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April 2016

In 2010 I left IBM and I started as a freelancer.

I needed a new computer.

A friend of mine had a MacBook Pro. He has always been an excellent ITer so I decided to follow his advise and give Mac a try. I bought a MacBook Pro. The best one. The most expensive one.

Was it a better experience than Windows ? Not really. My Mac’s performance decreased with time just like it would with a windows PC.

I even had regression: very annoying crashes due to the GPU switches. I has to install freeware (GfxCardStatus – https://gfx.io/) to be able to use my mac.

When the MacBook pro disk gets full the performance gets really very bad making the computer unusable.

At the store they told me the only solution was to format and re-install… Last week I decided to re-install the OS from the original CD. I really hesitated to try Ubuntu on MacBook Pro. Before I upgraded to “El Captain” I checked if my GPU problem was still there and in fact it had disappeared ! I could connect to an external display which was impossible since years… So I decided to report to Apple.

Here is what I sent to Apple as a comment to the crash report:

GPU switch crashes my Macbook Pro 2010.  For example when connecting to external monitor.

This week I reinstalled with the original CD OSX 10.6.3 and I could extend my desktop to a second screen. After OSX updates it?s now crashing again.

I conclude that it?s a software problem and that Apple OSX suffers from regression for managing the GPU.

I?m obliged to play with GfxCardStatus to maintain my mac up and running in a decent way.

Many software that are initially designed on windows don’t work well or just don’t work on Mac : MS Office, Sparx EA, MAMP, Java, Flash…

So finally :

  • The overall MacBook experience is not better
  • I have much more freedom and choice on Android and Windows
  • You have less viruses on Mac Vs Windows but  can install Ubuntu or boot Linux on any PC.
  • Apple is 50% more expensive

In 2010 I had also bought an iPad 1. The hardware is still ok but it has also become unusable : impossible to update most of the apps.

Bye bye Apple.…

In 2010 I left IBM and I started as a freelancer.

I needed a new computer.

A friend of mine had a MacBook Pro. He has always been an excellent ITer so I decided to follow his advise and give Mac a try. I bought a MacBook Pro. The best one. The most expensive one.

Was it a better experience than Windows ? Not really. My Mac’s performance decreased with time just like it would with a windows PC.

I even had regression: very annoying crashes due to the GPU switches. I has to install freeware (GfxCardStatus – https://gfx.io/) to be able to use my mac.

When the MacBook pro disk gets full the performance gets really very bad making the computer unusable.

At the store they told me the only solution was to format and re-install… Last week I decided to re-install the OS from the original CD. I really hesitated to try Ubuntu on MacBook Pro. Before I upgraded to “El Captain” I checked if my GPU problem was still there and in fact it had disappeared ! I could connect to an external display which was impossible since years… So I decided to report to Apple.

Here is what I sent to Apple as a comment to the crash report:

GPU switch crashes my Macbook Pro 2010.  For example when connecting to external monitor.

This week I reinstalled with the original CD OSX 10.6.3 and I could extend my desktop to a second screen. After OSX updates it?s now crashing again.

I conclude that it?s a software problem and that Apple OSX suffers from regression for managing the GPU.

I?m obliged to play with GfxCardStatus to maintain my mac up and running in a decent way.

Many software that are initially designed on windows don’t work well or just don’t work on Mac : MS Office, Sparx EA, MAMP, Java, Flash…

So finally :

  • The overall MacBook experience is not better
  • I have much more freedom and choice on Android and Windows
  • You have less viruses on Mac Vs Windows but  can install Ubuntu or boot Linux on any PC.
  • Apple is 50% more expensive

In 2010 I had also bought an iPad 1. The hardware is still ok but it has also become unusable : impossible to update most of the apps.

Bye bye Apple.…

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In TOGAF, how much place is there for people in the end ? They should have a higher share of the Enterprise Architecture model... #entarch
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@bart_vyncke Hello Bart, welcome to Twitter !
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RT @pzubkiewicz: Exactly my view on how to use #ArchiMate #BPMN #UML in one model in Sparx EA https://t.co/hqaH3LMEes #baot #entarch
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RT @clippertonanna: Architecture vs Design: The Difference Explained https://t.co/9MW61v6RaZ #entarch #design #architecture
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RT @cbcurran: Enterprise architects need to transform for the #digitalage https://t.co/n1w0nxIdHo #entarch #pwc https://t.co/nhTY5dfuod
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Jésus n'a rien pu faire pour City. #changement #ManCityReal
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RT @IBM: IBM launches Distinguished Designer program to honor excellence in design https://t.co/3o5wwdnCwk #IBMDesign https://t.co/QPZUGsVQek
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RT @LaGrosseBoucle: NE SKIEZ PAS À CÔTÉ DES COUREURS
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RT @TeamSky: It's a whiteout at #LBL on the way to the first feedzone. Tough conditions out there ???? https://t.co/utmN7xBEEm
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Pas facile à décider le hors jeu ou pas sur le 1-0 en finale de la coupe de la ligue. #psglosc
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Honesty is expensive, do not expect it from cheap people #warrenbuffet #quote https://t.co/LjghnGLXWQ
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Honesty is expensive, do not expect it from cheap people #warrenbuffet #quote https://t.co/ftj5XOQUko
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Quel intérêt de faire entendre le son de l'hélicoptère lors des prises de vue aériennes dans les courses cyclistes ? #bruit #inutile #tv
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Keeping Meetings on Track When You?re Not in Charge - Harvard Business Review - https://t.co/d8qAF0YDw9
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RICEFW means Reports (R), Interface (I), Conversion (C), Enhancements (E), Forms (F) and Workflow (W). #entarch
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BDNA Announces New Partnership With LeanIX | Business Wire https://t.co/DinaWxQQl6 #entarch
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RT @Forbes: We now have proof that content marketing works. See the data here: https://t.co/OgjGhlQVSD https://t.co/rWybw569ab
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities. ~ Socrates #entarch
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RT @cycling_rr: Ikea launches low maintenance Sladda bicycle for urban riders https://t.co/9ynV46CzOI https://t.co/PMT5VMo92T
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RT @togaf_r: Ensuring Successful Enterprise Architecture by Following Kotter?s Eight Stage Journey https://t.co/yozb7ScSUl #EntArch
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#Leadership is the capacity to translate #vision into reality. #quote #entarch
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Top 9 change management comic strips http://ow.ly/3vGQrL
Hâtez-vous de payer la TVA !! Raymond Devos - le possédé du percepteur - YouTube https://t.co/qYmY4XydCW
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Vous connaissez le sens secret et fiscal de ces trois lettres : T.V.A. ?

  • Si vous prenez les deux premières lettres, T.V., cela veut dire, en clair : – As-tu payé la taxe sur la T.V. ?
  • Les lettres V.A. veulent dire : Va ! Va payer la taxe sur la T.V. !
  • Puis T.A. : Ta. Traduire : T’as payé la taxe sur la TV ? … Ah … Alors VA la payer !

C’est un rappel à l’ordre constant. Même si vous lisez les lettres à l’envers, elles vous rappellent encore quelque chose :

  • A.V : “Avez-vous payé … ?
  • A.T : “Hâtez-vous de payer ! …
  • V.T : “Vêtez-vous et hâtez-vous de payer la taxe sur la T.V. !

(Raymond Devos – Le possédé du percepteur – http://michel.buze.perso.neuf.fr/lavache/devos16.htm)

 …

#BARCA en finale : B: Bayern, A: Atletico, R:Real, C:City, A: ah ben non...
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Come on #barca !! I'm still your supporter #retweet
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Happy about the new way we collaborate during our IT integration workshop: raise agenda points, vote for order than discuss. #entarch
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RT @TroisiemePoteau: Paris n'arrive toujours pas à passer les quarts. #MCIPSG https://t.co/9NUWG1tgOs
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RT @TroisiemePoteau: Paris n'arrive toujours pas à passer les quarts. #MCIPSG https://t.co/9NUWG1tgOs
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Un petit blond belge peut battre un grand viking suédois #mcipsg
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Ils méritaient tous les 5 de gagner. Quelle bagarre. #parisroubaix
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@Korben trop tard je suis passé du côté obscur #entarch
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Mon principe de d'architecture pour l'instant : le fond prime sur la forme. Utilitas et firmitas devant venustas... #entarch
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Vous aimez la nuance bleu chrome liquid métal chez Porsche? Elle est facturée 48 000? sur la 918 Spyder. https://t.co/wO0LxBHEXe
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Ça y est j'ai dépassé Google. Qui paie ses impôts anticipés s'enrichit...
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RT @iDalgo_: #Liga Vous pensez que le #RealMadrid de #Zidane ne peux plus être champion ? Voyez vous même. https://t.co/AAJXemPTuq
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Une pensée pour les pauvres qui ont été touchés aujourd'hui #jesuispanama #panamapapers
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