1. the big sur ui is not very attractive (i know it sounds arbitrary, but big sur just looks very non-desktop, very fischer price, and i have no alterantive since catalina wont be supported)
2. virtualization for x86_64 apps, that wont last forever, and at some point those x86 binaries wont work anymore (i already lost a ton of apps with catalina...)
3. for my work i already need vmware alot, and the idea of running even half-speed at best is a non-starter
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that being said, as a consummer oriented device, or an iphone/ipad app developer machine i think its defintely going to do well
I find these "this look fischer price/non-desktop" like hearing goth teenagers wanting something darker and more edgy -- well, the "pro" mentality equivalent, where if it doesn't look boring and beize it's not good.
It's a mighty fine look, nothing fischer prize about it, and hardly that different from the previous iteration. If anything it much less fischer prize than the original Aqua interface and its 4-5 next iterations, which was praised as a great looking ("lickable") UI.
its kind of obvious that for the need to compromise the ui of mac in order for ipad/iphone apps to look "at home" and im sure in apples calculus its worth the hit in the near term, but for this person its a bit too far...
*ive been using the big sur betas on and off for a while now
> Aqua interface and its 4-5 next iterations, which was praised as a great looking
sure, aqua got a lot better after the next iterations, so lets keep an eye out and see what happens...
I think AS laptops are also getting touchscreens (now or on the first design refresh).
But I welcome bigger screen elements myself, it means better hit targets (Fitt's law), and less cluttered UIs -- easier on the eyes too.
As for the wasted space, it's not like they're removing menu items or icons or cutting out features to accomondate the larger buttons. Just larger looking bezels and edges.
If anything, it's the contrary: it would become easier to use with the higher precision mouse, because targers would be even larger.
The key insight here is that they wont make the mouse lose precision: instead, they make the targets the mouse has to hit bigger -- which, given that the mouse retains the same precision, makes it even easier to hit them!
I need to be able to run Windows in Fusion or Parallels without emulating x86.
What about Arm Macs pushes you away from the platform?