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As a Windows user, I get more tempted to switch with each new hardware release from Apple. But Apple's historical and maybe just now truly culminating privelegi

As a Windows user, I get more tempted to switch with each new hardware release from Apple. But Apple's historical and maybe just now truly culminating priveleging of 'consumers' over power users scares me off in equal proportion. I'm very conflicted. It seems more and more likely that I'll just break down and get an Air and maybe run Windows on boot camp. Edit: Any veteran Mac users have misgivings about the issue? If not, what gives you confidence about the future of power users on Apple platforms?

cageface 15y ago
As a longtime Mac user I'm concerned about this as well as what appears to be a waning interest at Apple in supporting the professional creative market. However, Windows is much less friendly still to the command-line user and none of the apps I depend on are available on Linux so I'm not sure what to do.
- sliverstorm 15y ago
  Windows on the desktop, Linux on the server in your basement
  - jaxn 15y ago
    I.e. go back to 1998? No thanks.
    - sliverstorm 15y ago
      You have a better solution?
      - jaxn 15y ago
        Well, having used Lion for the past few months, I can say that Terminal is unaffected by the changes they are talking about. Running open source development stacks hasn't been affected. So, I don't think a solution is needed. I still believe that no one makes better hardware than Apple and their OS is the best possible system for a developer that also needs to run things like MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite, etc. Do you have needs that are not met by Lion?
        sliverstorm 15y ago
        Closed-source development tools, which are non-negotiable.
        jaxn 15y ago
        What changed in Lion? Are we talking about tools that worked on Snow Leopard and these changes to Lion break them? Or are you just not able to use Mac OS?
shade 15y ago
I was a Mac user in the late 90s, been a Mac user again since 2007 or so, although as an "adder," not a straight up switcher. Speaking for myself, I have had misgivings off and on but ignored/glossed over them earlier this year to buy a new 15" MBP. Unfortunately, the last few months (and especially after installing Lion) those misgivings have been growing stronger, and I'm definitely uncomfortable with what seems to be their increasing indifference to pro users. I don't object to making things easier by hiding features, but I do object to doing so by removing features entirely -- for example, the way Expose and Spaces were gimped in favor of Mission Control in Lion. It's easier for the average user, but it's really messed with the way I manage windows and applications, and I quite honestly Do Not Like It. Anecdotally, from talking to a few friends who are also power user types, they hate it as well. At any rate, I've been thinking more and more lately about switching back to an all-Windows environment. My day job is web development on the .NET platform, and I generally love C# and ASP.NET MVC -- they are just a fantastic environment to work in. Since I already have all the tools, there'd be no real burden to switching back to all-Windows. Lately, I've really been thinking about using my MSDN sub to bootcamp the MBP, or maybe just selling off the MBP entirely for a T420 or Samsung Series 9. I do really like the MBP's hardware and especially the trackpad, but now that we're finally seeing Clickpad-equipped laptops coming out that's much less of an issue for me. Mind you, this is all just my opinion. Others may disagree, and I'm sure they will. :)

cageface 15y ago

As a longtime Mac user I'm concerned about this as well as what appears to be a waning interest at Apple in supporting the professional creative market. However, Windows is much less friendly still to the command-line user and none of the apps I depend on are available on Linux so I'm not sure what to do.

sliverstorm 15y ago
Windows on the desktop, Linux on the server in your basement
- jaxn 15y ago
  I.e. go back to 1998? No thanks.
  - sliverstorm 15y ago
    You have a better solution?
    - jaxn 15y ago
      Well, having used Lion for the past few months, I can say that Terminal is unaffected by the changes they are talking about. Running open source development stacks hasn't been affected. So, I don't think a solution is needed. I still believe that no one makes better hardware than Apple and their OS is the best possible system for a developer that also needs to run things like MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite, etc. Do you have needs that are not met by Lion?
      - sliverstorm 15y ago
        Closed-source development tools, which are non-negotiable.
        jaxn 15y ago
        What changed in Lion? Are we talking about tools that worked on Snow Leopard and these changes to Lion break them? Or are you just not able to use Mac OS?

shade 15y ago

I was a Mac user in the late 90s, been a Mac user again since 2007 or so, although as an "adder," not a straight up switcher. Speaking for myself, I have had misgivings off and on but ignored/glossed over them earlier this year to buy a new 15" MBP. Unfortunately, the last few months (and especially after installing Lion) those misgivings have been growing stronger, and I'm definitely uncomfortable with what seems to be their increasing indifference to pro users. I don't object to making things easier by hiding features, but I do object to doing so by removing features entirely -- for example, the way Expose and Spaces were gimped in favor of Mission Control in Lion. It's easier for the average user, but it's really messed with the way I manage windows and applications, and I quite honestly Do Not Like It. Anecdotally, from talking to a few friends who are also power user types, they hate it as well. At any rate, I've been thinking more and more lately about switching back to an all-Windows environment. My day job is web development on the .NET platform, and I generally love C# and ASP.NET MVC -- they are just a fantastic environment to work in. Since I already have all the tools, there'd be no real burden to switching back to all-Windows. Lately, I've really been thinking about using my MSDN sub to bootcamp the MBP, or maybe just selling off the MBP entirely for a T420 or Samsung Series 9. I do really like the MBP's hardware and especially the trackpad, but now that we're finally seeing Clickpad-equipped laptops coming out that's much less of an issue for me. Mind you, this is all just my opinion. Others may disagree, and I'm sure they will. :)