On the developer side? Nothing, unless you use XCode - the same story it’s been for years. Take a look at Sierra: the only feature of note is Siri, which is half-baked as it is, and the things that did get ported over from iOS are half-done too. I’m a developer, and it seems to me Apple doesn’t pay any attention to its software or care about the hundreds of thousands of developers that have embraced the Mac as their go-to platform. The progress in macOS land has basically been dead since Yosemite, two years ago, and Apple’s updates to the platform have been incredibly small. Ask for a suggestion of what computer to get, and I’ll almost certainly either tell you the MacBook Pro, or to wait, because Apple is about to update its hardware finally.īut recently, I realized I’d gotten tired of Apple’s attitude toward the desktop. If you ask anyone who knows me, I’m probably the biggest Apple fan they know. Read on for what I've settled on, or discuss on HN. Update: For those joining in late 2017, I've been hunting for a laptop with limited success.
