No More Mac Tweaking?

netphilter writes "Apple is trying to "close the operating system to tweakers" according to this story on Wired. The addition of the BSD kernel and the command line left me thinking that they were trying to open the OS a bit more to tweakers, not close it. I'm not a Mac user, but I have been thinking about trying out OS X. However, if Apple is trying to CLOSE the OS (contrary to the impression that I had) then I'm not going to waste my time." Jamie adds: life may be harder for them, I guess, but many developers are still tweaking Mac OS X.

Comments

Good

[Anonymous Coward]

I closed my apartment to tweakers, and suddenly my stuff stopped disappearing!

redesign

[carpe_noctem]

You know, apple.slashdot.org should redesign the graphics on their site, just for spite. ;)

Re:Easy console access, plugins, hacks

[foobar104]

Hardware tweaks are very difficult though - no conventional changable BIOS. How are hardware upgrades done on Macs?

They're tough. You have to do a really complex installation process known in Mac circles as "plugging the fucking thing in."

you almost forgot

[commodoresloat]

to whine about how many buttons the mouse has.

Re:Apple shows it's true colors

[foobar104]

Can somebody tell me the difference between Apple and Microsoft other than the fact that Apple has less market share?

Apple has taste.

(Apologies to Steve J.)

Re:Apple...

[Rader]

Wow, removing that stupid favorites heart and changing scroll arrows is really some serious tweaking.

Zexplain zis drag and drop you zpeak of...

Re:Double standard?

[Dolly_Llama]

If an API is undocumented because it's internal to the OS it's OK, but if it's undocumented to give you an edge over other application vendors then it's wrong.

But I thought MSIE was internal to the OS.... oh it's all so confusing...

Re:Double standard?

[MaxVlast]

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks really makes me think of a mobster's hideout with "Secret Hideout" written over the door in the old Batman TV series.

Yea, offtopic, but I wanted to share.

Re:Apples Target Market

[Anonymous Coward]

That's easy real art is the opposite of fake art, which is plastic surgery, which is really fake boobies. Therefore natural boobies is real art.

Re:Yet more speculation running as news.

[MaxVlast]

"Maybe Apple should have looked at the flame wars RedHat provoked with their attempt to create a "common" user look-and-feel between KDE and Gnome."

I think they did and happily realized that they just didn't need to bother with such fuss. They already have a common look and feel and are quite happy with it, thank-you-very-much.

Re:Apples Target Market

[Dirk Pitt]

Who said, "The reasonable person adapts..."

George Bernard Shaw, and I don't think he had turning all of your Mac icons into pictures of Ellen Feiss in mind.

Re:Ok Everybuddy!!!!!

[BitGeek]

1.2mhz != 2.8ghz *EVER*

Thus I remain steadfast in my conviction that anti-apple idiots don't understand the basics of computers operation or architecture.

Its All Very, Very Simple.

[Bowie J. Poag]

• The logic is obvious. Apple, as a company, has no intention of trying to be a better than it already isn't.

And yeah, you can quote me on that.

Re:A step backwards...

[geek]

"according to people I have talked to OS X doesn't cut it."

Word of mouth doesn't constitute research. You will learn this in college thankfully. So you are excused for the time being.

These people were? Let me guess, the typical /. macintosh biggots right?

Re:I too know a lot of artists

[DavidRavenMoon]

In fact I'm hard pressed to think of a single proprietary protocol or otherwise that is in use in any modern mac.

<sarcasm>

I know one. The single button mouse!

</sarcasm>

(reality distortion field cost extra)