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Until an OS comes along that rivals OSX, I'll stick with Apple. I'm one of the few people I know that really doesn't put a whole lot of thought into hardware. Y

Until an OS comes along that rivals OSX, I'll stick with Apple. I'm one of the few people I know that really doesn't put a whole lot of thought into hardware. Yes I need my machine to run properly but as long as there's a baseline achievement of performance I'm good. Obviously I'd never be able to give up OSX for work purposes. Pretty much every piece of software I use is tied to OSX only.

pedalpete 12y ago
What software are you using that is only on Mac? I'm surprised by this, as it seems most development software is available for all platforms these days.
- grimgrin 12y ago
  This is from a dev standpoint but at my job we're using MySQL and I develop from Linux. When I want to browse or modify data with a GUI nothing quite matches OS X's Sequel Pro. The best I've found is DBeaver (or SQuirrel). IntelliJ is working on a thing called 0xDBE, but it feels even worse. I could easily rattle off a handful of other applications that just feel better, even if slightly, on OS X. DaisyDisk and Transmit come to mind right away.
  - rebelnz 12y ago
    Try MySQL Workbench - this is what I miss the most after switching to Postgres
  - cwyers 12y ago
    I've never used Sequel Pro so I can't compare them, but I've been very happy with SQLyog, when I was working with MySQL.
  - ChristianGeek 12y ago
    I'm a dev that uses Windows at work for development and the Mac at home for development and at work for general use. I've been a Mac devotee since 1984. For an IDE nothing beats the sheer joy of Visual Studio and ReSharper. I use NetBeans for Java (I prefer it over Eclipse and IntelliJ). For MySQL I use Sequel Pro on the Mac but prefer HeidiSQL on Windows. For Linux dev work I'll spin up a VM on Fusion on the Mac or VirtualBox on either. My point? There's nothing you listed that requires you to use a Mac. I completely understand if you choose to, but there's no need to discount Windows in the process...it's a great development environment for anything but Swift and Objective-C.
  - huehue 12y ago
    SQLToad is unmatched on Windows IMO.
  - up_and_up 12y ago
    If you ever need to use Postgres I recommend using the gui http://www.psequel.com/ http://www.psequel.com/ which is a pretty decent port of Sequel Pro to the PG world.
  - porker 12y ago
    > When I want to browse or modify data with a GUI nothing quite matches OS X's Sequel Pro. I've moved the opposite way (Windows => OS X) and have used SQLYog Ultimate Edition [0] on Windows and like it a lot -- but find Sequel Pro underpowered and slower to use, and wish there was a better alternative. 0. https://www.webyog.com/product/sqlyog https://www.webyog.com/product/sqlyog
- megablast 12y ago
  Visual Studio and Microsoft Project mainly. But then Windows users don't get XCode.
- ryanSrich 12y ago
  - Xcode - Sketch - Pixate - Framer Studio - iTerm - Fluid - Keynote - Pages - Quick cast - Cloud App Granted I haven't looked into a lot of these to see if they've picked up Linux or Window's support. However I doubt any of the one's I've listed are all on Linux, which I'd for sure need to do any development work. Some of these I'm sure have alternatives but the one app I just can't do without is Sketch. Gimp doesn't compare and wine + photoshop hackery on Linux is a nightmare.
  - piyush_soni 12y ago
    Are you sure? Saying Xcode is only available for Mac is like saying "Visual Studio is only available for Windows, so I'll stick with Windows". I thought you'd come up with some movie maker stuff which might not be as good on Windows. I used Xcode a few years back and it was a nightmare with the limited things it allowed me to do when compared to Visual Studio.
    - ryanSrich 12y ago
      Really? You're going to pick out Xcode out of the whole list? I even clearly stated what the most important app I use is and it wasn't Xcode. ...however, if you're developing iOS and OSX apps you need Xcode. So I'm not sure what your point is.
      - numbermess 12y ago
        XCode is a pretty good choice for writing Mac applications. I'm not aware of many accepted alternatives.
        rimantas 12y ago
        There really is only one–AppCode, and not really an alternative, because usually you end up using both.
      - piyush_soni 12y ago
        My point is that you can really come out of these forced incompatibilities if you want. There are multiple IDEs to develop the same thing on Windows, but of course, Apple does not want that. That's why, the author of the article had to leave developing for them - in my very personal opinion, everyone should do that, in the hope that it will force Apple to strive for a common/universal development language.

pedalpete 12y ago

What software are you using that is only on Mac? I'm surprised by this, as it seems most development software is available for all platforms these days.

grimgrin 12y ago
This is from a dev standpoint but at my job we're using MySQL and I develop from Linux. When I want to browse or modify data with a GUI nothing quite matches OS X's Sequel Pro. The best I've found is DBeaver (or SQuirrel). IntelliJ is working on a thing called 0xDBE, but it feels even worse. I could easily rattle off a handful of other applications that just feel better, even if slightly, on OS X. DaisyDisk and Transmit come to mind right away.
- rebelnz 12y ago
  Try MySQL Workbench - this is what I miss the most after switching to Postgres
- cwyers 12y ago
  I've never used Sequel Pro so I can't compare them, but I've been very happy with SQLyog, when I was working with MySQL.
- ChristianGeek 12y ago
  I'm a dev that uses Windows at work for development and the Mac at home for development and at work for general use. I've been a Mac devotee since 1984. For an IDE nothing beats the sheer joy of Visual Studio and ReSharper. I use NetBeans for Java (I prefer it over Eclipse and IntelliJ). For MySQL I use Sequel Pro on the Mac but prefer HeidiSQL on Windows. For Linux dev work I'll spin up a VM on Fusion on the Mac or VirtualBox on either. My point? There's nothing you listed that requires you to use a Mac. I completely understand if you choose to, but there's no need to discount Windows in the process...it's a great development environment for anything but Swift and Objective-C.
- huehue 12y ago
  SQLToad is unmatched on Windows IMO.
- up_and_up 12y ago
  If you ever need to use Postgres I recommend using the gui http://www.psequel.com/ http://www.psequel.com/ which is a pretty decent port of Sequel Pro to the PG world.
- porker 12y ago
  > When I want to browse or modify data with a GUI nothing quite matches OS X's Sequel Pro. I've moved the opposite way (Windows => OS X) and have used SQLYog Ultimate Edition [0] on Windows and like it a lot -- but find Sequel Pro underpowered and slower to use, and wish there was a better alternative. 0. https://www.webyog.com/product/sqlyog https://www.webyog.com/product/sqlyog
megablast 12y ago
Visual Studio and Microsoft Project mainly. But then Windows users don't get XCode.
ryanSrich 12y ago
- Xcode - Sketch - Pixate - Framer Studio - iTerm - Fluid - Keynote - Pages - Quick cast - Cloud App Granted I haven't looked into a lot of these to see if they've picked up Linux or Window's support. However I doubt any of the one's I've listed are all on Linux, which I'd for sure need to do any development work. Some of these I'm sure have alternatives but the one app I just can't do without is Sketch. Gimp doesn't compare and wine + photoshop hackery on Linux is a nightmare.
- piyush_soni 12y ago
  Are you sure? Saying Xcode is only available for Mac is like saying "Visual Studio is only available for Windows, so I'll stick with Windows". I thought you'd come up with some movie maker stuff which might not be as good on Windows. I used Xcode a few years back and it was a nightmare with the limited things it allowed me to do when compared to Visual Studio.
  - ryanSrich 12y ago
    Really? You're going to pick out Xcode out of the whole list? I even clearly stated what the most important app I use is and it wasn't Xcode. ...however, if you're developing iOS and OSX apps you need Xcode. So I'm not sure what your point is.
    - numbermess 12y ago
      XCode is a pretty good choice for writing Mac applications. I'm not aware of many accepted alternatives.
      - rimantas 12y ago
        There really is only one–AppCode, and not really an alternative, because usually you end up using both.
    - piyush_soni 12y ago
      My point is that you can really come out of these forced incompatibilities if you want. There are multiple IDEs to develop the same thing on Windows, but of course, Apple does not want that. That's why, the author of the article had to leave developing for them - in my very personal opinion, everyone should do that, in the hope that it will force Apple to strive for a common/universal development language.