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MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?

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2031 points jrk | 2 comments | 22 May 20 15:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.414s | source
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konart ◴[22 May 20 16:41 UTC] No.23273993[source]▶
I've been using linux distros (~5 years of Ubuntu and ~3 years of Arch) before switching to macOS somewhere around 2013-2014. And now years later I'm thinking about moving back. But every time I'm think about this I start with digging about current Linux situation and every time I realise than it is still a horrible system for anything outside of work, especially if you can't really do without a decent UI\UX.

Apple's ecosystem is also an issue. iOS + macOS is still much better than anything on the market (no alternatives really).

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formercoder ◴[22 May 20 16:43 UTC] No.23274024[source]▶
PC + WSL + somewhat illicit OS X VM has been a dream for me as a former Mac user.
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konart ◴[22 May 20 17:00 UTC] No.23274273[source]▶
My mother asked me to help her out with her win 10 installation on her work notebook. This was terrible.

UI is still inconsistent between apps, sometimes it feels like you are using 3 different OS from 3 different time periods. But you can get used to that I guess.

OS settings are still a strange place created to make an average user (or someone who haven't been using the OS for more than a decade) feel as an idiot.

No, amount the Big Three - Windows is the last place I'd look moving too. At least Linux gives me freedom at the expense of UI\UX. Windows give me... well games. I can't thing of any other reason to install linux except competitive gaming.

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1. formercoder ◴[22 May 20 17:32 UTC] No.23274694[source]▶
Interesting it’s possible that we have different priorities, but I’m not bothered by UI inconsistencies. I use chrome, office, adobe suite, a trading application, games, VSCode, they all have different interfaces that I know how to navigate. I agree that the settings can be tough. Half the time you are in “new” stuff and half the time you’re pulling up the screens from XP. I just google what I need to do though, and never have trouble getting it done.
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2. konart ◴[22 May 20 18:10 UTC] No.23275127[source]▶
> priorities

Not priorities but rather attitude maybe? (Not sure if the best word but this is the best I can think of with my english, hopefully it doesn't sound offensive or tactless)

Imagine you have a car. Great engine, relatively comfortable seats, a new set of tires and a body so ugly you want to ram it into a wall everytime you are behind the wheel. It does its job well but you do not enjoy the time with.

Being able to enjoy my time with a device or an OS (or any other thing or person for that matter) is what I want. Obviously sometimes the issue is on my part.