Work with PC sucks
Holy shit do I hate working with a PC. Sorry but working with a Mac is 20x better. I don't even own an iphone so no not some apple fan boy. I can't take my laptop seriously and therefore I can't take my work seriously. #macbook
Ppl hate on Macs for being expensive, but they're usually comparing apples to oranges (no pun intended). I dread using my windows PC at home to do any dev work.
Havenât used windows in years. Keep seeing on HN they have the Ubuntu subsystem, a better terminal ... and I love vscode. Is it still a pain in the ass to do use it as a dev machine? Howâs docker support in Windows these days?
Yes not worth it. Maybe I'm a noob
Depends. On what u do. For development pc is fine if u just instal Linux on it. For everything it will suck if u install MS on it excpet if u just use Ms office
Windows is much nicer than MacOS for casual use, more features exposed. For development, dual boot an enterprise Linux distro
When I worked for Apple, I hated the MacBook Pro I had to use. Not only was it a buggy piece of shit (keys would get stuck etc), but it was missing many features that I used to take for granted on Windows machines (being able to close the lid without the machine going to sleep, inverting for mice but not the trackpad, etc).
What features are missing in macOS? I find the opposite true. Preview and QuickTime are so powerful. Those preferences you mentioned can easily be changed most even without third-party software.
I mentioned two features that cannot be changed without third party software.
Only thing Mac has going for it is developer support and apple exclusivity. From an usage point of view, Mac sucks compared to windows. Finder is fuckin horrible. Audio mixer doesn't exist. Everything beyond the bare basics is a cash grab. Memory leaks galore. At the end of the day, without fail I'm swapping atleast 8gb on a machine that ships with 16 max no extendable.
I'm sure some of it is just what I'm used to from years of windows usage, but I can't stand MacOS. Just feels weird and clunky. I think Windows 10 with the Ubuntu subsystem is pretty great. Throw in VMWare Workstation on a beefy PC and it becomes pretty perfect IMO.
The Linux layer in Win 10 is amazing. They're very close to many of us never booting Linux or MacOS on our machines out of necessity again. Just wish they'd fund it better and take those last few steps
I use Win10 just fine for software development. Iâm pretty sure Iâd be fine in SLES or RHEL as well. Some things are a bit painful like a recent Windows update that broke bitlocker. Of course, I have a Xeon workstation with 32 GB RAM. I wouldnât switch to a Mac for software development unless it came with a good compensation package.
MacOS is like using a computer with kid gloves on until you get to the terminal. And as someone mentioned above, seriously Finder is the worst piece of software ever written. Itâs mind boggling how you can get a simple file manager so wrong.
Then switch to linux
Ask for a $2000 pc you will like it
But you work for apple...
OS is a screwdriver. Sometimes you need Philips sometimes you need a flathead