Fuck Windows AND MacOS honestly
I’ve owned computers since the 286 was a big deal.
I’ve NEVER had an SSD ”die”
Lucky you
I’ve gone through two NVMe drives these past few years.
Both just started fucking up and crashing my whole OS with them.
I’d be looking hard at my PSU if I was you.
THAT died and got replaced last month.
Came home from a trip
Plugged the machine in
Popping sound
It was dead
I’d say you won’t have problems with nvme’s dying anymore then.
>See macOS criticism
>Look inside
>Absolutely no mention of macOS because it’s actually Apple hardware criticism
Actively turning the PC into a walled garden
First point, could have worded it better, but that’s definitely all software
Plus, Apple controls the entire stack so criticism of MacOS is criticism of their hardware and vice versa
That’s iOS criticism. On MacOS, I compile software from GitHub and run it no problem.
Unless Apple decides the software is too old and isn’t allowed to work anymore.
Well since we’re here:
You can’t easily remap keys
You can scroll right but not left with the track pad
The delete key doesn’t do anything in the finder
There was no window snapping until literally a few months ago
The terminal uses cmd+c instead of cmd+shift+c (really should be ctrl but okay)
The dock sucks when using multiple windows per app
Every app relies on an antiquated menu bar at the top which is straight out of 90s UI
The Fn key is where the ctrl key should be and the alt key is where the command key should be (hardware, can’t rebind without addon tho)
You can’t control audio levels on external displays (because Apple)
Software does not support multiple displays per port and instead can only have one display per port, meaning in order to have two displays you need one cable for hdmi and one cable for USB-C, can’t have two of each.
The mouse acceleration curve is a troll for anyone not using the trackpad, and cannot be adjusted aside from being turned off.
There’s a ton more but these were just off the top of my head.
EDIT:
Because multiple people mentioned this, I have a big issue with the command/meta key shortcuts because of Apple’s braindead placement of their keys on the keyboard, so its a combined hardware software issue.
I otherwise wouldn’t mind having to use command except my pinky has to wrap around to hit alt or I have to shift my entire hand to hit command because using a standard keyboard layout like literally every single other keyboard in existence is too much to implement.
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I’m saying this coming from gaming on ye olde ass cheapo office keyboards for years with no problems, clunky Chinese knockoff keyboards with no problems, and even tiny compressed button keyboards with no problems.
And as others have also shared, I am forced to put up with this crap because of my work. Thankfully, most of my actual work happens inside a nice customized Linux VM, but switching between the host is still required and has been a painful experience. I genuinely gave it a solid shot for several months hoping maybe this was just me never using Mac UI before, but even with all the addons this UI is annoying to use.
I can’t run a key rebinder though because the software is essentially a keylogger addon, so coaxing it to run even with IT is a pain, so now I’m probably going to buy another Corsair keyboard I can setup a hardware profile to make this a bit easier when I’m at least docked.
MAJOR EDIT: Forgive me, I am tired. I also don’t regularly use different keyboard layouts on different OSes. I need to clarify terminal shortcuts.
Control-C is how you terminate a process on terminal in macOS. I need to denote this as ^C, as such a key does not exist on traditional layouts. Cmd-C is copy. It is always copy, even on terminal (on Linux, you also have to hold shift).
If you use a Windows keyboard on macOS, your shortcut is now copy. After all, you are pressing Ctrl-C, so why wouldn’t it be copy? Termination is now probably done with Alt-C.
If you’re using Mac layout, none of this seems weird. I use a Mac layout on a Mac–all makes sense. If you don’t, then stuff gets wack. Not a macOS issue. More of a “we’ve been using this layout for fifty years and changing it would be stupid at this point” sort of thing.
- You can with extra software. See first paragraph of my original reply. Valid.
- …What?
- The delete key does do something in Finder. When pressed with the Command key, it deletes the file with no prompt. I’d rather that not be a single key press. This is a preference, not an issue.
- Mentioned already.
- I’m sorry, this is literally user error. That’s like saying Windows is stupid because it can’t anticipate my “quit app” shortcut being Command + Q instead of Alt + F4. Or, for a closer comparison, like setting Ctrl + C to Meta + C instead. They’re different operating systems, adapted for different keyboard layouts, and I shouldn’t have to elaborate on why this is stupid.
- Apps with multiple windows just kinda suck in general. I fullscreen everything, navigating between apps with gestures. Not quite multi-monitor, but fullscreen always behaves as expected and all gestures work, and the dock remains accessible–which I can’t say for any other desktop UI in existence.
- Preference that I personally like. Rude.
- Hardware.
- Absolutely true. They’ve insisted on a “one size fits all” volume bar for everything. It sucks. I laugh every time someone on an iPhone has volume trouble for this exact reason. Instead, you have to adjust media while it’s actively playing in the foreground. How very intuitive.
- Hardware. Granted, stupid, but still hardware. I’m pretty sure this is Apple Silicon only.
- Just turn it off. I’ve never seen a benefit to having accelleration.
Not perfect, but none of this reads as annoying as a full screen advertisment telling me to upgrade to an OS that I know has incredibly invasive spyware.
EDIT: The “delete” key on macOS keyboards is backspace. The key should be treated as such. The delete key on other keyboards is in a separate location with a separate purpose, and should not be seen the same on Macs just because it shares a name. I’ve never used a full size keyboard on macOS, so I don’t know how the forward-delete key works. If that doesn’t delete files in one go, that might be annoying… but not the other way around.
