“I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft” (2004)

Re:“I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsof... by jamesbfb on Friday July 23, 2021 @08:44PM (#27937423)

I recently saved an old (2012) Mac Pro from the trash at work. As a lockdown project, I decided to do the rejuvenate the thing, thing. Cleaned it up, wiped and put a fresh copy of High Sierra on it. I am a long time Linux guy and I was pleasantly surprised. It’s almost fun to use!

That said, I believe High Sierra is the last release before things start getting...weird? My wife has a newer Mac (cannot remember the release) but I had some pretty crazy hurdles to install an unsigned bit of software. If that’s the trajectory Apple is taking, I don’t think I will be ditching Linux for MacOS.

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Re:“I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsof... by jeremyjh on Friday July 23, 2021 @09:43PM (#27937712)

I haven't really had a problem getting anything done in Big Sur on my 2017 Macbook. Before my Macbook I had a Lenovo X1 Carbon with Arch and KDE; I really loved that setup but there are several conveniences with Macs. I prefer Excel to LibreOffice for example, and I like messaging integration with iPhone and all of the applications I use are really nice; I always felt like there were a few apps on Linux that were not well designed and I had to use them anyway. But, Arch has such a great package management system. You can easiy revert to any previous version of a package, you can quickly do a binary search to find which package broke you after an update etc. Homebrew is a total garbage fire. A couple weeks ago I typed "brew upgrade git" and it upgraded the version of every homebrew package on my system. My Postgres database wouldn't start because my databases had to be upgraded. I had a deadline... Also for some reason I'm more likely to run into build problems with certain native packages. I'm really on the fence about what my next computer will be.

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Re:“I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsof... by robertoandred on Friday July 23, 2021 @09:50PM (#27937748)

To open unsigned software, right click, click Open, and click Open on the dialog that pops up. That’s for High Sierra and newer releases.

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Re:“I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsof... by MeinBlutIstBlau on Friday July 23, 2021 @10:48PM (#27938008)

It's still annoying. Apple needs to realize, it's my machine, and I'll take whatever risks I want. Stop trying to police me as though I'm incompetent. I know full well at this point if some random executable is going to be sketchy and it's wholly on me if I run it. It's just a push to go to the app store, while convenient, it most certainly is not for developers who don't want to deal with their BS to maintain a presence there.

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Re:“I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsof... by hatmatrix on Friday July 23, 2021 @11:26PM (#27938158)

=Apple needs to realize, it's my machine, and I'll take whatever risks I want

...that's where you and Apple have a difference in opinion

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Re:“I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsof... by robertoandred on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:13PM (#27961236)

So turn off Gatekeeper. It's just a couple terminal commands.

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Re:“I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsof... by seatbelts on Friday July 23, 2021 @10:27PM (#27937905)

"If that’s the trajectory Apple is taking, I don’t think I will be ditching Linux for MacOS." - I take it you mean the reverse?

I'm similarly hesitant to lean in to additional oversight and control.

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Re:“I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsof... by zapzupnz on Friday July 23, 2021 @10:52PM (#27938025)

Crazy hurdles: right click the installer or app, click Open.

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