They are probably talking about the company as a whole. Back when there were easter eggs and the UI was more raw, yet more "approachable".
I stopped using Apple Macintosh OS after Snow Leopard, aftger they started making it more difficult than necessary to access the full power of the Unix underpinnings. In some way, I miss Macintosh OS 7.5, 8, and 9 more than OS X.
No it makes sense. MacOS is neither a good enough Unix nor is it a good enough Mac OS. There’s a lot to like about either Unix or System 7, many of which aren’t very well reflected in modern MacOS.
I don’t know what you’re talking about as modern macOS is fantastic for both of those things. I sense nostalgia and rose tinted glasses winning over the facts here.
I'm sure there's lots of creative people there, but unfortunately they work for a company that seems to determined to just keep going back to the well over and over
Don't be so harsh. There's a lot of great people working there, committed to make great computers and software. It's not an easy task.
They are probably talking about the company as a whole. Back when there were easter eggs and the UI was more raw, yet more "approachable".
I stopped using Apple Macintosh OS after Snow Leopard, aftger they started making it more difficult than necessary to access the full power of the Unix underpinnings. In some way, I miss Macintosh OS 7.5, 8, and 9 more than OS X.
You're mad about lack of Unix power, but pine for OS 7.5?
No it makes sense. MacOS is neither a good enough Unix nor is it a good enough Mac OS. There’s a lot to like about either Unix or System 7, many of which aren’t very well reflected in modern MacOS.
I don’t know what you’re talking about as modern macOS is fantastic for both of those things. I sense nostalgia and rose tinted glasses winning over the facts here.
Remember the NeXT OS didn't come with X support. Not being like mainstream UNIX has always been a core design principle.
They just brought back Clarus the Dogcow a couple years ago.
I'm sure there's lots of creative people there, but unfortunately they work for a company that seems to determined to just keep going back to the well over and over
This is such an old man shakes fist at cloud statement