Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up

Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by maxxxxx on Sunday March 05, 2017 @01:37PM (#13797625)

I work on Windows and have a Mac at home. Windows looks cool at first but when you actually need a workhorse the MacBook is still the best option in my view. Windows 10 and the Surface Book look really nice on paper but once you start using them they have a lot of little problems that make an unpleasant experience.

So in my book the Mac is still best but I also agree that the direction Apple is going doesn't look too promising.

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Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by eertami on Sunday March 05, 2017 @01:55PM (#13797748)

I too use both. OSX at work, and Windows (7) at home. They are both bad, neither is the best.

I remember spending time trying to figure out how to disable the animation that plays when switching OSX virtual desktops - only to find out that you literally can't without code injection or a third party app - rendering the virtual desktops on OSX entirely useless.

The fact that this a) is the default behavior and b) is not configurable, is just another in a long line of awful OSX UX and it only gets worse with every update. El Capitan changed terminal font smoothing to something woeful which was also a struggle to revert.

Honestly the only way I have found development possible on native OSX and Windows is by stretching a terminal(/putty) to the full size of the desktop and handling all window management with tmux.

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Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by UnbornSoul on Sunday March 05, 2017 @02:27PM (#13797973)

System preferences > Accessibility > Display > Reduce motion. You're, welcome.

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Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by midwestcode on Monday March 06, 2017 @04:49PM (#13806354)

This has always been an issue with both iPhone and my MBP (though I just got them last year). There are _so_ many options in Sys Prefs and otherwise, and there typically is an answer to problems you're having, but they feel hidden...

Pretty minor issue though, I still love both. I'm just not sure if I'll love the new versions everyone seems to be whining about :)

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