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I've made the opposite jump to you. I recently switched stacks and moved to a company that almost exclusively uses MBP's and OSX. To make matters worse, my firs
by EnderMB 8y ago
I've made the opposite jump to you. I recently switched stacks and moved to a company that almost exclusively uses MBP's and OSX. To make matters worse, my first time using a Mac in anger was my first day on the job.
A few months later, and I'm fine with Macs. I'd prefer a Linux box, but I'm productive enough to not stand out, and I'm comfortable enough with some of the shortcuts to not feel stupid.
My advice to you is to stick with Windows, and to use it as a learning experience. Once you've got the standard tools set up, and feel productive in WSL, Cmder and similar recommended tools you'll probably wonder why you were so worried in the first place. You'll lose all the tools you knew and loved, but you'll pick up new ones.
On the hardware front, I'm a very happy Surface Book user and if budget is no concern I'd recommend that. In terms of form and power it's the closest in quality I've found to a MBP.
- throwaway128399 8y agoI had a feeling the Surface Book might be comfortable for me, looking at images of the keyboard/trackpad layout. I'll see how open they are to this vs their normal hp route. They just suggested an elitebook x360, which also looks nice. I'd have to lose an inch or 2 of screen, but unfortunately it looks like most everything is moving that way.