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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by bunderbunder on Thursday June 14, 2018 @02:34PM (#17314141)
Can't speak for everyone, but I've always been a polyglot on OSes. I'm usually either remoted into a Linux box from a Mac, remoted into a Linux box from Windows, remoted into Windows from a Mac, or several of those at once.

Pretty much all the software I use is cross-platform, and even Windows is a fairly acceptable Unix nowadays, so the biggest transitioning problem I have is keeping track of which modifier keys to use for my keyboard shortcuts.

Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by ms013 on Thursday June 14, 2018 @04:16PM (#17314973)
Exactly. I've always bounced between OSes over my career. Switching between them is not that hard at all - just need to mentally page in the key modifiers, shell commands, and other little idioms and pretty quickly I'm running along working.

In my experience I've found inflexibility with respect to OS to be a warning sign that usually means someone isn't going to work well long term as a flexible, open-minded team member. Signs of that at interview time usually push me pretty quickly in a 'no' direction.

Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by voltagex_ on Friday June 15, 2018 @02:42AM (#17317915)
>In my experience I've found inflexibility with respect to OS to be a warning sign that usually means someone isn't going to work well long term as a flexible, open-minded team member.

Come on. Someone can be an excellent dev but be made much more efficient by their chosen tools/environment.

Come do some public sector work for a while - you'll see what inflexibility really looks like.

Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by markmark on Thursday June 14, 2018 @07:23PM (#17316247)
I've been working on a mac after being a long time windows user, and as you say, most of the software I use is cross-platform. The biggest problem is modifier keys, and I still prefer how windows does window management (oh, and finder is garbage).
Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by geerlingguy on Thursday June 14, 2018 @03:13PM (#17314498)
Ditto; besides Final Cut Pro, Photos, and Sequel Pro, most apps I use on macOS work as well (or nearly so) under Windows.

Agreed that the worst thing is the muscle memory for shortcuts; my pinkie always needs a few hours before it starts to remember which keyboard layout I'm using.

Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by zerkten on Thursday June 14, 2018 @04:13PM (#17314954)
I've heard that the Lightroom and Photoshop experience is better overall on Windows now than Mac. I'm sticking with my 2015 MBP for now, but was wondering if anyone could comment on this? I've seen comments elsewhere about Adobe focusing on Windows more, but I've not been able to find details or a good comparison.
Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by geerlingguy on Thursday June 14, 2018 @04:59PM (#17315301)
I could go either way; I actually think LR and PS have become harder to use on either platform over the years. But you can tune a high-end PC a little better to get more performance out of both on Windows.

Aperture used to be one of the two _major_ draws of macOS over Windows for me, but Apple really burned that bridge when they dumped Aperture—arguably the best RAW photography workflow tool on the market—and pushed towards Photos, which lacked about 50% of the features that made Aperture amazing (Loupe, star rating, workflows, UI, shortcuts, etc.).