Re:Ask HN: Mac or Linux based laptop for development
by rvz on Thursday August 27, 2020 @07:56PM
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You can still have it all on a Macbook plus with Windows and Linux installed too.
Macbooks have the g̶o̶l̶d̶ diamond standard of trackpads from any other laptop you can find. Triple boot Windows, macOS and Linux without any effort or need of 'Hackintoshing' and in general, Touch ID and Apple Watch authentication in macOS on a Macbook take the pain out of repeatedly typing in passwords for SSH, PGP, password-managers etc.
macOS on a Macbook just adds the added extra convenience Apple gives you which doesn't exist on any Linux laptop which makes development effortless and gets out of my way.
Macbooks have the g̶o̶l̶d̶ diamond standard of trackpads from any other laptop you can find. Triple boot Windows, macOS and Linux without any effort or need of 'Hackintoshing' and in general, Touch ID and Apple Watch authentication in macOS on a Macbook take the pain out of repeatedly typing in passwords for SSH, PGP, password-managers etc.
macOS on a Macbook just adds the added extra convenience Apple gives you which doesn't exist on any Linux laptop which makes development effortless and gets out of my way.