theseawasclosed wrote:

applejuiceproduc wrote:

scratchusername40 wrote:

theseawasclosed wrote:

(#1492)
“anytime someone puts a lock on something you own, against your wishes, and doesn't give you the key, they're not doing it for your benefit.”

not always true, for example if my dad blocks p*rn sites on my computer (which he actually did), that's good

Yeah, but that's your parents. If anybody but your parents, or maybe your government (depends a whole lot, the chinese government censorship stuff isn't for your own good at all) does it it's probably not for your benefit.

you don't really own your computer, your parents do, until you leave home in which case you will most likely get to keep it.

BreadcatGames wrote:

PPPDUD wrote:

applejuiceproduc wrote:

TheGlassPenguin wrote:

applejuiceproduc wrote:

Yes, but it isn't open, like chrome OS. You don't have the freedom to easily do whatever you want with it.

uhh
enabling untrusted apps
developer options
rooting
custom roms

I said Easily. These are all not easy to do and or are made to look very scary and dangerous so you stay in google's walled garden.

1. Enabling untrusted apps - Looks and sounds very scary.
2. Developer options - Most users won't do this because iT's FoR dEvElOpErS
3. Rooting - hard
4. Custom roms - hard

Number one is necessary for privacy and security with WorldExplorer 4.2.

Number somewhere around #25 is an actual GUI that looks half-decent

ScratchcatandGobo wrote:

I might get a Mac with my money. Would a M2 Macbook Air configured with 16GB ram be good for programming, and light gaming?

ScratchcatandGobo wrote:

I might get a Mac with my money. Would a M2 Macbook Air configured with 16GB ram be good for programming, and light gaming?

Socialix wrote:

macOS eXPerience (the wallpaper reminds me of bliss)

PoIygon wrote:

Socialix wrote:

macOS eXPerience (the wallpaper reminds me of bliss)

Does anyone realise that MacOS “Sonoma” is actually just the county that the bliss image was taken in? That’s why the background for Sonoma looks so much like the default windows XP background!

proof

medians wrote:

PoIygon wrote:

Socialix wrote:

macOS eXPerience (the wallpaper reminds me of bliss)

Does anyone realise that MacOS “Sonoma” is actually just the county that the bliss image was taken in? That’s why the background for Sonoma looks so much like the default windows XP background!

proof

Wait, MacOS Sonoma is a thing now???!
Also, I honestly thought we were on Big Sur.

ScratchcatandGobo wrote:

Would I still be able to run GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) on a Macbook? I am considering a Macbook a bit more now that the computer I had in mind is becoming obsolete

xcode-select --install

Chiroyce wrote:

ScratchcatandGobo wrote:

Would I still be able to run GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) on a Macbook? I am considering a Macbook a bit more now that the computer I had in mind is becoming obsolete

Of course yes! Just run

xcode-select --install

to install the command line developer tools, that includes GCC

scratchusername40 wrote:

Macs are actually in a really good place right now. There's a good gradient between low-end (M1 and M2 MacBook Air, and Mac mini), mid-end (iMac M1, 15 inch M2 air, 14 and 16 inch M2 Pro MacBook Pro, M2 Pro Mac mini) although there's kinda a gap there, and high-end (14 and 16 inch M2 Max MacBook Pro, Mac Studio) and super high-end (M2 ultra Mac Studio and Mac Pro).
And with the upcoming new higher end iMac, it will really be a good lineup.