I'm sorry but that is really a big pile of bullcrap. I am also seeing a lot of the developments with Apple critical, getting rid of the headphone jack on the iPhone and many other really bad decisions but Windows 10 is really an OS from hell and I will probably be staying on Windows 7 (which I have to use for some apps) forever. If anything I see myself being forced to migrate to linux one day. But this day has not come, yet.
Windows 10 isn't good, but isn't bad either. What I dislike the most is that it's redesigned to a certain level, but once you go into depth you all of the sudden hit UI from Windows 95 times. This is something you wouldn't encounter on a Mac system. But other than that, I actually don't have any gripes with it, the usability is on par with Mac all in all.
This hasn't been that way only a couple of years ago. Apple has piece by piece lost consistency out of it's sight, therefore compromising it's primary strength, usability. If I look at OSX nowadays, I see a huge amount of inconsistent keyboard shortcuts, inconsistent drag and drop behaviour, inconsistent touch mechanics (even in build in apps, like swipe to delete), unused force touch integration into system layer (this thing is capable of giving so much distinct feedback and yet the only thing utilised is the strong press for detail view - also with minor inconsistencies).
The Touch Bar is basically abandoned and not explored any further since Apple decided not to iterate anymore, even though tools like Touch Tool clearly show that there's potential for improvement.
Then there's a lot of bugs, that don't seem to be fixed at all. Preview displays pdfs and pngs with artefacts since a long time already, even though safari has no problem with them. FCPX has some really weird behaviour sometimes when it just can't fetch frames from the timeline anymore until I remake the whole project again (!!!). Touch Bar crashing occasionally, since it's release 2 years ago (!!!). The update policy of these products doesn't give me the impression, that Apple gives a single **** either.
And then there's all the hardware issues: mediocre battery life, keyboard failing, cheaping out on thermal grease, bad thermal design due to thinness. I look at this 3000$ expensive equipment and I simply don't see at all how it is even remotely worth that money. 1500... maybe 2000$ for the top of the line display.
Yes, you will encounter all these things in Windows as well, but then where's the point staying with Apple. With Windows I get a touch UI which actually IS useful, I get the freedom of choosing up to date hardware, I get a more open source oriented company culture, I get a more transparent relationship to the costumer... I get a mostly production oriented environment.
UX was all that kept me with Apple all the time. But if nowadays one of the key features is a dynamic desktop which I spend 10sec daily on, this is just a joke. It shows how far out of touch Apple is with the professional user base. This whole update to me seems to be rather targeted at consumers.
The iPad Pro on the other hand is a great product. And I think it proves even more, that Apple actually doesn't really want to keep the Desktop line alive. Just grab as much cash as possible with the minimum amount of investment required.
It's such a shame, I look at my 13" 2013 MBP and keep thinking how much of a better experience it was than my 15" 2017 MBP. Being roughly 1/3 the price...
