It was literally a completely different operating systemIt was but it was still a point release.
It was literally a completely different operating systemIt was but it was still a point release.
It was just Windows NT reskinned for the consumer market.
XP was based on the Windows 2000 kernel. It was a point release.It was literally a completely different operating system
Ah, I see your confusion. The Win9x tree ended with Windows ME and XP was a derivative of Windows 2000 <- NT 4.0 <- NT 3.5.x, etc. They simply reskinned Windows 2000 with the shipping Win9x skin and shipped it as XP.Which is a transition from one architecture to another
Let's hope not. I rather like John Gruber's closing thoughts on this from his latest Podcast episode:Tahoe could be the "jump the shark" moment for macOS. :-(
there's a certain wave that needs to crest here and that hopefully is sort of cresting with the OS 26s
So right now Apple are reducing the quality of the UX on screen based devices for the sake of a very small number of VR users. And even those users might not appreciate it, given that VR and screen devices are inherently different form factors with unique considerations.
Agreed. I don't get why of all the 'materials' that they could have chosen, glass was believed to be have been the best for an operating system. This seems counter-productive and I've yet to hear/read one good reason for why it's an improvement over what we currently have.
Ah, I see your confusion. The Win9x tree ended with Windows ME and XP was a derivative of Windows 2000 <- NT 4.0 <- NT 3.5.x, etc. They simply reskinned Windows 2000 with the shipping Win9x skin and shipped it as XP.
Amen brother - so many complainers here. I guess what they say is true, change is hard for most peopleWhy on earth are we reviewing a beta?
Apple Silicon gives every device a ton of GPU horsepower. But gaming is a dead end on Mac
How much can you turn this all off? This thread is scaring meIts running down my battery on my M4 Macbook Air. I had to reduce transparency under accessibility.
Yeah, this is the most anti-Apple Apple site on the web. It seems like the majority of commenters here are Mac users who prefer Windows and/or iPhone users who prefer Android, and who consistently cheer Apple’s opponents in any lawsuit. Just buy yourselves a Windows computer and an Android phone already, and stop stinking up the comment section.When I see the thread titles of this forum, it's a whole new definition of negativity. Judging by those, Apple should never have existed. That's why I have "Featured" off and only engage with threads occasionally.
Yeah, this is the most anti-Apple Apple site on the web. It seems like the majority of commenters here are Mac users who prefer Windows and/or iPhone users who prefer Android, and who consistently cheer Apple’s opponents in any lawsuit. Just buy yourselves a Windows computer and an Android phone already, and stop stinking up the comment section.
All of the Mac OS X versions have been released in September since OS X El Capitan (2015)We're on the fourth developer beta and first public beta of macOS Tahoe, which means we're getting closer to the launch version that's set to come out in September.
New macOS versions tend to come out in October. September is usually iPhone month. October or November is typically Mac month. Apple likes to put out new versions of their OS’es when they introduce new hardware.
Apple has shown this "background extension effect" for macOS in one of the developer videos. They do seem to encourage it at least for apps that fill the window with artwork:But now, where possible, Apple is encouraging actual window content behind the sidebar. Obviously obscuring your own content would be bad, so they're literally going out of their way with programmatic hacks, like this iPadOS example where the system will dynamically mirror and blur the content to extend behind the sidebar. (This example is on an iPad, but the effect "backgroundExtensionEffect()" is available for all platforms, interestingly.
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Don't get me wrong. The option on the left looks terrible. The option on the right is better, but still, pretty terrible and hackey.
IMO they should flip between a drawer in normal windowed mode and a floating sidebar in full-screen mode (and perhaps in windowed mode if there’s not enough room for the drawer).This begs the question why Apple felt the need to force this floating sidebar design on all apps. They should have reserved it for apps with full-window content, like Maps.
I despise Win 11 with a passion. My current work issued laptop came to me 2-3 years ago with Win 10. I could go weeks without needing a reboot, just put it to sleep. Since IT forced down 11, some days I need 2-3 reboots. On average though I’d say I have to reboot at least once a week. It’s not just me either, my coworkers all have the same experience.How much can you turn this all off? This thread is scaring me
I’ve thought recently about dipping my toes back into Windows — which I migrated from 20 years ago — due to the sad state of Apple AI. I have a Windows VM running for Quicken (Mac version still doesn’t have feature parity), and I rather like the UI look of Windows 11, tho admittedly I haven’t really used the OS itself a lot. And Quicken still looks very dated FWIW.
But things on macOS to me keep getting progressively worse in a lot of ways. The fact thst I’ve already looked into PC laptops a couple months back to get an idea of what is out there is something I couldn’t imagine five years ago I would have done now under any circumstances.
And yet here I am.
No, there were three released in October and one in November. The November release was due to delays due to what was going on in 2020. The two prior to El Capitan were also in October.All of the Mac OS X versions have been released in September since OS X El Capitan (2015)