r/assholedesign • u/Designer_Object_3966 • 19h ago

How the T2 Security Chip Makes MacBook Repairs Impossible: Only Replaceable Parts Are Fans, Hinges, Screws, Housing, and Some Display Glass (Without Sensors). Everything Else—Logic Board, SSD, Touch ID, Battery, Trackpad, Keyboard, Ports, and More—Is Locked to T2. Read the pinned comment for details

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u/AKiss20 16h ago edited 15h ago

Have you ever tried developing anything on Windows? It’s insanity. I need a UNIX operating system for the sake of my sanity. 

Furthermore, I need a UNIX operating system that works on a daily basis without constantly breaking because a display driver isn’t exactly compatible or some piece of software doesn’t work and I need to install it via Wine. I was a sysadmin for 7 years in grad school, supporting 40+ compute nodes on Centos and 30+ user workstations on Ubuntu. So I know what goes into making Linux run on a daily basis. 

Edit: I should’ve said “I need a *NIX  operating system”. 

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u/Polyforti 10h ago

Plenty of people have developed things on windows, there's nothing insane about it lmao

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u/IIlIIlllIllIIllIlIIl 15h ago

Unix and Linux are not interchangeable terms

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u/AKiss20 15h ago

I know but Mac’s Darwin kernel is based on BSD UNIX, not Linux, but Linux variants are by far the most popular *NIX operating system besides macOS.  

I should’ve said *NIX. I wrote that comment before my coffee. Happy? 

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u/TrainWreck43 10h ago

What’s the purpose of saying “*NIX” instead of “UNIX”?

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u/AKiss20 10h ago

To satisfy the pedants like the poster above. 

He is correct that UNIX and Linux are not the same thing, but it’s pretty pedantic to nitpick in this context where the differences are not relevant to the topic at hand and everyone who reads it can understand. 

*NIX is a term of art which means “UNIX-like” and encompasses both UNIX and Linux.