"We're getting things ready", reboot, create a Microsoft account, 10 data sharing settings to turn off, "almost ready..."
Iirc, a MacBook is ready to use without any updates.
Pretty sure some vendors update phones in the store to avoid bothering the customer with it. Seems like a lot of effort to boot the full inventory's amount of phones every time there's a security patch only so people don't have to download a diff on first launch (edit: found it https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/27/what-new-machine-to-upd...)
The Debian "app" gives me access to apt and anything that has an ARM build, which is nearly everything. Sometimes I write code on it, like a PoC to brute force a numeric parking lot voucher was the most recent instance, but most commonly I use qalc (best calculator ever, also use it on desktop) and sshd to remotely access photos/Screenshots. It used to be more featureful and you could run things like wavemon and aircrack, but selinux restrictions have made that a thing of the past. Surely it's possible to adjust, but I haven't invested the time in finding out how yet
The Macbook's setup is definitely a bit faster than Windows, but it's not way faster. I still had to turn off a lot of the things it suggests, and I still was prompted to update the OS. However, the Macbook was less pushy and I felt the features at least seemed to offer some user value.
You're immediately hit with apps you can't uninstall (Edge) too.
Fwiw, CS2 ran away smoother for me on Kubuntu than it does on Win11 (same hardware). I wasn't expecting that.
The only time it’s mandatory is if you are restoring from a back up or transferring from another computer with a newer operating system.
So if your old machine was on 10.20.1 but your new machine is 10.19.4 because that was the newest when it was put in box then you’ll have to update it first.
Do you want to give this app access to downloads? To desktop? To microphone? What about this app? Sign in to iCloud. Sign in again. Maybe this time? Nope, sign in to iCloud.
I’ve picked my poison, and it’s Apple, but it’s far from perfect.
They’re obnoxious. I’m getting more annoyed with MacOS too for that and other reasons mostly around services.
But you can start using it without OS updates.
Or Microsoft's?
Or Apple's?
Suggest reading up on the history of personal computing, and then ask yourself if this is how it was supposed to go. At this point, even Mac and Linux users are starting to feel the loving embrace of their OS vendors' paternalism.
> So it was necessary to destroy the product in order to save its users.
I fail to see how an updated OS is a destroyed product.
I don't think you want to go there, broheim. Wait'll you hear my opinion of how "safe" your computer is, and whether it should be allowed on a network.
I fail to see how an updated OS is a destroyed product.
A personal computer, along with its operating system, should do what its owner tells it to do.
That was kind of the original idea, anyway.
I don’t have a perfect solution, but I also don’t have billions in the bank and lots of employees tasked to the issue.
One popup with a list of apps and their permissions would at least be a one stop shop, but even that wouldn’t be great on a new machine setup as your apps aren’t all there yet.