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[muddi900]

Originally Posted by Serapth

Its idiots like this that make reading Apple related press almost intolerable.


Look, Apple innovated a shittier version of DLNA 2 years later!

Man wired has been circling the toilet for a long time now.

That was Gizmodo, they have always sucked.

[Serapth]

Originally Posted by muddi900

That was Gizmodo, they have always sucked.

No, my link didn't post correctly...

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/...-cord-cutting/

[Slack3r78]

Originally Posted by J Arcane

Its because they used to be, or at least
Could be counted in to deliver very polished, well-designed oses.

Now they just seem to be throwing handfuls of bullshit at the wall hoping it sticks, and since they're gaining market all the while, they get away with it.

They've become Microsoft, basically.

Well, and like I said upthread, they haven't really done anything all that interesting since 10.5, which was 5 years ago. The competition has not only caught up with them, but generally surpassed them in that time.

When your OS is a major reason for charging a price premium, it kind of needs to be better.

[J Arcane]

Originally Posted by Slack3r78

Well, and like I said upthread, they haven't really done anything all that interesting since 10.5, which was 5 years ago. The competition has not only caught up with them, but generally surpassed them in that time.

When your OS is a major reason for charging a price premium, it kind of needs to be better.

Yup. Windows 7 is, frankly, more effort already than Apple has put into an OS since 10.5.

Which is sad, because, as I've said many times before, I think 10.5 is the best OS I have ever used.

[jeffbax]

Originally Posted by J Arcane

Yup. Windows 7 is, frankly, more effort already than Apple has put into an OS since 10.5.

Which is sad, because, as I've said many times before, I think 10.5 is the best OS I have ever used.

Extremely disagree. Effort in regard to progress from the last version maybe, but OS X is still way ahead in terms of robustness and usability. I use Win7 more than any other OS and it is a never ending barrage of "how in the hell did they think this was a remotely good design decision" moments. Honestly, they can't even guarantee a consistent save dialog across all the software.

Still ultimately a souped up Civic to Apple's BMW.

[Slack3r78]

Originally Posted by jeffbax

OS X is still way ahead in terms of robustness

Are you kidding? OS X's memory manager is terrible. God help you if you hit swap, which is way easier to do with X than NT6 or Linux.

I guess you could mean something else by robustness. I'm defining it as "doesn't shit the bed when you actually try to do something."