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There are probably a lot of people like me on HN who _need_ a unix box to do their work, and the various Macs are still far and away the best general purpose un
by fergie 9y ago
There are probably a lot of people like me on HN who _need_ a unix box to do their work, and the various Macs are still far and away the best general purpose unix boxes available (best chassis, best peripheral compatibility, best (o|O)ffice software compatibility).
Now that Google Docs and Office 365 are "good enough" for most things, I would probably be happy to go back to Linux if there was a Linux machine that had comparable build quality yet was a bit cheaper than a Mac.
- paprikka 9y agoCan't agree more. The main thing that keeps me using OSX is Adobe Creative Cloud. I'd mention aesthetics, but the current Linux distros look quite good, plus they're customisable.
- acidburnNSA 9y agoDell XPS 15 on Linux is pretty glorious you guys. My 2011 version is still kicking amazingly well with a 1TB SSD, and the newer models are way sleek. I also have a 2013 Sony vaio with dual boot linix/windows. Haven't booted to windows for anything but updating it for years.