Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user

Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by zumu on Thursday June 14, 2018 @02:42PM (#17314234)

What MacOS software do you miss?

I use MacOS, Linux and Windows daily (less often Windows these days). The only feature I really miss on other OS's is spotlight, though I can kind of replace it with rofi in Linux world. Also, in my experience the ecosystem of Linux and Windows software is much larger than that of MacOS. Not to mention Mac software is sold at a premium (even things as simple as tab switching or note taking programs).

I still love Macs, but for me it's mostly the hardware (screen, touch pad, etc).

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by favorited on Thursday June 14, 2018 @02:56PM (#17314350)

For me, Quick Look (more of a feature than standalone software). I'm using a Windows app[0] which does a good enough job, but without that I'd honestly use my PC even less than I do now.

Beyond that, not having iMessage is a loss. Pages, Keynote, & Numbers are free on Mac, and they're so much nicer to use than LibreOffice IMO.

[0]https://github.com/xupefei/QuickLook

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by markab21 on Thursday June 14, 2018 @04:32PM (#17315114)

iMessages for is a big deal for me too. Almost everything else is manageable for me on windows for the most part. For me, this is the one thing that is annoying to not have.

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by Tijdreiziger on Thursday June 14, 2018 @03:12PM (#17314493)

Check out Wox for a Spotlight replacement on Windows: https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by avtar on Thursday June 14, 2018 @04:47PM (#17315239)

+1 for Wox. Listary is another option http://www.listary.com/

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by bdcravens on Thursday June 14, 2018 @03:07PM (#17314448)

Everyone is different, bug biggest thing I missed was Transmit, as I do a lot with s3. Most of the Linux options seemed lacking in various ways, so I found myself using command line more, which gets the geek in me going, but wasn't as efficient.

I also use Git Tower. Again, command line is of course an option, but I'm more efficient with a UI. Git Kraken isn't bad, but I ran into some weird permissions issues the last time I used it, so I ended up relying on VS Code's git client more.

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by ufo on Thursday June 14, 2018 @02:55PM (#17314343)

GNOME and KDE have builtin functionality that is pretty close to Spotlight. But from your comment I'm guessing you are using a more minimalistic window manager.

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