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Was just talking about this on the "Why did Python win?" thread, but I think there's just a fundamental divide between IDE people and text editor people. Text e
by tootie 3y ago
Was just talking about this on the "Why did Python win?" thread, but I think there's just a fundamental divide between IDE people and text editor people. Text editor people buy Macs so they can use a POSIX command line with a nice windowed UI. They use VS Code or maybe vim. IDE people want full VS (or IntelliJ) and they both run better on less expensive Windows machines. I think the target demos for OSX and Visual Studio just don't overlap enough.
- mschuster91 3y ago> IDE people want full VS (or IntelliJ) and they both run better on less expensive Windows machines. No Windows machine comes even close to the battery lifetime and general performance of an M2 series Mac.
- kcartlidge 3y agoI'm on an M1 Mac and even with that iteration you're totally right. Especially given for that battery life you usually still great performance and a silent machine. But I really miss my ThinkPad (with Mint) whilst I use it. I'm on the Mac probably 95% of the time but other than the battery life and efficiency it has nothing else going for it in comparison. It has a worse screen, awful keyboard, toy UI, and terrible accessibility as my eyesight ages. I wish the non-Apple world would get their act together.
- tootie 3y agoPerformance only needs to be good enough and my laptop is rarely unplugged. I prefer alternative form factors. Touchscreen is great. Trackpads without buttons suck.
- leduyquang753 3y agoDare giving some citation?
- mywittyname 3y agoI've never had a choice in development machines. I've been stuck on OSX for 7 years at this point.
- shortrounddev2 3y agoMy company provided a macbook pro but I stopped using it shortly after starting and do all development on my windows laptop
- tootie 3y agoSame. And it's because you cannot develop for iOS without a Mac.
- robenkleene 3y agoI'm not sure this Mac/Windows, Text Editor/IDE makes sense. Apple platform (macOS/iOS) development centers on Xcode, which is of course an IDE.