Re:OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock
by oakenclast on Monday June 13, 2016 @02:56PM
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I've been using Apple operating systems for most of my computing, since the Apple IIe. I started using OS X in 2001. Every since the release of 10.7, I have just been disappointed with their releases. Now that they are releasing major updates on a yearly press-release driven schedule, their quality has suffered. And their drive towards making the desktop more like iOS seems to cater more to non-technical consumers than developers. I have been happily exploring Linux the past year, mostly in VMs trying out different distros. I kinda doubt I will upgrade to macOS.
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Re:OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock
by jarjoura on Monday June 13, 2016 @03:52PM
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What version of Mac OS was ever meant for more technical consumers though? Apple's DNA has always been consumer product focused in everything they build.
Re:OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock
by sdkmvx on Monday June 13, 2016 @04:11PM
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Obviously they were never exclusively marketed towards technical users, but Apple was definitely targeting the UNIX workstation and multimedia workstation markets in the early 2000s.
Re:OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock
by jarjoura on Monday June 13, 2016 @05:36PM
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That's an ad for the PowerBook G4 marketed to power users of the platform.
See http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/performance/ for comparison of the difference in marketing.
Also see http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/black_... when the black macbook was launched.
