People like going to the fuckin' genius bar and being like "fix this bro" and their shit gets fixed in the back while they browse new products in the cool looking store lmao.
You're never gonna talk people out of apple by telling them they give up the best part of buying apple.
It’s mainly the ecosystem that really sells their product. Most people I know that own Apple products love how everything is interconnected together.
People who’re into that won’t be going out of their way to use Linux unless it has some sort of ecosystem to connect all their devices together sadly.
That's exactly onto the point. Locking us into their ecosystem is their marketing strategy. That's why Microsoft gave the upgrade to [Win10 for free](https://www.theverge.com/2015/7/29/9066749/microsoft-windows-10-office-app-free-upgrade-model).
You can see it not only on operating systems, but on all Big Tech. Like Google. They provide Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar and all the rest. They want us relying to them. If we decide to unGoogle we lose not only the search engine but also the rest of the services. Marketing 101.
Apple would not be as successful as their are if this “locking us” was a bad experience. Their customer rating are usually pretty high overall so people enjoy the ecosystem at the end of the day
I like the spirit of the editorial, but most people couldn't do that even with at step-by-step guide. Plus, Windows is spying on you constantly unless you disable a bunch of services. So, Linux? No gonna happen.
I guess because they haven't expressed funny ideas about a moral imperative to control user behaviour, and because they aren't known to make direct use of concentration camp labour in China.
That's only because MS does not control a major app store and a walled platform. It is as bad as any other big tech company and is known to happily work with the CCP on censorship and human rights abuses.
> they aren't known to make direct use of concentration camp labour in China.
I've heard that China also makes the grown muzzies have sex with other adults, too!
Depend on what they do Macs are not that much more expensive. Now with the M1 chip entry level Mac can handle a lot more than it used to.
Love Macs and PCs my self. I like them for different reasons and gaming of course PC although I’m not much of a gamer. Video editing in Final Cut Pro my 2011 iMac still handles it just fine. Finally showing it’s age but when doing intensive stuff. I recently upgraded but still keeping my 2011 model around then house
> Now with the M1 chip entry level Mac can handle a lot more than it used to.
What do you mean by that? Unless I am missing something then at least initially M1 Macs will be limited in what they can do until software becomes available for ARM architecture. Apple will have pushed devs to provide it for apps in the AppStore but 3rd party apps (and I personally run a lot of them) will be slower to update.
They can run same apps as they ran on last years intel model.
“With the introduction of Rosetta 2, M1 and macOS Big Sur seamlessly run apps that haven’t yet transitioned to Universal versions. So without updating you can keep working. Thanks to Metal and M1, some of the most graphically demanding apps perform better under Rosetta 2 than they did running natively on previous Mac systems with integrated graphics.”
Also this is just the entry level Macs. This year they expect them to announce their pro line which should be even better.
This review compare the entry level of M1 MacBook to the current Intel version MacBook Pro and result are quite interesting
https://youtu.be/KKwG0zSJRjw
https://www.apple.com/mac/m1/
They have to make a choice. People who are used to using windows just aren't used to it usually. There's one newest windows, one UI style to choose, one office suite, and one desktop environment.
These things make people not used to making choices about their software. "What's the best Linux distro", " well, what do you do on your PC", "idk"
This video explains it pretty well https://youtu.be/1gA9_k52FdM
Valid point. I faced the same issue and just went for a derivative of Ubuntu which is popular, easy and all-around. Searching among so many distros was very frustrating though. The Linux world could use some unification.
Ubuntu had its time in the light but it's over now imo. There's more and more focus on gaming on Linux as an alternative to Windows and Ubuntu is simply too out of date to handle that. Sure you can add on PPAs to bring it more up to date but in my experience once you start adding PPAs Ubuntu starts to spiral. There are simply better and more up to date distros like Manjaro and PopOS which is going to be even more important with Linux Syscall User Dispatch debuting soon.
And inability to not use software that they rely on. For me it’s Adobe and ms office that holds me back. I know wine is a thing but it’s just not worth the aggrivation since I block all the ms telemetry shit at my router.
yeah and other apps, I have heard ppl say adobe so I understand that mention - what does ms office do that something like libreoffice cant? It's good to identify what's missing so ppl know limitations or software csn be added to cover ppl's needs.
I haven’t used libreoffice in a long time but even when I did it was behind the times then. MS office has now incorporated some really heavy duty data modelling tools via power query and power pivot, new programming languages for data specialists like DAX and m code.
Once you start using the power BI tools in new excel you can’t go back and I can’t see libre doing any of that.
I haven’t used libreoffice in a long time but even when I did it was behind the times then. MS office has now incorporated some really heavy duty data modelling tools via power query and power pivot, new programming languages for data specialists like DAX and m code.
Once you start using the power BI tools in new excel you can’t go back and I can’t see libre doing any of that.
Libre Office spreadsheets are underpowered, compared to Microsoft Excel, for intermediate-expert spreadsheet people. Add too much formatting (conditional or otherwise) and too much data, and it cannot cope. I use it anyway for small projects, just to keep my skills up, but not for anything that simply MUST work (taxes, for example). So my main computer runs Ubuntu, with a dual boot option for Windows.
I've heard a lot about compatibility issues but I have installed Linux on three machines and I haven't faced any such problem.
I'm not saying you're wrong though. Maybe I was just lucky.
A good trick is to try your devices from the live-CD of the distro that you want to install and if they work on the live session, only then proceed with the installation. You should upgrade the system to the latest kernel in the live session too.
As @Staikon and @AwfulWaffle say, I don't even think that's the issue anymore.
I put Linux Mint on my HP Dragonfly laptop, and plugged in my thunderbolt dock. Both my external monitors, and my USB plugin devices all came right up with no problems. I can disconnect and reconnect without any issue too.
What keeps people away form Linux is just "fear of the unknown" and a completely lack of willingness to spend any time to learn about it. People would rather be complacent making sacrifices to Windows than learn a new groove.
Which is amazing because most normies simply use their OS as a bootloader for their web browser. I bet you could replace someone's Windows install with Linux, rice it out to look like Windows 10, install their usual browser, and they wouldn't even notice.
The terminal. As long as Linux needs that terminal normies will shy away from it. And it’s lack of executive files with installers.
Normies doesn’t understand apt-get or pulling software from repositories it scares them.
> Normies doesn’t understand apt-get or pulling software from repositories it scares them.
And that is fine because they no longer need to. All popular distros suitable for normies have GUI for their package manager. One could call it an app store.
I have machines running windows, because that platform currently has some software that I want to use. My primary two are Quicken and HR Block tax software. I pay MS for a license so, I can easily run those and similar apps that make my life easier.
I have linux on a desktop and use it regularly, but most laptops come with either a MS or an Apple license and it is just easier to use reliably like that. When I want to run Linux on my laptop it is easy to spin up a VM and run what I want. I also have ChomeOS and Android. I don't have any Apple because I don't like the custom connectors and have no software that exclusively requires their platform. But I also have no illusions that Apple stuff just works, and they make is pretty easy for their users to just get stuff done, in a mostly secure environment, and holds up in value with their regular and long term patching schedules.
The OS is but a tool to get something done. Your personal calculation comes up one way. Other people choose other options and having options is a good thing.
Because [this](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/892) over a year old bug still has not been resolved making the machine completely useless for any task due to an unrecoverable freeze within minutes of logging in.
I disagree. The vast majority of people only use a web browser, a media player, a pdf reader, an image viewer and an office suite. All these come preinstalled on all major Linux distributions, so they won't have to install a thing.
Some other aspects of Linux are also very user-friendly: it gets no viruses, its much faster than Windows, its performance does not degrade over time or by installing apps like it does on Windows, and the ability to update every last piece of software on your machine with the press of a button.
The problem is that these people find Windows preinstalled on their machine and they don't know or care to see what Linux is and most of them don't even know how to burn an iso on a DVD, let alone install Linux.
Sounds like you're over estimating the stupidity of most people. Seriously, people are dumb as bricks, Linux would send them into a tizzy. It has been tried before, and it hasn't worked. Either they are set in their ways and don't want to learn anything new, or don't know any better, or just dumb.
I have used a lot of flavors of Linux and honestly, while good, they are no where near ready for the general idiocy most people would get into... and then have no where to turn too. It is NOT ready for the general public.
I use LinuxMint for an alternative/hobby desktop. Have been playing with and using Linux in general for a long time, but I'm an enthusiast, so that sort of thing comes easy. There is no way the average Mac or Windows consumer is going to be able to figure it out or use it without becoming frustrated - even with the amazing ease of LinuxMint.
I cannot wrap my head around why people pay 4 grand for a Mac, $900 for a monitor stand or a bundle on a laptop that needs a bag full of dongles on the side.
There was a time when apple had a bit of a monopoly on the graphic design industry but that time is long gone.
Apple does have a lot of assholery especially with the recent design choices but the reason people choose Mac is for the os experience. Macs hardware are optimized for their software. For certain workflows such as video editing or front end web development Mac is simply unbeatable. For example, in web development I get all the advantages of a Linux terminal to install my libraries and configure my environment but I also have a full desktop experience in case I need to open up Photoshop and edit a logo or an image. Also the Mac trackpad helps to quickly switch between terminals in the case I don’t have access to multiple terminals. Can you do those things on a different OS? Sure but it’ll probably take you longer and time is money. Apples knows that their OS experience is so superior that people are willing to put with some minor experience flaws (such as dongles).
There are now more advantages to doing graphic design and other visual work with a PC than a Mac. I used a Mac for 25+ years, the last 8 were hackintosh. I kept finding software that had disadvantages in the apple platform, mostly due to unsupported gpus, and finally made the switch to windows. There's one super niche Mac os piece of software not on PC, but the rest is way better.
> Stop using Macs
Can't stop using what I never started using.
> Build their own PC
Nah, man. I'll keep supporting local business by paying them to build my PC for me.
So don't buy a Mac, build a Windows PC instead? Is this dude smoking crack? I'll take Apple over Microsoft any day, but if you want to get serious, learn how to use Linux.
"don't use apple use windows" is like "don't be communist, be fascist" you really wanna be free and independent there are TONS of pleb friendly Linux versions out there. unless you need something specific, Ubuntu/PopOS will do most of what you need, worth a shot and you can beta test it on a flash drive without installing.
I recently "upgraded" my dinosaur system from an i5-4690K and GTX 760 to a 4790K and GTX 1660S. I added 8GB of DDR3.
Still a dinosaur PC lol, I just upgraded as much as I could while staying on 1150LGA. I'm glad I upgraded what little bit I did last year, due to the obvious situation now.
tech support question: author talks about having a PC from 90s that he still uses, but I know of this old PC from 90s/2000s that makes a ton of noise, any idea what might be making it or what might be replaced or fixed on it?
Not everyone needs custom hardware so kits would be fine, even assembled kits (so, sure, don't use mac or windows, but you don't have to build your own either).
Sometimes giving people more choices confuses and paralyzes them and they will end up doing less of what you're aiming to persuade them to do so businesses know that and often try to only offer so many choices.
> author talks about having a PC from 90s that he still uses
Not really, he built one PC in the 1990s and ever since has kept upgrading it to the point where the specs are entirely modern.
> I know of this old PC from 90s/2000s that makes a ton of noise, any idea what might be making it or what might be replaced or fixed on it?
It depends on the noise, but with that age it could either be from overheating after not being cleaned for awhile (and thermal paste drying up), a broken fan, or the hard drive is dying.
ok thx @wuzizname @specklemouse too, maybe in order it can be cleaned, fan replaced, thermal paste, and hard drive (if the noise doesnt change at each step).
I think it would be good to remind people that they can still run some parts of old desktops (I think there is a common view they need to be replaced, entirely, in like 4 years' time) - any tips on upgrading old desktops? Seems like there would be a market for that kind of thing but on the other hand maybe a lot more ppl use laptops and mobile today.
>any tips on upgrading old desktops?
I don't know how much you can use a desktop from the 90s for, mostly because a lot of gains for computers were made during that decade but upgrading traditional hard drives (moving parts) to solid state drives (no moving parts) and maxxing out the RAM are some good options.
so would the cut off be like 2000s for continuing to use old hardware?
Should older hardware be recycled as "e-waste" if it doesn't have collector value or just held on to as toys or backup if all other technology failed?
>so would the cut off be like 2000s for continuing to use old hardware?
Nah, it depends on the hardware and what you plan to use it for
>Should older hardware be recycled as "e-waste" if it doesn't have collector value or just held on to as toys or backup if all other technology failed?
Older systems can make for amazing tinker toy machines, and a backup doesn't sound too bad at all... At this point a lot of enthusiast-tier hardware from up to the 2000s is having its value go up
The noise is going to be the fan. That is the only moving part and is the likeliest source of the noise. There are cool lighted fans available now so he can fix it and have a prettier PC. Currently running Linux Mint on three PCs.
My MacBook is from 2012, still looks new and does everything I need just fine. The one before this one I got in 2005, had to put a fan in it but that’s all I’ve ever done to either.
Yeah even as someone who is super into pc building, getting everyone to build their own is not going to happen. Besides the obvious point about laptops, pc building is just not the kind of thing that most people have interest in.
Nice article. I haven't thought building my own Windows PC before (I use Windows because of Adobe software and for web development) but I'll definitely consider it once my current one is past it's best (which I hope isn't for a long time yet!)
Just a question: can you build your own laptop as well?
This article is idiotic. Sorry, I lost it when they said that they tried to open their MacBook and ended up with a bunch of bent metal because they used proprietary connectors. That's bullshit. The screws are pentalobe but other than that, they are standard connectors and pentalobe screw drivers are everywhere and cheap.
This might have been relevant a few years ago, but with the M1 chip, going back to full instruction processors would be a big step back.
This will be relevant again when you can build your own ARM64 desktop. Right now, PC isn't competitive with Mac.
The M1 will be irrelevant in a year anyway since their special sauce is simply adding x86 instructions to the silicon rather than a full software emulation layer (which can be replicated and improved). At least people have gotten Linux to boot on it so there will be some use out of those Macbooks when Apple drops them in a year or two.
Apple will have replaced the chip by then. Nothing changes the difference in ipc/watt between the two architectures. AMD64 anything, windows or linux, won't be competitive with a macbook that can do real work for days on a single charge.
Until it thermal throttles and cuts down to half its normal performance which even the M1 Macbook Pro will do. I like ARM but Apple is not going to be the one to make ARM widespread.
An iphone walks all over the best from intel or amd on prores decode and encode. A phone will frogstomp the best desktop processors available. It's not a little difference, the M1 blows them away.
Show me a gpu renderer that works on Mac using gpus more than 1 year old. To use Nvidia, you need to lock updates and run a 4 year old OS to make them function. To use amd that's older than the latest generation, there's nothing. That's moving the creatives away from Mac in droves.
Macs are PCs too. Non-apple computers can at least be fixed when something breaks but Apple will either charge you astronomical amount or tell you go fuck yourself and buy a new one.
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