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MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?

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2031 points jrk | 1 comments | 22 May 20 15:39 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ronyfadel ◴[22 May 20 16:05 UTC] No.23273550[source]▶
I hope Apple currently has a team focused on macOS perf.

I worked on the team in charge of improving iOS (13) perf at Apple and IIRC there was no dedicated macOS “task force” like the one on iOS.

Luckily some iOS changes permeated into macOS thanks to some shared codebases.

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pier25 ◴[22 May 20 16:12 UTC] No.23273626[source]▶
> IIRC there was no dedicated macOS “task force” like the one on iOS

It's not surprising. Macs are less than 10% of Apple's revenue.

https://www.macrumors.com/2020/04/30/apple-2q-2020-earnings/

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valuearb ◴[22 May 20 20:26 UTC] No.23276536[source]▶
Apples Macintosh division is the most profitable PC company in the world and has been for at least a decade. In fact, Macintosh is likely more profitable than all other PC companies combined.

Less than 10% is no excuse.

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1. pier25 ◴[23 May 20 03:33 UTC] No.23279645[source]▶
Like I said in another comment, is not about the revenue per se, but it's undeniable that the more popular iOS is the less Apple cares about the Mac.