From Microsoft to Apple, and Back Again

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by allenleein • 8 years ago

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nadioca• 8 years ago

You are creating a case to justify your overpriced windows laptop.

Linux <3

nailer3• 8 years ago

I love Linux, have worked for the two largest Linux companeis for a few years of my life, and happily purchased laptops with entirely OSS drivers for Linux support.

And still spent a bunch of time fucking around with my laptop to make stuff work instead of getting things done.

Since all I want is a terminal and a web browser, Windows works fine, with the added benefit of occasionally being able to fire up some good quality desktop software like Tower 2 or Excel.

tinus_hn• 8 years ago

some good quality desktop software like [...] Excel.

Lol

chopin• 8 years ago

I am not sure if I understand, but if you only need a terminal and browsing, what's the problem with Linux?

I switched recently from Win7 to Linux Mint and it has been a smooth experience (granted, Libreoffice is sufficient for my use-cases). Even my relatives have little complaints and mostly stuff just works (which I can't say from my prior Win7 experience).

sneak• 8 years ago

I recently gave it that second chance the author suggests; Windows still sucks real bad. Even Win10 is still a nightmare of disabling a boatload of shit nobody ever wants.

The “no OS X team at Apple” rumor is false.

OS X does suck more these days than it did, but I don’t think things will stay that way in the future.

collyw• 8 years ago

What exactly do you find so bad about Windows 10? I am on Linux pretty much full time, but when I have looked at Windows 10 it seemed OK.

Rebelgecko• 8 years ago

For me, there's a lot of minor annoyances that add up. Some have been fixed (start menu), and others have only gotten worse (searching for a file is totally broken. I can be looking at a file in explorer.exe, type its name into the search bar, and be told that no files were found).

There's also a lot of antiprivacy things that bother me (Cortana, push to sign in to a Microsoft account, weird spammy notifications, etc)

nailer3• 8 years ago

Rumor says that Apple doesn't even have a dedicated team for the desktop OS anymore.

Yep. The MacOS team was disbanded in 2016. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-20/how-apple...

whywhywhywhy• 8 years ago

This is so disappointing to hear what I've suspected for a while.

I'm a huge fan of OS X but was recently forced to move my creative work to Windows for GPU power and affordable CPU power, and honestly I've found it good enough to work with but I still do miss having Terminal and Finder.

As much as I used to love Apple hardware I could honestly just do without it these days with their laptops getting worse and their pro line being a choice between M.I.A and a disposable workstation. The only thing I'll miss is OS X.

sempron64• 8 years ago

Possibly in imitation, there actually is no more Windows "team" at Microsoft either: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/windows-leader-terry...

So we're in for a rocky few years in commercial operating systems.

widowlark2• 8 years ago

Windows software division has been turned into a services group. Windows is going from Software for sale to software as a service.

ngrilly2• 8 years ago

If Apple has not team working on macOS, then who developed stuff like APFS (Apple File System) or Metal2 that were introduced in High Sierra?...

kridsdale1• 8 years ago

Those were introduced in iOS first. And the kernel is shared.

ngrilly2• 8 years ago

I stand corrected. At least, it proves that merging the macOS and iOS is not totally pointless ;-)

Sarki• 8 years ago

So, another ad-financed blog post, right?

Also the following is ridiculous: "It's also obvious why it makes no sense to ask "Why don't you ditch Windows and install Linux on it?". Because no Linux distro has Pen support, whatsoever. The performance base also has a physical key that you need to press in order for the hinge to release the display."

Wacom has been developing Kernel modules FOR YEARS. I've personally been using a Samsung XE700T1C for 4 years with full pen support without any problem.

I've even been surprised to see Ubuntu 17.10 supporting automated screen rotation, on-screen keyboard pop-up out of the box.

widowlark2• 8 years ago

There is no pen support on linux for Surface pens. Wacom, yes. Surface pens, no.

jfim• 8 years ago

Can you elaborate on what "full pen support" means in this case?

Does it support pressure/angle in drawing applications (eg. gimp)? Is there support for handwriting recognition as a text input method? Is there a good note taking app for Linux (like One Note or Nebo)?

scarface74• 8 years ago

The state of the Mac is just sad right now.

Laptops - the Air is overpriced with horrible specs - a 1400x900 screen is something you expect to see on a bargain basement Dell being sold on Black Friday, the MacBook only has one port, and you're in dongle hell buying the MacBook Pros

-Mac Mini - hasn't been updated since 2014 and it was a down grade in a lot of ways.

-Mac Pro - hasn't been updated since 2013 and won't be until 2019 according to Apple.

That leaves just the iMac. It's the only line that is actually good from the low end to the high end iMac Pro. But I can understand why that isn't for some people.

legitster• 8 years ago

I'm the rare creative professional who never really made the move to Mac. Windows in general has always done everything I need at a better price (Ultrabooks aside). The benefits to getting a MacBook seem very superficial and easily fixed in Windows - definitely not enough to lock myself down to their ecosystem.

There is nothing like Garageband if you're a hobbyist musician.

Also, a point of correction. If you are looking for Garageband on Windows, Mixcraft is an excellent option.

From Microsoft to Apple, and Back Again

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