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I went through the same exact process you are going through a few months ago, my manager wanted to replace our laptops with new, Linux-based ones and asked us w

by Jun8 16y ago

I went through the same exact process you are going through a few months ago, my manager wanted to replace our laptops with new, Linux-based ones and asked us what to get. I switched to a 15" MBP, being never a Mac person before. The first week or so was painful. Mac OS wasn't as intuitive as I though it would be and it may be hard to find how to do things as a power Linux user. But after that initial learning curve, god it's good. Just the hardware itself is worth it, the feel, and of course the screen, which is one of the most important parts of a laptop I think. Finding and installing packages is OK with Homebrew (or MacPorts), not as intuitive as apt perhaps, though. I have friends using a Thinkpad and if you ask me again today, I would definitely repeat my decision to go with the MBP. Maybe you're giving away a wee bit of Ubuntu goodness but you gain tremendously from hardware and being able to use other Mac software, which is very very good.

jacoblyles 16y ago
I feel stupid whenever I sit down at a computer without multi-touch and spotlight now. The software of a mac is just so nice and polished.
- kls 16y ago
  I could not live without multi-touch now. It is a true mouse killer. I am sure it has added 30% to my productivity alone. Someone turned me on to BetterTouchTools and the rest has been history. With 3 finger click copy, 4 finger click paste I can blaze through a lot of tasks.
  - jaxn 16y ago
    I love multitouch, but keystrokes are so much faster than using the touchpad.
    - kls 16y ago
      Sure it depends on what task I am trying to accomplish, I should have prefaced that. If I am in the IDE I use the keyboard. But, if I am doing tasks like managing files I tend to use the pad.
      - simonft1 16y ago
        Even for copying files, the keyboard is often quite a bit faster. Especially if you take the time to learn bash well.
        kls 16y ago
        I prefer the finder to the shell for file management.
        jaxn 16y ago
        And the joy of OS X is that you have both a polished GUI and a solid shell.
  - mgedmin 16y ago
    I love my TrackPoint -- zero-click copy (just select some text), one-click paste (middle-button).
maco 16y ago
The screen's the most important part? I think it's the keyboard. Typing without looking isn't a problem.

by Jun8 16y ago

jacoblyles 16y ago

I feel stupid whenever I sit down at a computer without multi-touch and spotlight now. The software of a mac is just so nice and polished.

kls 16y ago
I could not live without multi-touch now. It is a true mouse killer. I am sure it has added 30% to my productivity alone. Someone turned me on to BetterTouchTools and the rest has been history. With 3 finger click copy, 4 finger click paste I can blaze through a lot of tasks.
- jaxn 16y ago
  I love multitouch, but keystrokes are so much faster than using the touchpad.
  - kls 16y ago
    Sure it depends on what task I am trying to accomplish, I should have prefaced that. If I am in the IDE I use the keyboard. But, if I am doing tasks like managing files I tend to use the pad.
    - simonft1 16y ago
      Even for copying files, the keyboard is often quite a bit faster. Especially if you take the time to learn bash well.
      - kls 16y ago
        I prefer the finder to the shell for file management.
        jaxn 16y ago
        And the joy of OS X is that you have both a polished GUI and a solid shell.
- mgedmin 16y ago
  I love my TrackPoint -- zero-click copy (just select some text), one-click paste (middle-button).

maco 16y ago

The screen's the most important part? I think it's the keyboard. Typing without looking isn't a problem.