When I read your post to me, it is you that is the little child stomping your feet. It is funny how Nvidia lovers think Apple did Nvidia dirty the reality is they both did each other dirty and parted ways. Also if you hate Apple so much move on you got Windows and Linux then you will not have to worry about Apple and their closed-loop.
I can understand you "feeling" that way (as opposed to thinking... typical Apple thought processes I suspect! BTW, were you born or reside in San Francisco/Cupertino by any chance? If so, that would also explain a lot!
), because, based on your posts, you're obviously the quintessential Apple apologist... possibly even self-appointed Apple propagandist! Then again, only you would know about that and if so, possibly familiar with petulance and "temper tantrums"? I know... I used to be there in my avid defense of ALL THINGS Apple... seriously so!
I have been, not only an Apple user since switching from Windows and leaving a job as a "Microsoft Service Solution Provider" in the mid-90's, but also an Apple evangelist. I cannot tell you how many former Windows users I am directly responsible for switching to all-things-Apple. Not only hundreds of average users, but in quite a few instances causing entire small businesses and corporations to switch to Macs, solely.
Why do I tell you this? Because I'm not some disgruntled Windows user who may have tried Macs for a year or two and then went back to my "Macs Suck", "MS Windows Good, Apple MacOS Bad" cubicle because Apple did not "play nice with me".
I don't need to justify myself to you or anyone. Yet, for the sake of good old fashioned courtesy, since you so directly chimed-in, I can tell you I am sadly facing the cold hard facts about Apple... and some are facts, like it or not.
I spent an hour and fifteen minutes on the phone with an nVIDIA head official (and a coder, btw) who told me, emphatically... and the short version of our conversation is: yes, nVIDIA presented Apple with a run of some bad units (manufacturing errors), but nVIDIA did everything they could to remedy the situation and make the bad production run good in any way they possibly could. But in typical Apple fashion they threw "temper tantrums" at nVIDIA, and as a result of that (again, the short version... it goes much deeper) Apple demanded nVIDIA bow to Apple's new-found and proprietary "Metal" API and nVIDIA basically saw what Apple was trying to do, which is, bully them into submission, as usual, and nVIDIA basically told them to "pound sand", in a much nicer, more professional way. There are other issues from what I was told, but deep details couldn't be shared with me... understandably. In the grand scheme of things I am a nobody, but at least nVIDIA cares about their avid customers enough to offer explanations.
I called and happened to get a nice guy, sympathetic to my request for the reasons I could no longer get drivers for Mojave and Catalina, so the CS guy sent me to the actual dept. that is responsible for the very drivers I was inquiring about. At that time, prior to speaking with the tech person, I was probably more irritated with nVIDIA than I was at Apple. That is until I spoke with the person and realized this is exactly the kind of crap Apple has committed throughout it's history... I was just so enamored with the Mac OS I spent years overlooking Apple's arrogance and less-than-stellar computer performance... Jobs' era for the most part excluded.
I think nVIDIA is smart enough to know Apple -- wanting to go back into their disastrous, 90's era proprietary isolation... you know, Apple's typical smug, "We're different and the world will follow US because we're so great" -- is once again on a losing trek back to isolationism and as I call it, "proprietary hell". Which, btw, almost caused them complete oblivion until, as I said, Jobs came back and showed them how to be logical and an actual thinking (again, as opposed to "feeling") company.
We hear more from Tim Cook about his losing political ideological perspectives, his [personal] sexual preferences, and how he "feels" about things societally rather than good old business talk, rationality, and how to make Apple's wares the best they can be... Tim Cook, seemingly unlike his predecessor. I could be wrong, but words and appearances speak loudly many times.
Couple those types of maddening issues [that have nothing to do with Macs and Apple] with the fact, and I say it again, FACT, with the exception of Apple's displays, iMac included, Apple's wares -- performance-wise mainly, components included in some instances however -- are very sub-par, and their prices for such are absolutely outrageous considering!
Apple charges ridiculous prices for crappy-in-comparison memory. They offer basic graphics and again, charge near-fortunes for them. They have the nerve to build $6000.00 basic "pro" computers many Hackintoshers have built for half the price (I have links if you wish to view them) with, in some instances, more than double the performance... and I could go on for another hour about Apple's sluggish and mediocre systems... again, displays excluded. They're soldering components to mobos again and even voiding people's warranties if they dare to change or add their own memory. Seriously? (Darn... where's that uber-knowledgeable techie at that darned "Genius Bar?" That's right they aren't there... Apple is opening stores left and right in high COVID-19 instance nations and closing them everywhere in the U.S. for "safety" reasons! Gee Tim... could there be a bit of back-room political maneuvering/reasoning here? Sounds a bit odd to me... at the risk of being "childish" here.)
Bottom line, it doesn't have to be this way... yet Apple demands it!
I built my first Hackintosh with virtually the same hardware as in a late-2012 iMac which, is an absolute joke, performance wise. I used Macs for so long I had no clue until I built the Hackintosh just how bad Apple's hardware offerings had become. My Hackintosh boots, from start to desktop in around 20 seconds, and every app I open is an instant experience. The iMac I modeled my Hackintosh after is still trying to give me a usable desktop experience 2-3 minutes later! BTW, I have a Skylake i5 in that particular Hackintosh and an i7 in the iMac. Yes, I've taken all steps possible to try to speed up the iMac, but with little improvement. And the iMac is running on Sierra.
I could deal with all of that even, if it were not for Apple's actions involving nVIDIA, and their decision to go back down this 90's era road to "proprietary isolationism". And they actually think the entire world will simply drop x86 architecture and associated wares, purchase literally thousands of dollars in new software, and all for a "special" Apple platform 90% of the rest of the computing world will most likely snub their noses at because of it's unnecessary proprietary nature.
This is my opinion, but I do not see Apple brilliance or certainly not "logic" in desktop computing any longer. I see it in mobile and "tablet" computing and an assorted few other areas. But I wonder if Apple truly cares for it's desktop customers any longer.
I LOVE the MacOS, with a passion! And I hate Windows in comparison... OS wise. But I can no longer trust Apple's hardware for my needs. It lacks real performance, and if one gets that performance they nearly must get a second mortgage on their home in order to purchase that performance. This community is responsible for me realizing how a computer can and should perform... and Apple doesn't cut it in the hardware category, all things considered.
We are all offering our opinions on this forum. You are free to offer your's also, and to also blind yourself to certain realities if you so choose... Mr. Apple FanBoy and apologist extraordinaire!
