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Don't you think it's deserved? I haven't seriously used a macbook in nearly a decade now but the M1 is making me consider buying one. Desktop class performance

by nvarsj 5y ago

Don't you think it's deserved? I haven't seriously used a macbook in nearly a decade now but the M1 is making me consider buying one. Desktop class performance in a laptop with very long battery life is just amazing. The only thing stopping me is OS X. Using it is super painful for me - it doesn't even have basic snap to edge or split window functionality. My workflow is heavily dependent on tiling WMs and it would affect my productivity.

ebawho44 5y ago
https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst I haven't used it myself however and https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204948 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204948
- nvarsj 5y ago
  Yeah I'm familiar with what is in OS X, I have had to use it a few times for work. The fullscreen approach is very clunky. And the window animations are incredibly slow. I'm used to dynamically moving windows around and tiling things quickly. I tried using yabai but it was so slow and buggy there was no point. I think magnet/rectangle helps but it is still a subpar experience.
  - howinteresting 5y ago
    I tried getting Macs to work for years with yabai etc and came to the same conclusion as you. It's garbage for my workflows. Linux is a million times better.
    - nvarsj 5y ago
      I decided to get a fully spec'd out Thinkpad X13 AMD 2nd gen instead - 32gb ram, 1TB ssd, 8/16 cores, 16:10 2k screen. All for the whopping price of 1k GBP, a third the price of a similarly spec'd MBP.
mrctte 5y ago
This app changes everything https://apps.apple.com/us/app/magnet/id441258766?mt=12 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/magnet/id441258766?mt=12
- weatherlight 5y ago
  i was using hyperdock for this and it stopped working, just installed this and it works great! on both the M! macs and my work intel machine
- EricE 5y ago
  Rectangle is another great window snapping tool - couldn't live without it.
littlecranky67 5y ago
BetterTouchTool gets you that, along with a lot of other productivity features.
BigJ1211 5y ago
You can run linux on it if you want, for most productivity related issues there are open source tools like [Rectangle](https://rectangleapp.com https://rectangleapp.com) for what you're talking about. other tools like the Dash app are also amazing tools to speed up the development process. It will take some getting used to moving from Windows and to a far lesser extent linux, however with the right tools for the job you will end up being more productive and less frustrated. Especially compared to Windows. Unless I need something that specifically only runs on Windows, I would use Mac/Linux over it any day of the week. For productivity it's Mac > Linux >>> Windows for me.

by nvarsj 5y ago

ebawho44 5y ago

https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst I haven't used it myself however and https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204948 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204948

nvarsj 5y ago
Yeah I'm familiar with what is in OS X, I have had to use it a few times for work. The fullscreen approach is very clunky. And the window animations are incredibly slow. I'm used to dynamically moving windows around and tiling things quickly. I tried using yabai but it was so slow and buggy there was no point. I think magnet/rectangle helps but it is still a subpar experience.
- howinteresting 5y ago
  I tried getting Macs to work for years with yabai etc and came to the same conclusion as you. It's garbage for my workflows. Linux is a million times better.
  - nvarsj 5y ago
    I decided to get a fully spec'd out Thinkpad X13 AMD 2nd gen instead - 32gb ram, 1TB ssd, 8/16 cores, 16:10 2k screen. All for the whopping price of 1k GBP, a third the price of a similarly spec'd MBP.

mrctte 5y ago

This app changes everything https://apps.apple.com/us/app/magnet/id441258766?mt=12 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/magnet/id441258766?mt=12

weatherlight 5y ago
i was using hyperdock for this and it stopped working, just installed this and it works great! on both the M! macs and my work intel machine
EricE 5y ago
Rectangle is another great window snapping tool - couldn't live without it.

littlecranky67 5y ago

BetterTouchTool gets you that, along with a lot of other productivity features.

BigJ1211 5y ago

You can run linux on it if you want, for most productivity related issues there are open source tools like [Rectangle](https://rectangleapp.com https://rectangleapp.com) for what you're talking about. other tools like the Dash app are also amazing tools to speed up the development process. It will take some getting used to moving from Windows and to a far lesser extent linux, however with the right tools for the job you will end up being more productive and less frustrated. Especially compared to Windows. Unless I need something that specifically only runs on Windows, I would use Mac/Linux over it any day of the week. For productivity it's Mac > Linux >>> Windows for me.