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I work with a few developers from Japan - MacBook Pros running Windows, across the board.

walterbell 10y ago
Why do they run Windows on an expensive MacBook Pro, e.g. how is power management, HiDPI, driver support, etc? Is this mostly Windows 7 or 10? Why not macOS + Windows in a VM?
- raihansaputra 10y ago
  I don't know about running Windows in a VM, but drivers are very good and battery life (even on Windows) is probably better than most Windows laptop. Not to mention you could get a fully-loaded MacBook Pro almost anywhere on the planet if something happens.
- gcb0 10y ago
  probably USA centric company that forces macbooks on all employees for IT policies. But then the devs need to work on compilers/debuggers for hardware that only runs on windows.
  - walterbell 10y ago
    How do IT departments manage policy for a lot of Macs? MacOS server MDM is for small biz. Are there good OSS tools? I've seen a paper on cfengine, https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/lisa10/tech/full_papers/Bass.pdf https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/lisa10/tech/full_papers/...
    - ben1040 10y ago
      Everywhere I've worked that deployed Macs in any large capacity also used this management suite from Jamf. https://www.jamf.com/products/jamf-pro/ https://www.jamf.com/products/jamf-pro/
    - astrange 10y ago
      I'm amazed that works, but don't do what they did. Use configuration profiles where possible. https://developer.apple.com/library/content/featuredarticles/iPhoneConfigurationProfileRef/Introduction/Introduction.html https://developer.apple.com/library/content/featuredarticles...
    - gcb0 10y ago
      ironically my 20k employee corp uses Microsoft Active Directory.
- wapz 10y ago
  I live in Japan and laptops here are real expensive. Macbooks are not much more than similar-spec'd windows laptops (well until the newest generation came out). I wanted a decent windows machine with a dedicated video card and was looking at $1700 (for something I could get on sale in the US for $1200 from Dell).

Why do they run Windows on an expensive MacBook Pro, e.g. how is power management, HiDPI, driver support, etc? Is this mostly Windows 7 or 10? Why not macOS + Windows in a VM?

raihansaputra 10y ago
I don't know about running Windows in a VM, but drivers are very good and battery life (even on Windows) is probably better than most Windows laptop. Not to mention you could get a fully-loaded MacBook Pro almost anywhere on the planet if something happens.
gcb0 10y ago
probably USA centric company that forces macbooks on all employees for IT policies. But then the devs need to work on compilers/debuggers for hardware that only runs on windows.
- walterbell 10y ago
  How do IT departments manage policy for a lot of Macs? MacOS server MDM is for small biz. Are there good OSS tools? I've seen a paper on cfengine, https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/lisa10/tech/full_papers/Bass.pdf https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/lisa10/tech/full_papers/...
  - ben1040 10y ago
    Everywhere I've worked that deployed Macs in any large capacity also used this management suite from Jamf. https://www.jamf.com/products/jamf-pro/ https://www.jamf.com/products/jamf-pro/
  - astrange 10y ago
    I'm amazed that works, but don't do what they did. Use configuration profiles where possible. https://developer.apple.com/library/content/featuredarticles/iPhoneConfigurationProfileRef/Introduction/Introduction.html https://developer.apple.com/library/content/featuredarticles...
  - gcb0 10y ago
    ironically my 20k employee corp uses Microsoft Active Directory.
wapz 10y ago
I live in Japan and laptops here are real expensive. Macbooks are not much more than similar-spec'd windows laptops (well until the newest generation came out). I wanted a decent windows machine with a dedicated video card and was looking at $1700 (for something I could get on sale in the US for $1200 from Dell).