Dan_Dilger

canukstorm said:

Rajka said:

I'm sorry, but I cannot justify the iMac as a prosumer Mac. I want my Mac to be readily repairable, upgradable and expandable. You know, like they were under Steve Jobs. I don't mind paying a small premium for that as long as the build quality is there, but double retail? Uh, no.

It was under Steve Jobs that the un-upgradeable, un-repairable, and un-expandable iMac was conceived.  It was the first consumer product released under his leadership when he returned to Apple in the late 90's.

Yes, and while under Jobs the white plastic 2006 5G iMac and its Intel replacement tried out a repairable case with user-replaceable everything, that pretty clearly failed because it ended up driving unnecessary replacement of parts. Most people don't know how to troubleshoot or fix things. So under Jobs, the iMac turned into a sleek aluminum case that was minimally accessible and user upgradable. A year after he passed the iMac got thinner, a design that was clearly in the labs when he was alive. 

burnside said:

Maybe it was 5 years ago when we suggested Apple had a roadmap where MacOS and iOS would merge? Maybe we saw a leaked memo? Or maybe discussed on these forums? Nevertheless, they appear to be following through with that plan. MacBooks with A-series chipsets are around the corner. 

Rather than merging, Apple is defining new OS categories to define specific experiences: watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, and despite lots of shared code, each of Apple's platforms is increasingly specializing.

crowley said:

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crowley said:

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What 32 bit apps do you use? 

Games mainly, most of which will never be updated https://www.macgamerhq.com/opinion/32-bit-mac-games/

So you spend a lot of time playing "Unreal Tournament 2004," and "Quake 4" from 2005? BullCrowley!

The newest games on that list are many years old. If you want to play AAA Mac video games from the 2000s, go buy an old Mac at a pawn shop. 

But you don't really play ancient games do you? Sounds like you just dredged up a list of discontinued games and are trying to promote the idea anyone cares and that Apple is doomed for 32-bits. Or perhaps you're an ML algorithm trained on comment section FUD?

Whoops, and there was me thinking you were asking a genuine question in good faith. My mistake!

I play old games sometimes, sorry not sorry that you have trouble believing that. The link I posted was just something I found, it’s by no means an exhaustive list of everything that will be rendered incompatible, or a list of games I play.

I guess I could go buy an old Mac at a pawn shop, but why would I when I could use my existing Mac and just not update it to Catalina?  Why do you care so much about whether I upgrade my machine or not?

If there were actually a real person who enjoyed playing 2000-era Mac AAA video games, and they were asked what games they actually played, they would rattle off a few titles and explain why they liked them, not post a link to discontinued games they googled, then wave their hands and complain about how they were victimized by not being believed, and then admit their earlier response was total bullshit, and then change the subject without ever mentioning a single example of a ten year old Mac video game they ever might want to actually boot up for fun in 2019. You are so phony I am embarrassed for you. 

canukstorm said:

Looks like one of Catalina's big features is off to a rocky start

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-08/apple-s-merged-ipad-mac-apps-leave-developers-uneasy-users-paying-twice

That is the most absurd, ridiculous article Gurman has ever crapped together. 

wallym said:

After updating, several of my third party development tools and programs no longer work.  These aren't 32 bit programs, but 64 bit apps.  Does Apple even test things?

Third parties are supposed to test and prepare their code to work with the latest version of the platform. That's what the 4 month beta period is for.