The iphone is so useful they can probably ride it for a couple more decades at least. I would still buy it.

From a technology or engineering perspective, I have no idea how to work with Apple.

QuercusMax 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

MacOS (or whatever they're calling it now) for all its faults is still probably the best desktop OS for getting things done without having to fiddle around much. ChromeOS is close but still so far in many ways.

And for audio production - I'm just a dabbler, really, but I've been able to do some really impressive things with just GarageBand and a Fender Mustang Micro amp-plug over USB-C. It "just works" unlike my experience on Linux recently, where there are lots of little bits that are genius, but I couldn't manage to figure out how to get a basic midi synth working with a DAW that had a UI that was designed for humans. (Jack is amazing, though - being able to do arbitrary audio filter chains with random pieces of software is seriously cool.)

	▲	heresie-dabord 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> ChromeOS is close but still so far in many ways. I continue to be impressed by ChromeOS. With the Linux development environment (Debian VM), it is a brilliant work environment. Add Android apps as well and ChromeOS is an awesome convergence platform. There are Chromebooks that are high enough quality that I don't miss anything about Apple OS or Microsoft Windows. > And for audio production For specialty use-cases, driver support will favour Windows and Apple OS. And gaming is still Windows-first, although Linux is improving.

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dyauspitr 26 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

macOS, iPadOS and watchOS are all still the best at what they do.