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I did use a 3rd party terminal back on Windows ( Cmder) but the Terminal on Mac (and Linux therefore) is way more powerful. I always knew that Bash is powerful, but quite often compared it to Windows’s cmd.

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And most things will work as expected without glitches, unlike on GNU/Linux where you might have issues with specific drivers (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, fingerprint, etc.), fonts, or you’ll be tweaking how it looks. You don’t need to change anything, out of the box it’s a piece of art. Global menus, consistent design, fonts, icons. If you want a good looking (out of the box) Unix machine, Macs are at the top of the ladder. Hardware-wise I like the laptop very much. Touchpad, especially the gestures, and keyboard (except for the layout) are great, and battery life serves me quite well. Even though there are laptops with higher PPI co, on Macbook everything is appropriately scaled.

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I’d like to talk about software only, but as OSX is pretty much tied up with Macs, I’ll quickly go through hardware too. After spending half a year with it using no other device, I feel courageous enough to speak about it.

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I switched jobs and moved from Windows to Mac, getting a 2016 MacBook Pro (i5, ntb, 8GB RAM).Īpart from things I knew were better on Mac, there are some things I didn’t like about it.

On my previous job, it was a bit tricky as it was enterprise-y - our hardware was managed by a separate department, and I didn’t want to interfere too much, Windows was getting the job done. My last year and a half, however, have been mainly focused on development (Java/Go) so I could get rid of Windows and switch to GNU/Linux. As I was still playing video games (most prominently ten years of DotA(2)), using Microsoft’s Office due to academics, Adobe’s Photoshop for blogging and managing several WordPress websites I had a hard time getting away from Windows. I haven’t done much distro-hopping, but I did try a few more of them occasionally. I’ve switched between Windows and Linux many times, primarily to Ubuntu (Unity, Mate, KDE) and Mint (Cinnamon). But it’s something subjective so that I wouldn’t argue on this point. Now you may argue that Windows power users should script everything with Powershell or that no power users are using Windows.

Remapping keyboard buttons (e.g., single click capslock for escape, long press for ctrl).

Using 3rd party tools such as Ditto (excellent foss clipboard manager for Windows) to improve productivity even more.

Memorizing and using keyboard shortcuts for literally anything.

Even though I’m a developer, I wouldn’t call the majority of developers power users. You may ask yourself “What does a ‘Windows power user’ even mean?” As it is not an official term, it’s somewhat subjective, but If I were asked whether I’m a power user, I’d answer positively. On my previous job, I had a desktop with Ubuntu and then later a Thinkpad (L540) with Windows on it.

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I’ve been using a Lenovo Thinkpad T440s for the last three years (i7 4600, 850 EVO, 8GB RAM) with Windows 8.1 installed on it as my private laptop. For clarification, I’ll refer to OSX as Mac. Macbooks are attractive for many reasons, their esthetics, a good looking Unix with MS Office and Adobe software, retina displays, trackpads, battery life, software support, Apple’s warranty, etc. I know lots of developers, especially living and earning their salaries in countries where a new MacBook costs several average developer salaries, ‘dreaming’ of having a Macbook. Half a year ago I switched jobs, moved from Windows to Mac only, being forced to relearn many things about my daily computer usage.

Yes, there’s GNU/Linux, and I used it occasionally, but for reasons mentioned later, I couldn’t switch to only using it. Lots of friends (developers) around me had Macs, and the tutorials from developers I enjoy watching were mostly recorded on Macs. Mainly, the *nix environment always attracted me, Apple’s hardware quality and the general feeling of OSX. For quite some time I had a desire to switch to Mac / OSX, due to several reasons.