macOS Sierra has more of everything you love, just with a different name

Why makes a good operating system? Utility, intelligence, consistency, stability, speed and knowability.

The last component should be the easiest one, especially for well-established OSes, but it’s where many have stumbled. Microsoft, for instance, learned a hard lesson with the innovative and overreaching Windows 8. It hid key components of the operating system and tried to drag Windows users into the touch age. We know how that turned outWindows 10, an excellent OS in its own right, is also the salve for many of the wounds inflicted by Windows 8.

Apple has never made that kind of mistake with its desktop operating system. Sure, it’s had some bad releases, especially in the days when the OS was called “System.” The OS X era, though, ushered in a series of reliably smooth interfaces and updates. Over time, the biggest question Apple had to address was how its growing stable of screens on phones, tablets, TVs and watches would reflect and, where possible, interact with Apple’s grandad of operating systems. Read more...