Re:Ask HN: Pros and Cons of Switching from Linux to M1 MacBook
by simonh on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:13AM
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After 12 years away from Windows at home I was ready to enjoy Win 10. WSL 2 is a fantastic idea and well implemented. But oh boy, Windows system configuration and user settings is still an utter garbage fire.
Their attempts to present a simplified interface using the Metro style UI actually make it worse because often it’s just an extra barrier to finding what you really want. Two different start menus now, really? Every time I open the system preferences panel in MacOS now I give a little prayer of thanks.
Re:Ask HN: Pros and Cons of Switching from Linux to M1 MacBook
by varjag on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:12AM
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Not quite. Some very nice things like airdrop, sidecar, roaming of headphones between your devices or accepting a mobile phone call on your laptop simply do not exist elsewhere.
(A Linux user and developer since 1999 myself)
Re:Ask HN: Pros and Cons of Switching from Linux to M1 MacBook
by mherrmann on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:14AM
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> but it still feels like your computer is not yours
I had that feeling when I was on macOS as well. Too much of Apple's agenda, pre-installing software I don't need or want.
Re:Ask HN: Pros and Cons of Switching from Linux to M1 MacBook
by distances on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:43AM
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I had to work recently 15 months on a MacBook, and for me Win + WSL was definitely better even if not quite on the level of Linux.
My lousy Mac experience was probably because I have external display and keyboard, so I don't benefit at all from the good hardware. For me it was just an underpowered laptop (compared to my desktop).
Windows has improved a lot with WSL, but it still feels like your computer is not yours - there are ads and some privacy settings keep getting reverted on updates.