

User state is also a time investment, so rebooting and destorying this is not ok even if all files by some stroke of luck were saved first

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by intricatedetail »

monocasa wrote: post #686
areoform wrote: post #533

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So yesterday I wrote about the blurring lines of ownership, and people came back with some fairly disparate responses. It's fair to say that I was mostly dismissed. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25058952 And this is why I won't be moving to Apple silicon. Apple already has the ability to restrict whats apps I can run (they can simply toggle a switch for all users to "no unsigned binaries"), and congrats! Apple…

My Huawei Matebook Pro has been everything I wanted in a Mac, in a way I couldn't get from Apple. Pros that Macbooks don't have: USB-A (along with USB-C), no touch bar, 3:2 screen, can enable secure boot if I choose so feel like I'll be able to run whatever I want on it, replaceable SSD, etc. Pros that Macbooks also have: still has a great build quality, full day battery Cons that both have: Non replaceable RAM

Are you not worried about your data going to China? Huawei looks indeed great, but I would never use it. Maybe if there was a way to replace components with ones from legitimate source like Mouser or digikey, to ensure there is no spying going on.

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Post by 1023bytes »

a_c wrote: post #634

I wonder if there are startup attempting to challenge the Mac dominance? Good trackpad, good battery, good screen, with (some) Linux supported out of the box,and no wonky configuration seems to be the problem to solve

It's a software problem, not a hardware problem.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by Jonnax »

LeifCarrotson wrote: post #565
nightowl_games wrote: post #556

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Yeah so basically in the windows world, a lot of the good laptops are under the "business class" of the various manufacturers: Dell Precision, HP Elite Book, MSI Prestige In the consumer world the Dell XPS, Asus Zenbook, Asus Pro Art are the way to go for a designer. Dell Precision is probably the overall best laptop. MSI Prestige is targetted right at you though, with color accuracy and a good display. The only bran…

Lenovo Thinkpad is another popular line, seems conspicuously absent from your list. They're known to have good resale value, and to work well with Linux. If you're getting up to the Precision line, the Lenovo P series workstations are also worth considering, though given they're actually professional-grade machines with Xeon and Quadro parts they'll be more expensive than a Macbook Pro. There are also boutiques like…

I've got a P51. It's essentially always on fire and the fans are really loud.

Not sure I'd recommend it. Build quality is very good however.

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