For me, I can't switch to Linux because of my accounting software; it's only on macOS. They are very few Linux business accounting software programs suitable for sole proprietors. GNUcash is too hard to set up. Online accounting software is not good, because one is giving ownership of one's financial data to another entity, who could deny access at any moment.
I've had five clients who have lost access to their Microsoft accounts permanently due to insufficient, or old, recovery information. SMS can't be used anymore. I've been thinking about recommending Yubikeys, but when older people don't even want to use password managers because they don't trust them, that's a hard sell.
The biggest problem is Microsoft changes the rules and requires all of these features, but doesn't tell any normal users of the changes nor the addition of the features.
Namely, it's the "blockers" one hasn't found suitable replacements for.
I’ve got a M2 MBA and I love it. I can /live/ with Tahoe, would rather have Sequoia or something a little older (but keep the Password app!) I certainly /don’t need/ a touchscreen Mac laptop, which is what Liquid Glass seems to be designed for.
Having said that, I probably would’ve switched to some version of Linux many years ago if it wasn’t for the lack of business accounting software that was easy to set up. GNUcash isn’t it for me. Switching would’ve saved me a lot of money on subscriptions.
I could probably use Obsidian instead of NotePlan with a bit of work; I would just use it on mobile a bit less.
Remember "always coming home"? the book by Ursula Le Guin, describing a far future matriarchal Native American society near the flooded Bay Area.
There was a computer network called TOK that the communities of earth used to communicate with each other. It was run by the computers themselves and the men were the human link with the rest of the community. The computers were even sending out space probes.
The stamped metal framing connector facilitated the use of trusses, which means an open plan house (McMansion) of much larger footprint. Trusses mean no attic.
Try to find parts for an ASUS or an MSI gaming laptop; the real killer is you have to search using both model numbers to be accurate. Multiple graphics card configurations per model makes it even harder. Sometimes, AliExpress is the only way and the motherboard still costs $525+.
... or make a OneDrive-connected folder have an icon that shows, clearly, that it's been taken over by OneDrive.
I'd give a setup option to provide a non-OneDrive Documents folder, that feature would be turned on automatically if OneDrive senses that there is a database residing in the Documents folder (ACT!, I'm looking at you!)
When I was 16 in 1976, my father and grandfather taught me how to drive stick. I learned on a 1966 rambler classic four-door sedan with three on the column. Nowadays, that would be an anti-theft device. When I lived in the country, most of my cars were stick shift and when I lived in the city I preferred automatics - nothing like driving in heavy traffic, and everyone is driving first and a half. That’s just hard to synchronize with a stick shift.
Current vehicle is a four-speed, and I don’t think I’d have anything else.
Even the professional Epson SureColor 800 ($1200+) have that problem. When you have to buy five of them to keep up with your businesses' workflow (one of my clients), it starts to cost money one cannot spend.
Now, it IS "optional", but Norton has found a way to make Norton 360 worse. The mind boggles at what they'll do next.
Anytime I can uninstall Norton or McAfee from a client's system, it gives me such joy. They get 10 to 15 percent better performance, too, when they're gone.
User here: the only thing I don't like about GTK buttons is that they are large, and the toolbar they are in has a lot of empty space around them. Does everybody have multiple large monitors on their desk? What about 13 inch laptops?
User here (self-employed computer technician); I'm not a programmer.
I have a beautiful little accounting program written for macOS called Corona. It took me two years to find it, because all of the web app-based accounting software crowded it out from visibility. My needs are simple and I don't need to share that data with any other device.
Definitely don't want my company accounting data held hostage by anyone other than me. No way to know if the hosting company is selling my data behind my back, no matter what they say in print. Besides, I only had to pay once for Corona, vs. paying constantly for cloud based SaaS. QuickBooks is another story...
For me, in this case, desktop software is much better than a web app. My laptop is older and Keep It (native app) is far better in performance and usability than Evernote (v.10x Electron app) was. Not everyone has a newer laptop.
I've had five clients who have lost access to their Microsoft accounts permanently due to insufficient, or old, recovery information. SMS can't be used anymore. I've been thinking about recommending Yubikeys, but when older people don't even want to use password managers because they don't trust them, that's a hard sell.
The biggest problem is Microsoft changes the rules and requires all of these features, but doesn't tell any normal users of the changes nor the addition of the features.
Namely, it's the "blockers" one hasn't found suitable replacements for.