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Re:Rumor: Windows 12 could become a subscription based opera... by deprecative on Friday October 06, 2023 @01:28PM (#37793553)
Not to be that guy but Windows is the best OS out right now with all its faults. I don't have to dick around with Linux, and my USB ports don't crap the bed every two seconds and I can actually manage my windows unlike with MacOS.

That it plays games is just a bonus.

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Re:Rumor: Windows 12 could become a subscription based opera... by florbo on Friday October 06, 2023 @01:38PM (#37793675)
Have to agree. I regularly use Windows 11, OS X, and Debian-based desktop distros. Nothing comes close to the built-in functionality of Windows. Such a shame it's subject to advertising and aggressive telemetry.
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Re:Rumor: Windows 12 could become a subscription based opera... by nrr on Friday October 06, 2023 @01:35PM (#37793622)
Why are windows hard to manage under macOS?
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Re:Rumor: Windows 12 could become a subscription based opera... by nick_ on Friday October 06, 2023 @01:37PM (#37793659)
You need to install a 3rd party tool to switch between windows in macOS, like alt+tab provides in Windows and most linux desktops.

macOS of course has cmd+tab, but that switches apps not windows.

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Re:Rumor: Windows 12 could become a subscription based opera... by dihrbtk on Friday October 06, 2023 @01:50PM (#37793811)
you can switch between windows of a single app with cmd+`...
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Re:Rumor: Windows 12 could become a subscription based opera... by throwaway10507 on Friday October 06, 2023 @02:01PM (#37793950)
Cmd+backtick
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Re:Rumor: Windows 12 could become a subscription based opera... by jorts on Friday October 06, 2023 @01:38PM (#37793668)
It just requires an app on Mac versus windows key + arrow to move windows around. It's a non-issue.
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Re:Rumor: Windows 12 could become a subscription based opera... by deprecative on Saturday October 07, 2023 @01:23AM (#37799199)
Requiring an app is a blocking issue.
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Re:Rumor: Windows 12 could become a subscription based opera... by nrr on Sunday October 08, 2023 @01:02AM (#37807992)
I usually get away just fine with Control+Command+f to fullscreen the window, and Control+Up will open up Mission Control so that I can get two fullscreened windows side-by-side. It's all built into macOS.

Windows 11 adds snap layouts, for which there is currently no analog, but this will let you do the side-by-side thing from earlier versions of Windows as long as you can tolerate the fullscreened windows becoming their own Space. (I actually find this preferable myself, but YMMV.)

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Re:Rumor: Windows 12 could become a subscription based opera... by deprecative on Sunday October 08, 2023 @08:17AM (#37809815)
The insistence that window be the only thing I need to be looking at on MacOS is also a frustrating one. No, Steve, I really do want to manage my windows.
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