

Downloaded, installed, and now everything works as expected. I just re-ran GIMP, and it prompted me to go download X11. also XQuartz installs itself as part of the system so that you don't run into issues using an older version of XQuartz when you upgrade your OS. To a company like Apple pushing technology is more important and supporting a fraction of users with something they can get on their own is spending time in the wrong place.Įxcept that the old version came with the old OS. It's not essential for 99.9% of Mac users and only developers and system admins would want it installed. X11 missing from my computer was a simple google search away from a fix. It was his excuse for why IE was so much worse than Firefox or Chrome. He also explained to me that Microsoft was not in the business of pushing new technology but that they were in the business of bringing it to the masses. He essentially told me that Microsoft does the best legacy support in the world and wanted to ensure that every single piece of important software could still be installed and work with the new version. I was speaking to a Microsoft evangelist two years ago and asked him why it took them so long to release a new version of Windows. What I find disturbing here is the expectation that they would include it.
