> On the UI/UX side of things, definitely a worse experience than even stock Windows or Linux
There's definitely been a bit of jank and a few poor design decisions made, but to compare it to Windows unfavorably is a bit overblown, considering Windows doesn't seem to have ever deleted code. Version to version on Windows just adds thin veneer over the old one, and leaves me scratching my head; many "They still have THIS!? wtf" moments, like putting carpet over a crack in the foundation
> Version to version on Windows just adds thin veneer over the old one
This + keeping the old stuff around is what makes Windows more fitting than macOS in a professional environment. Still, its hard for me to understand using either if you're a developer who favors stability.
Just the other week I was unable to poweroff/reboot Windows without it locking down an update on next boot, which pisses me off. Of course, next time I wanted to use Windows, I just needed to check on something quickly, but then this forced update came back to bite me and what should have taken 2 minutes at tops now took 15 minutes.
> This + keeping the old stuff around is what makes Windows more fitting than macOS in a professional environment
Of course, particularly in professional industries like engineering that rely on expensive and complex Windows-only software, running old games etc.. I don't claim it's not worthwhile, but it's also a lot of baggage weighing it down. I'd be fine with running it for that purpose, since my job would not be to have opinions on my operating system necessarily. Having been in a supporting role for general office Windows pcs recently, I did find its stack of even first-party quirks very frustrating to deal with, even though I use it regularly for gaming. IIRC I even had to dip into the registry editor to fix some value that was left unset by the imperfect configuration of the bizarre Outlook profile system.
Most of the time I just install the game I want, run the game, shut it down, leave it at that, and rarely run updates. Relying on it for anything more complex would drive me crazy.
Macos could be better in some ways, the Settings app lately is miserable and the mouse tracking controls suck, SwiftUI has performance/documentation issues and should be open source, but it's reliable and the UI is pretty consistent, and while I'm sure there are some deeper quirks once you dig deeper, I'd really have to be looking for them.
Haven't tried Gnome in a while, it's always seemed fine enough, don't have much to say about it atm
There's definitely been a bit of jank and a few poor design decisions made, but to compare it to Windows unfavorably is a bit overblown, considering Windows doesn't seem to have ever deleted code. Version to version on Windows just adds thin veneer over the old one, and leaves me scratching my head; many "They still have THIS!? wtf" moments, like putting carpet over a crack in the foundation