If you were to dump your MacBook Pro, would you switch to Windows or Linux?

Posted by StokeMasterJack on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:44PM
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Re:If you were to dump your MacBook Pro, would you switch to... by Grazester on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:55PM (#13170302)

I would be inclined to switch to linux Elementary OS should my program usage allow it. I have become disenchanted with Windows as of late(past Windows 7).

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Re:If you were to dump your MacBook Pro, would you switch to... by __d on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @03:49PM (#13170845)

I changed (from Linux) to a Mac because I wanted to have easy, reliable handling of Microsoft Office documents on my laptop.

These days I run a bunch of Linux and Windows VMs on top of MacOS anyway. I'll probably check out WINE/CrossOver again, and look for a hypervisor that supports an integrated desktop on Linux ...

Or Apple will just release a 64GB-capable MacBookPro before my current Mid-2014 model is obsolete.

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Re:If you were to dump your MacBook Pro, would you switch to... by noonespecial on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @03:10PM (#13170468)

I've just gone to Linux from mac. Went to Mac before xp sp2 so I had been on it a long time.

The more clicks, touches and swipes they insist I use just to navigate, the more I appreciate vim and tmux.

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Re:If you were to dump your MacBook Pro, would you switch to... by StokeMasterJack on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @03:16PM (#13170523)

Which Linux did you choose? Which laptop?

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Re:If you were to dump your MacBook Pro, would you switch to... by noonespecial on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @01:31PM (#13178381)

Dell XPS.

Debian 8.6

Mate desktop. mate-desktop.com

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