Let the Macalope be clear here: while he prefers iOS, he will defend to the death anyone's right to choose to use another platform.
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OK, not really to the death. Come on. These are smartphones we're talking about. To the hang nail. He will defend your right… to the hang nail.
Which is a bad example since hoofed animals don't get hang nails, but you get the gist of the level of discomfort he's will to go to.
Writing for Fast Company, Mark Wilson says 'Life Without The iPhone Is Pretty Damn Great.' (Tip o' the antlers to Paul and @designheretic.)
OK. Life with it isn't so bad, either.
And I don't think I'm ever going back.
Understood. Enjoy.
No, seriously. Look at me, I'm going now. Bye. I'm going. Here I go. Goodbye. So long. Hey. Hey. Taking off. Just gonna… go. Hello?
OK, the Macalope made up that quote. Completely fabricated. But he feels it's directionally correct for this article.
A lot has happened to me in the past month. I had a beautiful baby girl.
Mazel tov!
I started cold brewing coffee.
I make my own blender mayonnaise. I knitted a cat. I cleaned out that hall closet and found what was causing the funky smell (Halloween candy from 1991). Also, I shot a man in Reno… but on Kodachrome. You didn't see that coming.
Anyway, not to steal the thunder from Wilson's amazeballs month but he also switched from an iPhone to a Pixel 2.
…if you've already handed your digital life to Google, Android probably makes more sense.
Yes, it does! If you have decided you just don't care about Google scanning your email and rifling through your stuff which, let's face it, they really consider yours and theirs, then why not just be on the platform that also collects your location and sends it back to Google even when location services are turned off? Why not?
The word 'privacy' only appears once in this piece and in a 'Who cares?' context.
At least Google is giving me something back for the privacy trade-off.
As long as you're getting something for your immortal soul, why not enter into that bargain with the Prince of Lies? Hey, if you don't care about one of the signature features of iOS, then vaya con Dios. The thing is, a lot of people do care.
Instead, the first thing that Wilson lists as a plus for Android is that he finds the yellow dot on apps to signify notifications more 'chill' than the red dot used in iOS. You know what's probably even chiller, my dude? Turning off notification badges.
…many Android phones feature a fingerprint unlock on the upper rear of the phone, rather than the front bottom. This allows you to cradle the giant Moses tablet in your hand, rather than pinching it at the bottom and praying it doesn't fall.
If only there were some sort of other option like, oh, just brainstorming here, maybe facial recognition or something. OH, WELL.
Other things Wilson prefers include the ability to put an app anywhere as well as committing your digital life to a heartless, artificial construct designed by what is essentially an advertising company.
Chances are good that, even if you're an Apple loyalist, you still use Google search, Gmail, and even Google Photos or Docs on a daily basis.
The Macalope sure doesn't do that.
Swipe left on Android, and you arrive at a feed of stories that Google already knows you'll be interested in because, let's admit it, Google knows you better than you know yourself.
Google… knows you better than you know yourself. Nothing creepy about that. And, besides, it's not like this hive mind is going to build itself.
Wilson also doesn't mention security. Apple has certainly had a bad month with bugs and hopefully it's just a temporary problem. Android's security woes, on the other hand, are well-trodden territory that are exacerbated by systemic problems with the platform (granted, that are less of an issue on a Pixel).
The point is not that Wilson is making a terrible mistake, though. People are permitted to like what they like and Wilson may be making the right choice for Mark Wilson. However, because he simply casts aside some important differences between the two platforms, his choice isn't very applicable to anyone else.
I've been in IT for years…. 20 odd if you're counting and I've always been a big fan of the Microsoft Windows Operating System. Granted, some have been pretty dire, but I've gone through the motions with all of them to try and immerse myself in the Microsoft dream and to be fair I have enjoyed it…
That being said, over the years I have from time to time dipped my toe into what is known as… ‘The Dark Side'.
I've always thought of it as more of a standalone operating system. I'm not sure why, but many of the companies I've supported over the years have nearly always had Windows environments.
The odd Mac that sat off the network, wasn't controlled by Active Directory and was generally left alone by all the IT bods that visited site.
This was mainly from fear of not actually knowing what the hell they were doing with it.
It's that age-old thing. Once you've touched it, that's it. You touched it last and therefore it's your problem if it breaks again.
Over the years I've owned several Apple laptops and desktops and just seemed to have a fiddle, put it back in the box and that was that.
Goodbye (mezzanine) Mac Os Catalina
It never really clicked in my head what the fascination was with Apple… Just use Windows. It's easier, right?
I've always been an iPhone and iPad user, they just work. So, what's so different with the MacOS?
I factory reset my shiny Microsoft Surface laptop (which I loved) and decided that at 41 I now needed to finally see what all the fuss is about…
Not just have a tinker with it at home but actually work with it … day in day out to see if I could retrain my Microsoft brain to actually use it.
As long as you're getting something for your immortal soul, why not enter into that bargain with the Prince of Lies? Hey, if you don't care about one of the signature features of iOS, then vaya con Dios. The thing is, a lot of people do care.
Instead, the first thing that Wilson lists as a plus for Android is that he finds the yellow dot on apps to signify notifications more 'chill' than the red dot used in iOS. You know what's probably even chiller, my dude? Turning off notification badges.
…many Android phones feature a fingerprint unlock on the upper rear of the phone, rather than the front bottom. This allows you to cradle the giant Moses tablet in your hand, rather than pinching it at the bottom and praying it doesn't fall.
If only there were some sort of other option like, oh, just brainstorming here, maybe facial recognition or something. OH, WELL.
Other things Wilson prefers include the ability to put an app anywhere as well as committing your digital life to a heartless, artificial construct designed by what is essentially an advertising company.
Chances are good that, even if you're an Apple loyalist, you still use Google search, Gmail, and even Google Photos or Docs on a daily basis.
The Macalope sure doesn't do that.
Swipe left on Android, and you arrive at a feed of stories that Google already knows you'll be interested in because, let's admit it, Google knows you better than you know yourself.
Google… knows you better than you know yourself. Nothing creepy about that. And, besides, it's not like this hive mind is going to build itself.
Wilson also doesn't mention security. Apple has certainly had a bad month with bugs and hopefully it's just a temporary problem. Android's security woes, on the other hand, are well-trodden territory that are exacerbated by systemic problems with the platform (granted, that are less of an issue on a Pixel).
The point is not that Wilson is making a terrible mistake, though. People are permitted to like what they like and Wilson may be making the right choice for Mark Wilson. However, because he simply casts aside some important differences between the two platforms, his choice isn't very applicable to anyone else.
I've been in IT for years…. 20 odd if you're counting and I've always been a big fan of the Microsoft Windows Operating System. Granted, some have been pretty dire, but I've gone through the motions with all of them to try and immerse myself in the Microsoft dream and to be fair I have enjoyed it…
That being said, over the years I have from time to time dipped my toe into what is known as… ‘The Dark Side'.
I've always thought of it as more of a standalone operating system. I'm not sure why, but many of the companies I've supported over the years have nearly always had Windows environments.
The odd Mac that sat off the network, wasn't controlled by Active Directory and was generally left alone by all the IT bods that visited site.
This was mainly from fear of not actually knowing what the hell they were doing with it.
It's that age-old thing. Once you've touched it, that's it. You touched it last and therefore it's your problem if it breaks again.
Over the years I've owned several Apple laptops and desktops and just seemed to have a fiddle, put it back in the box and that was that.
Goodbye (mezzanine) Mac Os Catalina
It never really clicked in my head what the fascination was with Apple… Just use Windows. It's easier, right?
I've always been an iPhone and iPad user, they just work. So, what's so different with the MacOS?
I factory reset my shiny Microsoft Surface laptop (which I loved) and decided that at 41 I now needed to finally see what all the fuss is about…
Not just have a tinker with it at home but actually work with it … day in day out to see if I could retrain my Microsoft brain to actually use it.
So, the new Mac arrived on a Tuesday morning, I made a start on running through the setup, and to be fair I have done this many times before so it didn't take too long.
After about 20 mins I was done and logging into Office 365 via the web, pretty straight forward.
It was approaching 11 o'clock and I was due to attend a meeting with an existing customer.
I decided I'd take the Mac with me on a little road trip and see how I got on with it whilst out and about.
So, I shut the lid and out I went.
Be dog do borks mac os. I arrived at the customers site, sat down in the meeting room, opened the lid and pressed the power button. https://free-bet-lines-slot-machines-vegas-jxrvr-online.peatix.com.
After about 5 minutes of repeating this I finally got some message about a failed or corrupt operating system which was just what I wanted. Not.
So back in my bag it went, and I ended up taking notes with a pen and pad…
Now who does that in 2019?
On arrival back to the office I erased the disk and reloaded the operating system from the recovery partition and proceed to set it back up again. 20 mins later I was done and back working, I then proceeded to setup and install all the applications that I required, such as office 2016, antivirus, our Two-Factor Authentication product and various other bits and pieces which to be fair was pretty painless.
I then setup various other system preferences such as being able to unlock the device via my apple watch and finger print reader etc… Again all pretty easy.
Ernst leitz microscope serial numbers. Now the fun began. After years and years of working with Microsoft Office on a windows operating system I thought, how different can it be?
Well if I'm honest it's not THAT much different however, of course, things like windows shortcuts don't work, the menus are different and trying to edit an important PowerPoint for the first time nearly made me change back to my Surface laptop, but I want to persevere with it, after all, it can't be that hard can it?
Goodbye (mezzanine) Mac Os 11
5 days in and I think I can live with this. I have learnt that despite the different interface, the use of completely different terminology and a wrath of other stuff, the Mac Operating System is alright.
It doesn't take THAT much getting used to and if I'm honest it's pretty simple. It's quite intuitive to use and I actually like it.
Play the slots. Yep I said it.
It's still early days but I'm determined to give it a good go. I'm sure along the way I will find things that I think: ‘how rubbish' and I can honestly say that I've already found things that I thought…
After Fifteen Years, Ars Says Goodbye To John Siracusa's OS X .
‘Why don't they do that in Windows?!'
Anyway, so that's it… I have finally made the jump and at this stage I'm not going back.
Famous last words.
| Name: | Scott Hawkey |
| Employment Start Date: | Sept 2007 |
| Job Title: | Technical Services Manager |
| Years in IT | 20 |
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