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Re:Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell a... by flamedoge on Friday January 27, 2017 @04:41PM (#13502938)
well.... depends. Apple invests heavily into making sure SW runs lean on metal
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Re:Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell a... by sangnoir on Friday January 27, 2017 @05:26PM (#13503295)
Only on newer hardware. Trust me, you don't want to be caught running the latest OS on older Apple hardware because it will run like molasses. If your hardware is the "minimum supported model" or the next most recent, you're better off not upgrading at all.
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Re:Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell a... by jsjohnst on Friday January 27, 2017 @09:24PM (#13504459)
MacOS Sierra runs superbly on my 2012 rMBP. It's only a couple months shy of 4 years old.
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Re:Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell a... by sangnoir on Saturday January 28, 2017 @06:26AM (#13505844)
Mac OS Sierra slowed down my 2014 Mac Mini noticeably. I see a lot more beach volleyballs now when doing everyday tasks which were ran smoothly before the upgrade.
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Re:Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell a... by jsjohnst on Sunday January 29, 2017 @12:59PM (#13515539)
I think the difference in experiences is due to HD vs SSD. I've found Apple's latest OS's seem to do terrible with spinning disks. Thankfully all my machines are SSD, but I've seen a few Mac Minis with HDs that are really slow whereas the same machine with an SSD is fine.
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