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Comment by std_move

11 hours ago

Yeah, I am not a huge fan either. I would much prefer Linux or a very customized Windows.

For instance, the inability to write to NTFS filesystems without addons is annoying.

But I believe that for most users, the default MacOS experience is now much better than what Windows is with default settings.

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PaulHoule  11 hours ago

On my Mac is is beachball… beachball… beachball… reboot… beachball… beachball… beachball.. you’d have thought somebody gets paid to make me watch the beachball for how much it happens. And this is a top of the line M4 mini with maxed out RAM and everything.

  • timothyduong  10 hours ago

    Base m4 Mac mini. Only beach balling is when I saturate 16GB with compiles and builds. That thing of yours is a lemon.

    • bobbane  9 hours ago

      Lemons do happen with Apple Silicon.

      I had a Mac Studio that would kernel panic on a semi-weekly basis. Apple Care put me through the reinstall OS / remove all external devices tap-dance for weeks, insisting that hardware was the last thing to suspect - before Apple Silicon, kernel panics were almost always hardware, particularly RAM.

      Ultimately I bought another Studio and swapped it in - kernel panics went away. With that evidence, Apple acknowledged the problem and exchanged my Studio for another one from the factory. I returned the swap unit within the 30 day window, so it didn't cost me anything but annoyance.

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  • busyant  7 hours ago

    I've had 2 macs over the past ~10 years.

    * My MacMini was constantly beachballing and, unfortunately, it took me a long time to realize that there was a problem with the device.

    * I now have a 2023 MBP that screams like a "Formula Un" racing car.

    I suspect you have a faulty device.

    edit: Just saw that you live far away from an Apple store. I imagine you could mail it in for some type of service, but obviously, that's not optimal if you have no immediate replacement.

  • storus  10 hours ago

    My 128GB RAM M3 Max had logic board replaced 3x and I am still getting beachball alongside screen falling apart in blocks... There is something wrong with their firmware, especially when you are switching between multiple users often.

  • dgxyz  11 hours ago

    WTF are you doing with it? Mine doesn't do that (M4 Pro MBP / 24Gb)

    • PaulHoule  11 hours ago

      Try to browse the web. Try to listen to music with Plexamp. Ordinary boring stuff but I think it is looking all over Slovakia for my AirPods or something so it can take them away from whatever machine I really want to use them on.

      The feeling is exactly like the way it was with Windows circa 2005 when you expected your machine to go bad like cheese in a few months.

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