OS X is as old as the classic Mac OS was when it came out

Re:OS X is as old as the classic Mac OS was when it came out by pier25 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @07:30PM (#17139435)

A huge point in favor of macOS is the quality of its ecosystem.

I only noticed this a couple of years ago when I tried to switch to Windows. When trying to find replacements for apps I use daily either there was nothing that had the functionality I wanted or what I found was just terrible. I found tons of win32 crap, or apps that didn't support scaling properly. Even software from Adobe...

Some examples: Alfred, iStatMenus, Karabiner, BetterTouchTool, etc.

After a couple of days and a buggy experience with a Surface Book 1 I returned it and bought a MBP.

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Re:OS X is as old as the classic Mac OS was when it came out by romwell on Friday May 25, 2018 @08:40PM (#17159373)

>A huge point in favor of macOS is the quality of its ecosystem.

A huge point in favor of Windows is the diversity of its ecosystem.

And what's wrong with Win32 per se that you'd discount it as crap? Not everything needs to be 64-bit (and since on Windows the only compelling reason is >4GB RAM usage - it shouldn't).

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Re:OS X is as old as the classic Mac OS was when it came out by theSpaceOctopus on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @08:20PM (#17139756)

I feel the same way. Also, the integration between Apple hardware is great. I have Macs, an iPhone and an iPad and everything works ridiculously well together.

I’ve contemplated switching to Linux for a while, and keep a laptop with Fedora installed, but every time I seriously consider it I picture losing those key applications and the tight integration with my other devices and I can’t justify it.

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Re:OS X is as old as the classic Mac OS was when it came out by _bxg1 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @07:41PM (#17139512)

All the more reason for Apple not to let that ecosystem burn to the ground, just because they're making lots of money from iOS.

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