P.S. I want to add ancillary rant here about the MODERN concept of PROFESSIONAL EDITION: I also have Apple computers, a MacBook Pro for example. If I take a MacOS version from the past, let say Snow Leopard, and compare it at the one in use on that computer right now , an allegedly PRO system, do the new version improve my job ? Because this means "PRO", right? Something you use in your profession , right?
REALLY, NO, let's add some details:
- Snow Leopard gave me the feel of something FAST , this one only at the beginning, after some service upgrades of the OS in use, the infamous rainbow disk started to spawn;
- On Snow leopard I could use dtrace/dtruss , here if I have to investigate an application, I have to reboot the system, disable the SIP and wait that the problem manifest. This is especially stupid, I mean to force a professional to follow this workflow depriving him root privilege on it's own system. Image if Linux decide to do something like that and you have to reboot a server to use trace.
- X is still a thing, I use it at work, In Snow Leopard it was integrated , now I have to install XQuartz, that, for what I know is a one-man-project, with all the problem it implies ( and I want to thank the maintainer for the recent bug fixes , solving problem I had );
- CUDA: I can't use CUDA, an industry standard on MAC, I was able to use it on previous version of MacOs until Apple decided it's bad for us, publicizing the delusional idea that I can do the same jobs of an high end GPU on an Mxxx processor.
- ZSH: at some point, Apple also decided BASH is bad for you and your life will be better with ZSH. So, let's throw away a consolidated standard tool for some hipster stuff facilitating script kiddies to have multicoloured, fluorescent, pimped cursors on it ! Obviously not 100% compatible with BASH, so you should modify your scripts to conform. Luckily, Bash can be restored.
So I can do LESS with this MODERN OS that a 10 years older version. But now it has more vivid colours and that's good for your mood. And, again, my perception is that it's slower, doing the same tasks I did on Snow Leopard.
Are pro version adding some professional tool, capability, whatever that improve my professional experience or productivity ? NO.
So, how is justified the "professional" adjective here ? It seems more marketing gimmick to me. I feel less productive, but I have Apple TV, Siri and tons of bloatware should be present on a PRO machine and sometimes, A VENT. Yes, the difference from pro and non-pro sometimes is that the pro version can better dissipate heat.
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P.S. I want to add ancillary rant here about the MODERN concept of PROFESSIONAL EDITION: I also have Apple computers, a MacBook Pro for example. If I take a MacOS version from the past, let say Snow Leopard, and compare it at the one in use on that computer right now , an allegedly PRO system, do the new version improve my job ? Because this means "PRO", right? Something you use in your profession , right? REALLY, NO, let's add some details: - Snow Leopard gave me the feel of something FAST , this one only at the beginning, after some service upgrades of the OS in use, the infamous rainbow disk started to spawn;
- On Snow leopard I could use dtrace/dtruss , here if I have to investigate an application, I have to reboot the system, disable the SIP and wait that the problem manifest. This is especially stupid, I mean to force a professional to follow this workflow depriving him root privilege on it's own system. Image if Linux decide to do something like that and you have to reboot a server to use trace.
- X is still a thing, I use it at work, In Snow Leopard it was integrated , now I have to install XQuartz, that, for what I know is a one-man-project, with all the problem it implies ( and I want to thank the maintainer for the recent bug fixes , solving problem I had ); - CUDA: I can't use CUDA, an industry standard on MAC, I was able to use it on previous version of MacOs until Apple decided it's bad for us, publicizing the delusional idea that I can do the same jobs of an high end GPU on an Mxxx processor.
- ZSH: at some point, Apple also decided BASH is bad for you and your life will be better with ZSH. So, let's throw away a consolidated standard tool for some hipster stuff facilitating script kiddies to have multicoloured, fluorescent, pimped cursors on it ! Obviously not 100% compatible with BASH, so you should modify your scripts to conform. Luckily, Bash can be restored.
So I can do LESS with this MODERN OS that a 10 years older version. But now it has more vivid colours and that's good for your mood. And, again, my perception is that it's slower, doing the same tasks I did on Snow Leopard.
Are pro version adding some professional tool, capability, whatever that improve my professional experience or productivity ? NO.
So, how is justified the "professional" adjective here ? It seems more marketing gimmick to me. I feel less productive, but I have Apple TV, Siri and tons of bloatware should be present on a PRO machine and sometimes, A VENT. Yes, the difference from pro and non-pro sometimes is that the pro version can better dissipate heat.
Think about it.