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Posted by Lothar Scholz
Jun 30, 2020 at 05:11 PM
Simon wrote:
> I love macos simplicity, but
>not sure it is worth the price tag anymore.
I also fear the price/performance ratio they come up with. There was some rumor that they want to enter the low cost market again as they did with some iPads. But knowing Apple i don’t hold high expectations that this is more then a rumor. Their hardware offers in the last 5 years were all total laughable. I also hate iPad useability, i don’t want to see it on my desktop machine. For me as an old computer nerd, this WWDC was a horror show.
Posted by washere
Jun 30, 2020 at 10:22 PM
NeXT could have been slightly interesting, even then Jobs wasted his potential on computing devices & business, though helped lots of people in the process. I guess he regretted what he spent his life on when on his deathbed, remembering his early seventies years, but couldn’t help not do all he did anyway, was his nature ultimately. Since his parting, Tim is not only not moving it forward, but also systematically & step by step is deconstructing what’s left of Steve’s work. I guess he can’t help it either and that’s his nature.
Posted by Amontillado
Jul 1, 2020 at 01:11 PM
Certain Mac apps are very addictive. Devonthink, Curio, Nisus Writer, and a few others see constant use here.
On the other hand, Linux is the only safe environment I see. It’s tempting to move back, but I’ve got loads of data in Devonthink. Moving back to Linux would be non-trivial.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jul 2, 2020 at 11:36 AM
Yes, I find myself watching Apple developments with trepidation. On the one hand, I would never move back to Windows (Note to Self: hm, careful, Bill, it would amuse everybody if you found yourself working on Windows again in a couple of years’ time – but hey, a bit of a laugh never hurt anybody); on the other hand, Apple does make some seriously frustrating/enraging decisions. Mind you, so does Microsoft.
On the other hand, much as I’d love to work on Linux, I have tried (I run a couple of Linux machines – one hardware, one virtual), and there’s no way I could replace some of the software I currently use.
Ah well. I’ll just have to write another letter to Tim Cook. I know he’ll reply one of these days…
;-) Bill
Posted by Skywatcher
Jul 2, 2020 at 12:15 PM
I’ve been using Macs for long enough to remember the transition from PowerPC to Intel. That was truly an earthquake. And yet we survived :-) It was painful at times, Rosetta didn’t work for some categories of software, but in the end the transition was for the better. And that was the first time Apple went this kind of massive change hardware-wise, while being a smaller company than they are today.
The general feeling i’m seeing around about this new transition is actually much more positive than it was about the previous one. ARM RISC architecture is really promising to be a powerful chip, solving many of the issues that Intel are stuck on like thermal issues. Fluid intercompatibility between iOS and MacOS apps is exciting. And Rosetta2 seems to be far more efficient and more compatible that its predecessor.
I was quite worried and anxious during the PowerPC->Intel . In perspective, going thru that makes more optimistic about this transition. I don’t think it will be 100% fluid, there will be hiccups, but I think the experience they gathered thru the first one gives them now enough assurance to handle it even better.
I’m however not going to jump on a ARM machine when they come out. Not before at least 2 years until all potential issues are ironed out.
I don’t think there should be any fear buying Mac software today. During the PowerPC /Intel transition, most developpers offered their dual PowerPC/Intel versions updates for free or for a very low fee so I expect something similar will happen.