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I'm somewhat on the other side of things where I've been using Windows exclusively on my work laptop for many years (I have a Linux box at work) and have been s
by _coveredInBees 8y ago
I'm somewhat on the other side of things where I've been using Windows exclusively on my work laptop for many years (I have a Linux box at work) and have been seriously considering switching to a Macbook Pro for over a year now, but I'm continuously frustrated by things on the Apple/Macbook side of things (my wife has a 2017 MBP).
Apart from the annoyance of the keyboard on the MBP and my personal preference for physical Fn keys over a touchbar, it is simply amazing to me how bad the Macbook Pro is with playing with simple external peripherals like Docks and external monitors. I've tried using a USB3 based dock, as well as a thunderbolt dock to connect 2 external displays to a Macbook Pro and it's just been horrible. The former didn't even work, the latter only supported one monitor for whatever reason. I then tried using 2 simply USB-C to HDMI adapters to connect to the two monitors (hello dongle land!) and while both monitors are seen, OSX refuses to support 1920x1200 on my new Dell 2415 Monitor and ends up stretching a lower resolution across the monitor, making everything look like garbage.
Occasionally, on reboots, it will work fine again, but it needs to be your lucky day. Why Apple won't make their own fucking dock so that I can pay them some extra Apple tax just for some sanity and peace of mind is beyond me. Meanwhile, my 2 year old Dell XPS (which I don't really love at all) has never had an issue with external monitors via any of these docks ever.
So here I am using WSL on Windows 10, and you know what, it keeps getting better and better, and I might just end up sticking around with Windows.
- alkonaut 8y agoHardware really is where windows shines. I connect a new laptop to two external monitors with different resolution and dpi and everything just works including dragging windows between them and rescaling for most apps. For some reason it feels like it even knows which monitor is placed where which would be more than creepy (I can’t imagine it does, so must be confirmation bias).
- dethac 8y agoIt honestly feels like choosing a laptop today is trying to make the least bad choice. MacBook? Piss-poor keyboards and external device support. XPS? Poor support. ThinkPad? Windows 10. <Laptop> with Linux? X software is not available.