I wasn&#x27;t sure how to answer this yesterday. I never experienced Apple&#x27;s &quot;better days&quot; as I&#x27;ve been developing in Windows for the last 20 years. Apple&#x27;s current days, well, they seem pretty good for my needs, but I wasn&#x27;t paying attention during the times you&#x27;re talking about.<p>I suppose when I need real control I would look to, say, OpenBSD instead, which I prefer to use remotely from a very pleasant and very predictable - but not super-powerful - Apple machine. Our needs, I&#x27;m sure, are not the same.