The sloppy window management in macOS combined with the scarce selection of laptops (of which none are really good in my opinion) has led me to try win10 as my development environment.
i3-like on Windows would have been great!
It's come to a point where all serious productivity work I do is done on my Windows computer.
I've also recently ventured into building my own PC and realized how much power you can get for peanuts with the right configuration. My last Ryzen 3700x build is faster than any Mac I've ever owned and costs 1/3rd.
Between all this and the horrible butterfly keyboard, I might be off the Apple train for good
Win10 has all I need. Alt+tab shows me Windows, not apps. Win+arrow keys will maximize, minimize, etc. Win+alt+arrow keys moves windows between displays.
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/master/src/modul...
It was mentioned in a FancyZones thread a few months ago.
(Commercial product).
Maybe you found a way around this!
Especially when WSL2 is out ~next year, that extra screen above the keyboard would be amazing for displaying eg Terminal - with VSCode or Studio in the main screen. So many options.
The top model is not afraid of its price point, sadly, but it sure is a Hero configuration.
As we're sharing links, this was a great write up: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/announcing-wsl-2/
Can't wait for it to roll out officially with 20H1.
I still pine for i3 though.
Still I'd personally rather use efficient tiling software + tabbing between spaces than have to look down at distractions. I'm amazed no major OS developer has tried to deliver this as an advanced mode. It's the type of thing that would benefit from direct OS integration.
Most of the MacOS tiling software have occasional awkward moments with Spaces and fullscreen mode.