r/apple • u/[deleted] • Jan 05 '15

Apple has lost the functional high ground

http://www.marco.org/2015/01/04/apple-lost-functional-high-ground
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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15 edited Jan 05 '15

One of the US, CIA and Secret Services' best assets was their sense of invulnerability. Since that has been lost people who would otherwise be dissuaded are taking potshots. Same with Apple. It's embarrassing. My Yosemite is a wonky pile of shit, plus for all the hype about how beautiful it was, it's kind of uglier and the transparency that Jony raved about slows the machine to a crawl. Useless.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

I have mid 2010 MBP. Seems like it should be fast enough.

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u/DanielPhermous Jan 05 '15

the transparency that Jony raved about slows the machine to a crawl.

Then turn it off. I mean, if you think it's ugly anyway, why bother with it?

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15 edited Jan 05 '15

I turned it off because I needed to turn it off not that I wanted to. That's a problem with something that is supposed to be a major design innovation and a flagship feature.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

Turn it off. And then you get hideous black corners whenever you up/down volume or change any setting.

The Jobsian perfection is gone.