[sdiy] Circuit Simulators

[Tom Wiltshire]

Please, not on Synth-DIY. There are better places for computer OS discussions.

Tom


> On 31 Oct 2020, at 03:01, Barry Klein <barryklein at cox.net> wrote:
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> Yeah and who knew their internal SSD on a MacBook just purchased a year or two back is really a soldered in chip that can’t be upgraded and there now is no room to upgrade the OS.
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> Looking forward to a new CEO that might right these wrongs.
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>> On Oct 30, 2020, at 4:02 PM, Kylee Kennedy <kmkennedy at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Windows is 78% of the computer market, it is not a niche. 
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>> Some apps are only on one OS and that stinks. But I can tell a bunch of these responses come from ignorance because Windows 10 is vastly improved over all the previous versions. You don't need to secure it since anti-virus and firewalls are built in now. Maintenance is as easy as allowing Windows to update in the background.
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>> I wanted to continue to love Mac OSX but after Mojave they broke all 32 Bit apps. I can still run 32 Bit apps on 64 Bit Windows. Apple deliberately makes their old hardware obsolete via the OS so you are forced to upgrade. I have a MacMini2009 that can't run the latest OSX but runs Windows 10 perfectly. In fact my older audio interfaces work better than ever now under this OS. Because the developers found it easier to maintain the code for Windows over Mac.
>> Windows even comes with a Linux Kernel built right into it now.
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>> I'm not trying to convert someone from desoldering with wick only and telling them to use a desoldering gun instead. Just that each OS has its strengths and weaknesses. If the apps you use are only on one OS then that's your solution. 
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>> Kylee
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>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 8:59 AM Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net <mailto:gordonjcp at gjcp.net>> wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 11:07:19AM -0700, David G Dixon wrote:
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>> > However, to not use some really good software simply because it is only
>> > Windows compatible seems ridiculous to me, given how easy it is to switch
>> > Windows on and off with VMs.
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>> Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't use Windows on my own systems because I don't want to have to learn how to install, maintain, secure, and operate a new and unfamiliar niche operating system that doesn't really support anything I use natively.
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>> Gordonjcp
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