>Apple level of polish.
Absurd claim given the untenable OS release cadence under Tim Cook.
"But better than M$" is still undeserving of the lofty implication from "level of polish".
Absurd claim given the untenable OS release cadence under Tim Cook.
"But better than M$" is still undeserving of the lofty implication from "level of polish".
- I can't tell if my macbook is charging or not while the lid is closed. There is no light indicator - minimize/maximize buttons are very small given that I am using a the touchpad. I am not saying they are unsuably small but far from ideal. - If I fully deplete the battery. I cannot immediatly turn it on with adapter's power. Why? Every windows laptop can be run with adapter even with a dead battery.
> BSOD is a regular occurrence
I hate windows as much as the next guy, but are you really getting BSOD in 2025?
I like linux and I know its not exactly polished but it offers something as a trade off which neither MacOS nor Windows do.
First you should not be depleting modern batteries, its not good for the battery health, or indeed storage health, recall that solid-state storage integrity is not guaranteed in the absence of electrical current (a reminder to those who have a habit of backing up stuff onto SSDs, unplugging them and forgetting about them for extended time periods).
Second, if you think about it, its a safety feature in to protect you from data corruption.
If they let you turn on a machine with a fully-depleted battery and you immediately yank out the power cord, then you risk data corruption.
Sure, modern solid-state storage (at least the high quality implementations) have power-loss-protection. But that relies on capacitors. And to charge up capacitors, you need what ... oh yeah, that's right, electricity .... ;-)
So that is most likely why Apple require you to have a minimal charge before allowing you to power-on from completely depleted.
And to be honest, what are you bitching about anyway. Most Apple devices I use only require a 5–10 minute charge from completely depleted to get you to the minimum required. So just go make a cup of coffee and remind yourself not to completely deplete batteries in the future.
I would remind those sorts of people of the 5 P's ...
Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance
Starting a zoom or presentation on low battery is just a fucking stupid thing to do. There's no other way to put it.
I think most modern devices already turn themselves off before reaching true ZERO.
> Second, if you think about it, its a safety feature in to protect you from data corruption.
No its to make sure that you can not use a perfectly functional compouter without replacing a battery once it has fully died.
> I use only require a 5–10 minute charge
Are you saying apple devices are not good for watching live content?
> You risk data corruption
With autosave (which most app have) data loss would be minimal.
Before I could afford apple products, from afar everything apple looked amazing but after using them I found out, Apple UI is just pretty and only slightly more polished than Windows.
Counter point: Light indicators are ugly and usually unnecessary. Most people charge overnight, and don't want/need a light in their face.
And if you really must have an ugly and un-necessary light indicator, Apple have an answer for that....
Do not charge off USB-C, instead buy an Apple magsafe charger. That comes with a little indicator light on the end of the cord.
Alternatively, if you are charging off USB-C all you have to do on a powered mac is to look at the battery indicator in the menu bar.
Ha ha