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I use OS X because of the better hardware and nicer GUI/UX. After installing homebrew, MacVim, iTerm, and Chrome, I can't think of anything major I miss from L
by hasenj 12y ago
I use OS X because of the better hardware and nicer GUI/UX.
After installing homebrew, MacVim, iTerm, and Chrome, I can't think of anything major I miss from Linux/Ubuntu.
I'm mostly doing front-end development. No "Docker" stuff or anything fancy like that.
- smt88 12y agoNicer GUI/UX is subjective. I find that the OS X GUI kills my productivity, but others may feel the opposite. Linux is highly configurable, at least, so you could get near-perfect OS X UI on a Linux machine. As for the hardware: I'm running Ubuntu on my MacBook Pro laptop, and it runs great. It boots much faster than my clean Yosemite install. In fact, Yosemite's performance was abysmal compared to Ubuntu.
- Someone1234 12y agoThis is a little off topic, but how is the battery life on your Macbook Pro when running Ubuntu? Last I looked Ubuntu ran fine, it just cut your battery life in half (actually both Windows and Ubuntu cut your battery life in half, when ran natively/bootcamp, and not via VM). So has that improved at all. It certainly hasn't on Windows on a Mac (the Apple bootcamp drivers are really unoptimised).
- vladimir-y 12y agoFor linux based laptops to gain battery life it's important to use software as powertop / tlp. It is logical that the apple laptop has a decent battery life, since apple uses a pre-defined hardware list, according to which operating system drivers are polished.
- smt88 12y agoBattery life is about the same, but it was never great (13" 2013 MBP with HDD). When I'm using my laptop (at a client, in a meeting, at the airport) I always have a power outlet, so my productivity is much more influenced by the OS than the battery life. Your lifestyle might be different.