I've been one of the persons myself who switched to Macs in 2005 and I've just started considering coming back to Linux about ten days ago. I've been heavy into selecting a distribution that I like, and trying out all the current desktops and wms to see what I would choose. I've also started looking at laptops that might be good for linux usage. System76 comes to mind, and even though a MacBook is in a whole different league in terms of design and build quality I think that the prospect of buying a 'designed for linux' laptop is quite appealing to me. The switch will happen this year for me, and my reasons are largely because development of OS X has started to clearly take a back seat on Apples To-Do list. I've been a hardcore user, always on the latest betas, throughout my entire time using OS X, because I like to be cutting edge even if that means sacrificing some 'just works'. However the last releases have slowed down teremndously. OS X is no longer the pool of innovation and quality that it once was. My computer rush sluggish as hell. Chrome is by far the slowest on this platform and it basically feels by now as if my MacBook Air is taxed to 95 by even just looking at it these days. This is not because it is such a terrible old machine, but because OS X has become such a slow slug compared to earlier versions like Tiger. I don't really mind that they are iOSifying Mac OS a bit, I actually liked the things like the new full screen mode. The iOS-home-screen-like Launchpad is of course utter rubbish, but also doesn't get in my way. It is however a good example of how bad ideas are making it into a final product these days at Apple while that wasn't the case years ago. Launchpad is aimed at a beginner user but beginners don't find it particularily clear or simple to use. 'Why do I have a lot of icons down there on my dock and then even more of those behind this button???' It's usability is lacking. The gesture for bringing it up is highly annoying and doesn't work most of the times. In short: It's confusing for a beginner, and it's annoying for a enthusiast. So who exactly does this feature target? My RAM usage?
If my car were to drive fully on it's own, then yes - automatic collision prevention is a must - but a car that tries to make a guess about what I'm going to do and takes control away from me in a very shitty situation is definitely a horrible idea.
I've been a web developer for 16 years now and I can only agree with your son on this.
The markup written in HTML is way better handled by hand, as is the CSS.
JavaScript is where the logic comes in. It's a programming language like any other and you as the coder could benefit from a IDE that allows refactoring, debugging, code completion etc, but I haven't seen anything yet that I really liked int his regard.
There is also Dart, a replacement for JavaScript that fixes many of its problems, that comes with it's own IDE, which is way more full-featured than anything I've seen so far for JavaScript itself. (Dart is then compiled into JavaScript so that it runs in all browsers.)
If someone needs motivation by gamification in his job then it's just clear that they are just doing the wrong thing for them. If companies introduce gamification into their workplaces all this tells me is that they know that they hire people who don't belong there in order to pretend to do something but in reality nobody is interested in actually doing anything.
The readers of a PC magazine is not the target market of PC markers. Sad but true.
The mass market are customers that don't read a PC magazine, and I know nobody from that group of people who DON'T want a glossy screen.
... especially when high-bit-rate AAC is generally inaudibly different from CD quality, and in fact, the 96kHz ones apple has started selling for some artists surpass CD quality, despite the compression...
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I've been one of the persons myself who switched to Macs in 2005 and I've just started considering coming back to Linux about ten days ago. I've been heavy into selecting a distribution that I like, and trying out all the current desktops and wms to see what I would choose. I've also started looking at laptops that might be good for linux usage. System76 comes to mind, and even though a MacBook is in a whole different league in terms of design and build quality I think that the prospect of buying a 'designed for linux' laptop is quite appealing to me. The switch will happen this year for me, and my reasons are largely because development of OS X has started to clearly take a back seat on Apples To-Do list. I've been a hardcore user, always on the latest betas, throughout my entire time using OS X, because I like to be cutting edge even if that means sacrificing some 'just works'. However the last releases have slowed down teremndously. OS X is no longer the pool of innovation and quality that it once was. My computer rush sluggish as hell. Chrome is by far the slowest on this platform and it basically feels by now as if my MacBook Air is taxed to 95 by even just looking at it these days. This is not because it is such a terrible old machine, but because OS X has become such a slow slug compared to earlier versions like Tiger. I don't really mind that they are iOSifying Mac OS a bit, I actually liked the things like the new full screen mode. The iOS-home-screen-like Launchpad is of course utter rubbish, but also doesn't get in my way. It is however a good example of how bad ideas are making it into a final product these days at Apple while that wasn't the case years ago. Launchpad is aimed at a beginner user but beginners don't find it particularily clear or simple to use. 'Why do I have a lot of icons down there on my dock and then even more of those behind this button???' It's usability is lacking. The gesture for bringing it up is highly annoying and doesn't work most of the times. In short: It's confusing for a beginner, and it's annoying for a enthusiast. So who exactly does this feature target? My RAM usage?
If my car were to drive fully on it's own, then yes - automatic collision prevention is a must - but a car that tries to make a guess about what I'm going to do and takes control away from me in a very shitty situation is definitely a horrible idea.
I've been a web developer for 16 years now and I can only agree with your son on this. The markup written in HTML is way better handled by hand, as is the CSS. JavaScript is where the logic comes in. It's a programming language like any other and you as the coder could benefit from a IDE that allows refactoring, debugging, code completion etc, but I haven't seen anything yet that I really liked int his regard. There is also Dart, a replacement for JavaScript that fixes many of its problems, that comes with it's own IDE, which is way more full-featured than anything I've seen so far for JavaScript itself. (Dart is then compiled into JavaScript so that it runs in all browsers.)
I'm sorry for everyone who is wasting time working on this ...
If someone needs motivation by gamification in his job then it's just clear that they are just doing the wrong thing for them. If companies introduce gamification into their workplaces all this tells me is that they know that they hire people who don't belong there in order to pretend to do something but in reality nobody is interested in actually doing anything.
horrible imo.
The readers of a PC magazine is not the target market of PC markers. Sad but true. The mass market are customers that don't read a PC magazine, and I know nobody from that group of people who DON'T want a glossy screen.
... especially when high-bit-rate AAC is generally inaudibly different from CD quality, and in fact, the 96kHz ones apple has started selling for some artists surpass CD quality, despite the compression...
This is simply wrong.
lol I fully agree :)