I walked through a tech store recently and I saw the new iPhones with the liquid gimmick. I opened the camera app on one of their pro phones and it was lagging. I was shocked, I found it mind-boggling. Brand new phone, up to date OS, marketing material BS and for it to lag just feels unprofessional. I’d understand it if it was a Pinephone or whatever but from Apple? My expectations are reaching lower and lower depths.
Imagine what macOS is on an Intel Mac nowadays without dedicated GPU. Not the latest version either.
I'm pretty sure they do it on purpose with their Metal APIs. There is no reason the same computer can become laggy doing the same exact things a few years later because of simple OS updates that adds very little actual functionality.
My mother use an old Mac Mini that is stuck on an updates from eons ago. It is slow as fuck, even though the softwares have barely changed since it was first used.
She'll buy a new Mac because that's what she is used to. But I feel like a pretty bad deal considering where Apple is going.
People always rave about how long Apple computers last. I bought my first personal Mac in 2004 and I have to hard disagree. They last only if you buy the most expensive model and even then it still is going to be a miserable experience towards the end. Meanwhile, cheapo Windows PC get 10 years OS support, mostly trouble free. Reality distortion field is massive indeed.
