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The more I learn about macs the more I think the "it just works" crowd really mean "I will sacrifice my system "working" sometimes in exchange for having zero configuration options".

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In the past it really did just work and macs were configurable. The trend of limited configuration is more recent (and yes, it's terrible).

For a decade or so it pretty much did just work. Alas, nothing gold (or metallic shades of white in this case) can stay.

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