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Why not install windows and linux on virtual machines (or dual/triple-boot) on a single highest-end macbook pro?

• gonvaled 9y ago
  Can not get used to keyboard / mouse of macbook
  • ido 9y ago
    i used to have the same problem, but i found after a week of using only the mac I got used to it :)
    • gonvaled 9y ago
      Since my main development environment is Linux, having to work inside the VM is actually making this problem more difficult: 1. I have problems getting used to the Mac keyboard 2. I have problems getting used to the keyboard mappings inside the VM running in the Mac, which is different to the keyboard mappings in my barebone Ubuntu machine, and different to the mappings in a VM running in my barebore Ubuntu machine 3. Integration of host OS (macOS) and VM is another source of pain (copy-paste, file sharing and so on) If I was able (or willing) to ditch Ubuntu and do everything in the Mac, without VMs, this would be easier to achieve.
    • Teckla 9y ago
      As a software developer, I find the lack of dedicated home/end/page up/page down keys almost impossible to get used to. The new Touch Bar makes things even worse.
• fapjacks 9y ago
  But I'm genuinely curious why people want to pay this huge price for merely okay hardware? You can get a lot more power out of a non-Apple product for a lot cheaper. I am not trying to start a flamewar here, I've just never been able to wrap my head around this idea.