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> An honest question from someone who hasn't used Windows since the early 2010s: as developers, what's the draw? Corporate standards? Also, if you're in enter
by ardy42 6y ago
> An honest question from someone who hasn't used Windows since the early 2010s: as developers, what's the draw?
Corporate standards? Also, if you're in enterprise land, there could be some weird tool you need to use (or is superior to whatever you can get on Linux) that forces/encourages you to use Windows.
Also, there may be some weird little ergonomics thing: I recently switched from Windows to a Mac at work. We use Outlook, and IMHO Mac Outlook sucks compared to the Windows version. It's just missing a bunch of useful little features that I got used to. I was originally planning on using Windows Outlook in a VM, but got thwarted by new policies set by our new desktop support vendor.
- woodruffw 6y agoThat makes sense for a Windows development shop, but for a personal development environment? This blog and others I've seen seem geared at hobbyist developers.
- olyjohn 6y agoMac Outlook is so totally neutered compared to the Windows version. I thought Outlook on Windows was a crappy, crashy POS application, then I used it on Mac. It actually hinders my productivity. There's not even an option to manually run mail rules that you create. I guess you just have to wait for that e-mail to come in again to see if you set up your rules properly. No option to rebuild your mailboxes. I have had to remove and recreate my account multiple times already just to keep it functioning.
- entropyie 6y agoI agree with your sentiment for the most part (although I haven't run native windows outlook in 15 years)... however, for what it's worth, you can apply client side mail rules to existing emails on MacOS. I've used this to classify automated notifications into at least a dozen folders at work. At home I use Thunderbird ;-)