macOS 10.15 Vista
Maybe we <i>should</i> be angry?<p>Apple has been neglecting OS X since Snow Leopard, thinking that iOS is the only thing worth investing in. Microsoft apparently agrees -- they chopped up the Windows team last year, pushing out the Windows chief and dumping the remaining re-orged husk under Azure. Just for security reasons alone, it should be terrifying that there isn&#x27;t a standalone Windows group anymore.<p>Windows hasn&#x27;t been usable since 7; the current version literally requires you to let it reboot itself on a 9-5 schedule. And now this with Apple, <i>again</i>.<p>Can we move on already? Most of us spend at least half of our waking hours interacting with a desktop operating system, most of us use either OS X or Windows, and yet <i>both</i> of these companies have made it clear that their desktop OSes are no longer a priority! Why are so many of us still putting up with this?<p>I know people like to knock Linux-on-the-desktop, but you know what? I can go buy a Thinkpad, spend 20 minutes putting Debian or Ubuntu on it, and it&#x27;ll just work, and I&#x27;ll get software updates forever. I used to care about flashy widgets back when Gnome was cloning old OS X features, but now I just use XFCE because it looks reasonable, it works, and it stays the fuck out of my way. And when there are bugs, people make a little noise, and then they get fixed. Remind me again what version of bash Apple ships? I don&#x27;t have the time or the energy to work around that crap anymore.