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> So first this comment is clearly influenced by your own preferences for MacOS. I've always found very strange the love for MacOS professed by so many here on

by csdvrx 4y ago

> So first this comment is clearly influenced by your own preferences for MacOS. I've always found very strange the love for MacOS professed by so many here on HN! > Stackoverflow Developer Survey shows irl about 40% of development is done on Windows, 30% Mac and 30% Linux. So the platforms are at least equally appealing in real world circumstances. Indeed. I use Windows and there's no amount of money you could pay me to use a Mac: at the bare minimum, I want an OLED screen, and there's no such option on MacOS. OTOH, I try Linux every know and then, the terminal experience is still sub-par but the foot terminal emulator, despite how hard it is to configure it, is quite promising!

_y5hn 4y ago
Kitty and alacritty are both good options for Linux. With Kitty you get very easy access to themes.
watermelon0 4y ago
> I want an OLED screen, and there's no such option on MacOS. Mini LED on M1 MBPs is not OLED quality, but it's quite close in many cases. Additionally, in my experience (and from reading various reviews), M1 laptops are really quiet (fans are not loud even under load), have great battery life, and don't get nearly as hot as most (if not all) PC counterparts (under the same load conditions.)
- csdvrx 4y ago
  > Mini LED on M1 MBPs is not OLED quality, but it's quite close in many cases. No, it's not even close. When I say OLED, I mean OLED, not qled or something that's "almost like" it. To be clear: no OLED= I won't buy it. > Additionally, in my experience (and from reading various reviews), M1 laptops are really quiet (fans are not loud even under load), have great battery life, and don't get nearly as hot as most (if not all) PC counterparts (under the same load conditions.) Thanks, it might be nice if I cared about such things, but I absolutely don't - especially if the only non negotiable requirement (OLED) can't even be met. FYI, if you want to know other things I care about once the bare minimum of an OLED screen is there: ECC RAM, removable NVMe drives, ideally 2 of them (or better: 3x) Unfortunately, there're no such things on macs. I'm sure "quiet, long battery life, cold to the touch" are important factors for those who purchase macs- but not for me. It seems that those who have found the M1 macs suitable to their needs think that it must be ideal for everyone else - it's not! Different people have different needs.

by csdvrx 4y ago

_y5hn 4y ago

Kitty and alacritty are both good options for Linux. With Kitty you get very easy access to themes.

watermelon0 4y ago

> I want an OLED screen, and there's no such option on MacOS. Mini LED on M1 MBPs is not OLED quality, but it's quite close in many cases. Additionally, in my experience (and from reading various reviews), M1 laptops are really quiet (fans are not loud even under load), have great battery life, and don't get nearly as hot as most (if not all) PC counterparts (under the same load conditions.)

csdvrx 4y ago
> Mini LED on M1 MBPs is not OLED quality, but it's quite close in many cases. No, it's not even close. When I say OLED, I mean OLED, not qled or something that's "almost like" it. To be clear: no OLED= I won't buy it. > Additionally, in my experience (and from reading various reviews), M1 laptops are really quiet (fans are not loud even under load), have great battery life, and don't get nearly as hot as most (if not all) PC counterparts (under the same load conditions.) Thanks, it might be nice if I cared about such things, but I absolutely don't - especially if the only non negotiable requirement (OLED) can't even be met. FYI, if you want to know other things I care about once the bare minimum of an OLED screen is there: ECC RAM, removable NVMe drives, ideally 2 of them (or better: 3x) Unfortunately, there're no such things on macs. I'm sure "quiet, long battery life, cold to the touch" are important factors for those who purchase macs- but not for me. It seems that those who have found the M1 macs suitable to their needs think that it must be ideal for everyone else - it's not! Different people have different needs.