zer0defex
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Comment · 9 years ago
So buy an Apple and make it look like a Dell. Seems like a winner. /s
Comment · 10 years ago
Guess I'm the odd one out then, I have never and will never use public wifi networks. I don't even trust connecting through client's office wifi networks. On the rare occasion I have no other option in work situations in client offices, I'll use a VPN through a virtual machine completely isolated from my host environment. It's just not worth the risk. Always wear digital condoms folks.
Comment · 10 years ago
Was hoping this was referring to Johnny Cage of Mortal Kombat fame. Left disappointed.
Comment · 10 years ago
Oh, no, definitely not. You're right, that would be absolutely ridiculous. The base 10+ apps or so I mentioned earlier are listed a bit further down in this thread here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12555847
That said, Linux is looking more and more appealing every OSX release and with how much I use it already via docker containers, virtual machines and the like, that will probably be my next move if Apple continues removing power user features from OSX while letting software release quality continue it's decline. There are some amazing open source alternatives available for the vast majority of apps on that list that I've been testing for months now as I honestly don't believe Apple really wants to change to meet the needs of yesterdays power users anymore.
Comment · 10 years ago
This is the entire list from my last install: http://pastebin.com/raw/hrYYMJPi
The base apps I almost always start with are:
- Moom (advanced window management)
- Hyperdock (window previews when hovering over dock apps)
- Amphetamine (stop mac from sleeping)
- Alfred (app launcher on steroids)
- FormatMatch (fast toggle copy/paste behavior to include or not text formatting)
- TotalTerminal (drop-down terminal like Quake's console)
- TotalFinder (dual-pane functionality in Finder)
- Radio Silence (simple outgoing app firewall, less annoying than Little Snitch)
- 1Password (everything OSX's keychain should be)
- Parallels (virtualization, it's still a Windows world)
Comment · 10 years ago
Sure, here's the entire list from my last clean install:
Comment · 10 years ago
You mentioned the first two on the list, why not the rest? Oh... right... including those paints a very different picture:
Retina MacBook Pro: 491 days since last release
Mac Pro: 1007 days since last release
Macbook Pro: 1563 days since last release
Mac Mini: 706 days since last release
Macbook Air: 562 days since last release
To be fair, the non-retina Macbook Pro and Macbook Air should be removed from the list as their place in the product line is now occupied by the Retina Macbook Pro and Macbook respectively.
That still leaves us with some pretty major product lines looking quite neglected.
Comment · 10 years ago
No, I wouldn't say it's fine and haven't been - my HN comment history will attest to that. OSX is showing it's age more and more every year. Yosemite. El Capitan. Sierra. You may as well have labeled them iOS integration package 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2.
I have to install at minimum 10+ 3rd-party apps on a clean OSX install just to reach baseline feature parity with other modern operating systems these days.
Comment · 10 years ago
As a fellow Apple power user, I share your sentiment regarding the sarcasm. It seems like a change happened in the past few years that to love something, means to love it unconditionally, to the point that you must be blind to it's weaknesses and flaws. Blind to the point that to acknowledge them or, gasp, speak of them, is sacrilege. That's a movement I simply can't buy into. How can anything improve if it can't even acknowledge and be honest with itself about what it's weaknesses and failings are?
Introspection isn't always pleasant, but it's quite often the path toward becoming something better.
Comment · 10 years ago
Can you honestly say Apple products "just work" anymore?