[Synthx]

I agree that Windows is a steaming pile of shit, but so is OSX imo. You summed it up pretty well, OSX is essentially a shitty Unix flavor.

I think I speak for a good chunk of the forum when I say that Apple, Microsoft, and Google's use of telemetry is absurd and unnecessary, and there's ways around it with the latter two, but Apple is hellbent on cloud-centering everything.

I back that the UI is garbage. Yes, it streamlines some tasks, but if you're not exactly Apple's demographic, there's bound to be plenty of things you have to click around for ages to find. All in all, Windows and OSX both blow, but as least Windows is somewhat customizable.

Also, prices and hardware. Fuck that. If I'm paying $2800 for a laptop, I expect more than what the Macbook Pro offers.

I somewhat agree with you, once you get off using a mac for a while, you really get to know it well. I dont really have much trouble navigating around mine. About that customization, yeah.. Apple needs to suck some dick or something, at least make it to where you can change your cursor, or maybe even the system font, maybe even the dock theme..

[Blink]

I agree that Windows is a steaming pile of shit, but so is OSX imo. You summed it up pretty well, OSX is essentially a shitty Unix flavor.

I think I speak for a good chunk of the forum when I say that Apple, Microsoft, and Google's use of telemetry is absurd and unnecessary, and there's ways around it with the latter two, but Apple is hellbent on cloud-centering everything.

I back that the UI is garbage. Yes, it streamlines some tasks, but if you're not exactly Apple's demographic, there's bound to be plenty of things you have to click around for ages to find. All in all, Windows and OSX both blow, but as least Windows is somewhat customizable.

Also, prices and hardware. Fuck that. If I'm paying $2800 for a laptop, I expect more than what the Macbook Pro offers.

I somewhat agree with you, once you get off using a mac for a while, you really get to know it well. I dont really have much trouble navigating around mine. About that customization, yeah.. Apple needs to suck some dick or something, at least make it to where you can change your cursor, or maybe even the system font, maybe even the dock theme..

You CAN do that shit, but it's hard.

[Synthx]

You CAN do that shit, but it's hard.

Whats hard, navigating through the system? If you need some tips on how to move around more quickly, just PM me, and I will teach ya some things.

[Blink]

You CAN do that shit, but it's hard.

Whats hard, navigating through the system? If you need some tips on how to move around more quickly, just PM me, and I will teach ya some things.

Nope, themeing shit without paying for it.

/r/osxtweaks is helpful tho

[Synthx]

I found something called GeekTool recently, you can code the "geeklets" in bash. I have a pretty nice setup tbh, all I really want is the volume thing..

[Blink]

I found something called GeekTool recently, you can code the "geeklets" in bash. I have a pretty nice setup tbh, all I really want is the volume thing..

A similar open source tool is Ubersicht. http://tracesof.net/uebersicht/


My setup:

(Please go to http://a.sinister.ly and unblock it to view this and other images)

EDIT: I now have the wallpaper alternate between red and grey every 5 minutes.


Let's continue over PM's so we don't crowd the thread.

[Inori]

I found something called GeekTool recently, you can code the "geeklets" in bash. I have a pretty nice setup tbh, all I really want is the volume thing..

A similar open source tool is Ubersicht. http://tracesof.net/uebersicht/

My setup:
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(Please go to http://a.sinister.ly and unblock it to view this and other images)

Let's continue over PM's so we don't crowd the thread.

Oh shit, dat me Looks far better than vanilla mac desktop, but there's still a long way to go.

[Yaiba]

I thought you said that Linux was better than mac why did you switch?

[Blink]

I thought you said that Linux was better than mac why did you switch?

I wanted to try something new

[insidious]

I've considered switching to MacOS but i feel like I've used arch/Linux WMs for so long it would be too much of a pain and I'd end up wiping everything and installing Linux anyway. Which in that case I may as well get a comparable laptop for a bit less of the price.

Can you even install a WM on Mac? Maybe if there's some option for that I'd go for it. Though I'd miss the flexibility of Pacman. So easy to just 'packer packagename' and get whatever you need w/ gpg signage