09-14-2016, 10:16 AM
stoppingdown, I agree with you that Apple's constantly cutting away functions which are these days as useful as they were - but this is what they do for decades now. Actually I don't know what I could do, if my iMac bites the dust. But whenever I think about "Windows?" or "Linux????" I decide to decide when I have to decide. Which is not now. So, I'd love to have a real alternative, but I cannot help to say others are even worse.
However, my urge of having the latest gimmick decreased after 2 iMacs, 1 Mac Mini, 1 MacBook Pro, 7 iPods and 2 iPads. The devices are still good to use and work with, but things like Spotlight, Siri, unibodies and my dear Aluminium keyboards (the one I type this with is 9 years old now...) nobody was smart enough to invent before Apple did. But now the mills of minds stand still and are handed over to bean counters again.
However, my urge of having the latest gimmick decreased after 2 iMacs, 1 Mac Mini, 1 MacBook Pro, 7 iPods and 2 iPads. The devices are still good to use and work with, but things like Spotlight, Siri, unibodies and my dear Aluminium keyboards (the one I type this with is 9 years old now...) nobody was smart enough to invent before Apple did. But now the mills of minds stand still and are handed over to bean counters again.