Trucks

Steve Jobs said not everybody will need a PC/laptop form factor, likening them to trucks. Rather, people will gravitate towards smartphones and tablets, likening them to cars. Not everybody needs a truck, most people can do with a car. But some of us need something heavier duty than a car so we have truck.

To be clear, in his metaphor, the Mac is a truck. macOS is the engine that powers the truck.

Once upon a time, I used to mock those old heads who steadfastly cleaved to their PowerPC Macs running Mac OS 9. "Come join us in the future with Mac OS X on Intel!" I thought. A little down the line, it changed to "Surely you can't do without the latest macOS on an Apple Silicon machine!"

Now, I empathise with them. When it comes to getting work done, if you want to protect your truck, you have to draw a line in the sand; for me, that line is currently macOS 18.

Today, Apple confirmed that the man who wanted our beefy trucks to be outfitted with puny car motors is leaving. Time will tell if they go back to respecting the big rigs or if I join the ranks of the old heads before me and stick with a good vintage.