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For me OSX gives one very clear advantage over Linux. Time. Running Linux I found myself constantly wasting time on fixing WiFi card drivers, etc after every u

For me OSX gives one very clear advantage over Linux. Time. Running Linux I found myself constantly wasting time on fixing WiFi card drivers, etc after every update. I don't have time for that shit. A Macbook may be more expensive out of the box but the extra time I can spend on stuff that is important (and fun) is worth it.

privong 11y ago
Out of curiosity, when did you experience the issues with the drivers and such? I know that was a problem in the past (and I fought with it as well), but for at least the past 4 years, I have found linux to work "out of the box" on several machines, without any fiddling of that nature. I suppose there could still be some problematic hardware, but lately, I have found linux to be much quicker to get up and running. I used an iMac for ~4 years of my PhD, while using a linux laptop alongside it. I found it was easier and faster to use the linux machine's package manager to get up and running for python coding, compared to the package managers for Macs (I tried several).
- martin-adams 11y ago
  My colleague has lost about 2 days in total due to Ubuntu updates killing her Ethernet connection at every update. This was about 2 months ago.
- zongitsrinzler 11y ago
  I experienced these a year or two ago. Btw you should give Homebrew a go, really like it over other package managers.
Intermernet 11y ago
I see this argument a lot, yet I have not spent one second customizing a linux driver for anything in the last 8 years. Maybe, if I'm running games or 3d software, I'll update to the proprietary drivers, but I've not touched anything else (wifi or otherwise) in a very long time. What hardware are you having problems with?
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pessimizer 11y ago
If you're willing to buy specific pieces of hardware in order to make sure your wireless works under OS X, why not buy known good hardware for Linux? You could buy a nice Zareason with support for less. There's nothing wrong with liking OS X, but Linux is far better than it with hardware in general, and nearly equivalent if you are willing to only buy from a tiny range of hardware.
- zongitsrinzler 11y ago
  I don't buy specific pieces of hardware. I just buy a Macbook. This goes together with the it "just works" part.
realusername 11y ago
It's not 2002 anymore, it used to be like this before but it's been a long long time since I had to do this. On my case, using Linux over OSX is also about time, I could use OSX but you need to install a lot of stuff to make it usable for a development environment (which is pretty normal, I'm not the target audiance).

privong 11y ago

Out of curiosity, when did you experience the issues with the drivers and such? I know that was a problem in the past (and I fought with it as well), but for at least the past 4 years, I have found linux to work "out of the box" on several machines, without any fiddling of that nature. I suppose there could still be some problematic hardware, but lately, I have found linux to be much quicker to get up and running. I used an iMac for ~4 years of my PhD, while using a linux laptop alongside it. I found it was easier and faster to use the linux machine's package manager to get up and running for python coding, compared to the package managers for Macs (I tried several).

martin-adams 11y ago
My colleague has lost about 2 days in total due to Ubuntu updates killing her Ethernet connection at every update. This was about 2 months ago.
zongitsrinzler 11y ago
I experienced these a year or two ago. Btw you should give Homebrew a go, really like it over other package managers.

Intermernet 11y ago

I see this argument a lot, yet I have not spent one second customizing a linux driver for anything in the last 8 years. Maybe, if I'm running games or 3d software, I'll update to the proprietary drivers, but I've not touched anything else (wifi or otherwise) in a very long time. What hardware are you having problems with?

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pessimizer 11y ago

If you're willing to buy specific pieces of hardware in order to make sure your wireless works under OS X, why not buy known good hardware for Linux? You could buy a nice Zareason with support for less. There's nothing wrong with liking OS X, but Linux is far better than it with hardware in general, and nearly equivalent if you are willing to only buy from a tiny range of hardware.

zongitsrinzler 11y ago
I don't buy specific pieces of hardware. I just buy a Macbook. This goes together with the it "just works" part.

realusername 11y ago

It's not 2002 anymore, it used to be like this before but it's been a long long time since I had to do this. On my case, using Linux over OSX is also about time, I could use OSX but you need to install a lot of stuff to make it usable for a development environment (which is pretty normal, I'm not the target audiance).