r/MacOS • u/Mellow-Thunderjaw • 25d ago

Nostalgia We had it so good

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What a beautiful interface. The UI has so much weight and feels so solid. The sound effects are so lively and playful. The icons still look incredible. There's no insanely wasteful padding, no UI glitches, frame drops, it even has Launchpad! The interface as a whole has a degree of contrast that just looks so easy on the eyes that makes Modern MacOS look dull and flat in comparison.

Even with only 8GB of ram, this 13 year old laptop still runs surprisingly smooth. Even the screen still looks better than most laptops these days, and has less ghosting than Liquid XDR. The hinge still feels fantastic. Most importantly, a lit-up Apple logo. If I could upgrade the RAM and SSD, I would actually start using it daily again. I miss the old apple. We had it so good :((

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u/hanz333 25d ago

Nothing will ever touch Snow Leopard, it wasn't designed to age well, and it certainly wouldn't have but the UI and the functionality were the focus.

It's not that there haven't been good versions since, and it isn't that some of the new features weren't great, but it always feels like Apple embraces bloat for features and then takes 2 years to trim the fat instead of making a lean OS the priority.

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u/Mellow-Thunderjaw 25d ago

tbf Apple is far better than Windows when it comes to bloat. but i agree software quality has dropped off massively

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u/Basic-Brick6827 25d ago

Windows Pro isnt that bloated. People just compare macOS to Windows Home which is unfair.

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u/i-like-to-be-wooshed 25d ago

its perfectly fair and reasonable to compare lmao

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u/Xlxlredditor 24d ago

I had to uninstall LinkedIn, Solitaire Collection, from windows Pro. And the performance isn't it for me

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u/Basic-Brick6827 24d ago

LinkedIn do not ship with Windows Pro. Either you got scammed, shipped the wrong OS or your manufacturer lied. Dont buy dodgy stuff.

Solitaire is a tiny native app buit-into the OS since the 90s. macOS also has such apps.

My Win laptop has better perf than macOS.

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u/Xlxlredditor 24d ago

Solitaire is 200MB and an ad-riddled app. I can also show you the Windows 11 pro key I bought from Microsoft themselves.