45 engineers on Hacker News describe using OS X first-hand: 12 endorse it, 13 regret it, 1 are mixed.
“Also, I like OS 10.5 better anyway.”
endorse · personal · rollcat · 2025-02-10 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I liked the dang glossy buttons and progress bars! Had to update when I later needed then-current Xcode for my job.”
endorse · personal · grishka · 2020-12-29 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Mac OS X was behaving much better than Linux on that specific non-Apple hardware.”
endorse · production · lloeki · 2017-12-28 · source ↗ · wrong label?“A while back I wrote about my failed attempt to use OS X”
regret · personal · yummyfajitas · 2016-12-16 · source ↗ · wrong label?“So, Apple, no it doesn't just work anymore. ... won't boot; restore from backup... eventually gave up, clean install”
regret · personal · 10 yr · mhandley · 2015-11-29 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using both OS X and GNU/Linux (Arch) for several years (OS X since 2006, several GNU/Linux distros since ~2000), so I think I can weigh in.”
endorse · personal · 9 yr · carlosrg · 2015-07-24 · source ↗ · wrong label?“OSX actually gave gray screens more then windows gave blue screens on that machine”
regret · personal · stinos · 2015-02-20 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Yosemite has been a major regression in almost every respect, I actually regret upgrading.”
regret · personal · lucisferre · 2014-12-24 · source ↗ · wrong label?“No other mac OS in my experience was as stable”
endorse · personal · acomjean · 2014-12-24 · source ↗ · wrong label?“It's been my experience that the performance of all of my machines has noticeably declined since the release of Lion.”
regret · personal · 8 yr · blkhp19 · 2014-12-24 · source ↗ · wrong label?“This is the best looking OS X, imo. I've been using it since 10.1”
endorse · personal · 13 yr · brandonmenc · 2014-11-17 · source ↗ · wrong label?“found OS X's WM to be fairly outdated at the time.”
regret · personal · aeroevan · 2013-12-31 · source ↗ · wrong label?“And the OS hates telling you what is taking up space so good luck freeing it up. Never again”
regret · personal · lostlogin · 2013-02-08 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've largely stayed away from any Linux desktop environments for the past couple of years as I've embraced the Mac”
endorse · personal · wyuenho · 2012-12-30 · source ↗ · wrong label?“a Mac running OS X turns out to be the choice that offers the best tradeoffs, and allows me to do whatever I should or want”
endorse · personal · 10 yr · w0utert · 2012-12-06 · source ↗ · wrong label?“In case a), there were definite weakness in Lion. Full-screen apps hadn't yet made their near-global appearance, and Spaces was ... weird.”
mixed · personal · demallien · 2012-12-06 · source ↗ · wrong label?“so I'm stuck on OS X again, which I'm pretty disillusioned with.”
regret · personal · 4 yr · t4nkd · 2012-11-29 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I have really been using OSX a lot and from what I have used I get the impression that Apple never catered to developers”
regret · personal · 1 yr · pfisch · 2012-11-13 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I moved to OS X in 2008, my only regret was not doing it any sooner.”
endorse · personal · 4 yr · glaurent · 2012-08-21 · source ↗ · wrong label?“In my opinion Mac OS X is already pretty great and I don't need to add very many things.”
endorse · personal · miles_matthias · 2011-12-20 · source ↗ · wrong label?“if you are used to OSX and its third rate window management (can't move or resize windows without aiming at a tiny bar or handle?) and broken virtual desktop implementation”
regret · personal · jmoiron · 2011-11-12 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I won't be caught dead recommending OS X to anyone. It's just stressful.”
regret · personal · ugh · 2011-08-08 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I like my MBP with Snow Leopard. The Apple OSX Experience rocks my socks off - today.”
endorse · personal · pnathan · 2011-07-29 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Things do not "just work" on a mac. If you think so then IMHO you're not using much of your OS.”
regret · personal · webginja · 2010-07-15 · source ↗ · wrong label?“OSX and Apple's hardware, because its worth owning, and nothing else.”
endorse · personal · sacrilicious · 2010-07-15 · source ↗ · wrong label?“switched later to Mac OS X (never really liked it though)”
regret · personal · kxs · 2010-07-13 · source ↗ · wrong label?“To continue to use Nikon's software, the iMac is still on 10.6 Snow Leopard.”
neutral · personal · le-flaneur · 2024-12-03 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We run on Vbox under Mac OS X.”
neutral · production · epalmer · 2017-10-27 · source ↗ · wrong label?“most people used OS X and had full control over their machine”
neutral · production · sjtgraham · 2015-05-02 · source ↗ · wrong label?“My production TLS keys were created on my OS X laptop”
neutral · production · jsmthrowaway · 2015-02-18 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using OS X's sticky-keys setting with Emacs for years, BTW.”
neutral · personal · hollerith · 2014-11-16 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Yes, we run on 10.4. The best reason to still own a Power Mac today is Classic.”
neutral · production · classichasclass · 2014-09-02 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I use OSX more then win and then it comes ubuntu”
neutral · personal · desireco42 · 2012-12-04 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I had been using two finger scrolling since Lion.”
neutral · personal · z92 · 2012-11-28 · source ↗ · wrong label?“After 3 years of running OSX on my Macbooks one would think I should be used to it by now.”
neutral · personal · 3 yr · moe · 2012-03-18 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've been using OS X for about six months and never found that.”
neutral · personal · 0.5 yr · underwater · 2011-12-14 · source ↗ · wrong label?“switched immediately after installing Lion and checking out the Mail app.”
neutral · personal · bluekeybox · 2011-11-12 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I am still running Snow Leopard, and I am very happy with my system as it is.”
neutral · personal · priteau · 2011-11-06 · source ↗ · wrong label?“various Snow Leopard machines and attached drives”
neutral · personal · cormullion · 2011-05-24 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I set up a location in OS X network preferences using the exact technique described”
neutral · personal · carbon8 · 2010-10-25 · source ↗ · wrong label?“most of our JRuby stuff refuses to run on OSX.”
neutral · production · epochwolf · 2010-10-22 · source ↗ · wrong label?“When I switched to Mac, I tried MS Office 2008”
neutral · personal · Maro · 2010-10-14 · source ↗ · wrong label?“All the desktop hardware we use are Apple, but we switched the OS's to windows 7, its more suitable for an organization.”
neutral · production · doron · 2010-04-17 · source ↗ · wrong label?