>However, my company machine choices have me stuck on Apple. This isn't really a problem. The whole point of work is to make money to support yourself; you're

>However, my company machine choices have me stuck on Apple. This isn't really a problem. The whole point of work is to make money to support yourself; you're being paid to put up with whatever BS is entailed with that job. No one likes everything about their job, and for software people, there's very, very few jobs where they actually love their IT environment. Usually they complain about it in one way or another. The IT environment is just another factor to consider when choosing between offers, along with company culture, commute, office environment, salary, etc. You can't have it all. So my advice before doesn't apply to whatever your employer chooses to make you use in exchange for you collecting a salary, it's only for your personal use, where you really do have the power to choose what's best for you and what you like the most without worrying about external factors (unless perhaps you have a spouse/SO who will dump you because they don't like your choice, but if that's the case you're probably better off without them).