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It's a price for a one of a kind portable device. I used to think like you but then I realized Ill be better of just accepting the price or suffering with an in

It's a price for a one of a kind portable device. I used to think like you but then I realized Ill be better of just accepting the price or suffering with an inferior windows device.

baz00 3y ago
I've got an M1 Pro MBP, studio display, ipad pro, apple watch, iphone. Meh. IT cost a lot and makes you feel special. That is all. It's not objectively better at achieving your goals. At this point I don't agree that windows is inferior. It is just different. And quite frankly from a developer and productivity perspective it's actually a lot better.
- nordsieck 3y ago
  > At this point I don't agree that windows is inferior. It is just different. And quite frankly from a developer and productivity perspective it's actually a lot better. I think it depends a lot of what you're developing. For a lot of open source stuff, even OSX is a 2nd class citizen, and windows isn't even considered. Of course, you can do everything in a VM, but that can have its own problems. If you live out of Visual Studio, though, I'm sure the experience is nice.
  - baz00 3y ago
    In my case mostly mathematical modelling tools, simple desktop apps etc. VScode is where it all takes place. I mean I even typeset in VSCode!
  - lhoff 3y ago
    > For a lot of open source stuff, even OSX is a 2nd class citizen, and windows isn't even considered. Of course, you can do everything in a VM, but that can have its own problems. While it is true that windows is not considered, with WSL2, that doesn't matter anymore. Everything (99%) just works seamless with the Linux environment. And yes that's not truely native and technically a VM but I prefer WSL to a VM on macOS every day of the week. Ironically, if I would need to switch to Linux, I'd buy a Macbook.
- mathverse 3y ago
  What laptop would you recommend as a substitute for mbp then?

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It's a price for a one of a kind portable device. I used to think like you but then I realized Ill be better of just accepting the price or suffering with an in

by mathverse 3y ago

It's a price for a one of a kind portable device. I used to think like you but then I realized Ill be better of just accepting the price or suffering with an inferior windows device.

baz00 3y ago
I've got an M1 Pro MBP, studio display, ipad pro, apple watch, iphone. Meh. IT cost a lot and makes you feel special. That is all. It's not objectively better at achieving your goals. At this point I don't agree that windows is inferior. It is just different. And quite frankly from a developer and productivity perspective it's actually a lot better.
- nordsieck 3y ago
  > At this point I don't agree that windows is inferior. It is just different. And quite frankly from a developer and productivity perspective it's actually a lot better. I think it depends a lot of what you're developing. For a lot of open source stuff, even OSX is a 2nd class citizen, and windows isn't even considered. Of course, you can do everything in a VM, but that can have its own problems. If you live out of Visual Studio, though, I'm sure the experience is nice.
  - baz00 3y ago
    In my case mostly mathematical modelling tools, simple desktop apps etc. VScode is where it all takes place. I mean I even typeset in VSCode!
  - lhoff 3y ago
    > For a lot of open source stuff, even OSX is a 2nd class citizen, and windows isn't even considered. Of course, you can do everything in a VM, but that can have its own problems. While it is true that windows is not considered, with WSL2, that doesn't matter anymore. Everything (99%) just works seamless with the Linux environment. And yes that's not truely native and technically a VM but I prefer WSL to a VM on macOS every day of the week. Ironically, if I would need to switch to Linux, I'd buy a Macbook.
- mathverse 3y ago
  What laptop would you recommend as a substitute for mbp then?