The Story of Surface Book

Re:The Story of Surface Book by DIVx0 on Monday October 26, 2015 @12:14PM (#10452329)

I'm in the same camp as you. I really like this hardware but I don't want to use Windows. I don't think we'll see any good support for all of the modes it can operate in on other operating systems though at least not for a long while and then in very limited capacity.

Me not wanting to use Windows is more about unfamiliarity with what modern windows is like for a non MS centric developer. My previous experience dates back to the XP days where trying to do anything other than MS things was a chore. I _really_ like the surfacebook, maybe it's time to take another look at windows?

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Re:The Story of Surface Book by mmastrac on Monday October 26, 2015 @12:30PM (#10452448)

I think the biggest barriers to me would be the awesome package ecosystems in unix land (mysql, postgres and mongo are all a single "brew install" away!).

I also would miss working in bash in iTerm and/or Apple's Terminal. Unless they've done a lot of work on the command prompt, it'll be moving back into a world of pain.

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Re:The Story of Surface Book by mirkoadari on Monday October 26, 2015 @02:39PM (#10453452)

Have you taken a look at Chocolatey and OneGet? I've been an avid Windows user as I grew tired of resolving Linux issues daily, and haven't really missed anything. Chocolately + ConEmu + Git for Windows (comes with ssh and most of the unix tools) + PowerShell for more complex scripts.

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Re:The Story of Surface Book by nilkn on Monday October 26, 2015 @06:13PM (#10454863)

I'm very new to Windows development. How does this compare to something like babun?

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Re:The Story of Surface Book by jameshart on Monday October 26, 2015 @02:41PM (#10453456)

Chocolatey. Powershell.

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