Do Apple Products "Just Need More Work"?
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I'll find out. I will be making the jump to Apple as my desktop in three days! A big jump for me. Windows and Linux I have used extensively, Apple Mac almost not at all. So this is going to be quite the transition for me to make.
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I now use OSX a lot now for GroveSocial as well as for my main laptop. I haven't found issues there but IOS has been more unstable than they have previously. It is still way more stable than my windows phone was or an android I have in my office for testing is.
I am also not installing tons of apps on the MacBook or Macmini. I am pretty slim on what I use for working. The only Play app I have is Steam and that is just fine.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I'll find out. I will be making the jump to Apple as my desktop in three days! A big jump for me. Windows and Linux I have used extensively, Apple Mac almost not at all. So this is going to be quite the transition for me to make.
With VMFusion and the synced user folders between mac and a Windows 7 VM migration is a breeze. I have been on this platform for 5 months now, and I hate to admit it, but I absolutely love it. Honestly the hardest idea for me to get over with Mac, is system files, are hidden, and you don't get to see them. You have your documents, and just don't worry about everything else. Good luck, and feel free to reach out if I can help.
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Not sure if I am going to run Windows on it at all. Maybe, but we will have to see. I don't want to use the Mac as just a platform for running Windows and almost nothing that I do anymore requires Windows at all so I would really like to really make the switch to see what all it entails.
I will be mostly programming and doing video editing, so not much need for Microsoft specific tools.
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@scottalanmiller Agreed, I don't use mine much, but there are times that having Windows around is nice. The way VMWare does it, all your files and users folders are mapped, so if you have a document on your desktop, you can three finger swipe to the left and basically change OS's to Windows, open it, do something to it, save it, then swipe back and manage it in OSX. It feels super natural, and for the cost of the OS and $70 for Fusion IMO totally worth it.
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That's pretty cool. All of my docs are on things like SharePoint so getting them between the OSes would be trivial anyway.
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@scottalanmiller So I have been meaning to ask you.. How do you like the Mac environment now that you have had a chance to play with it?
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@s.hackleman honestly I'm loving it. Now I cheated in two ways.... 1) someone else paid for my top of the line, fully decked out MacbookPro with wireless keyboard and mouse and very expensive 27" monitor and 2) I was surrounded by Mac power users that helped me through all of the "how do I do THIS" tasks.
I've adapted to the touchpad quirks and like it mostly now. The screen is amazing. The i7 with HT and 16gb and SSD make it as snappy as these things can possibly get. So performance is really sweet.
I do mostly development on this so I have RubyMine and Atom loaded up and they are great here. And I love the inclusive terminal.
So yeah, I'm liking it a lot. There are things I prefer in Windows and Linux, to be sure, but it is very nice and I am having a lot of fun with it. I'll be using this exclusively through mid-summer and primarily for the indefinite future. So I am committed to the experiment, that is for sure.
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I do like the monitor / docking station thing where you put your USB peripherals and Ethernet into the stationary monitor and then just hook up the laptop via Thunderbort. That works really well.
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That is pretty much the setup I have here. and I have the exact same feelings. That is why I mentioned the VM Fusion piece. There are the occasional things that I prefer doing in other OS's. Being able to 3 finger swipe to change to Windows 7 or Ubuntu with the same underlying file structure means I may never look back at this point.
I had an issue a few weeks back on another MacBook. When Apple support told me to reinstall the OS to troubleshoot, I cringed. Then they explained that reinstalling the OS in the Mac world doesn't touch your files or settings, and is a automated process that just takes about an hour. I even had a VM open. The system paused it, downloaded the OS, rebooted, installed it, and after log in resumed the VM. I couldn't tell the difference and I was floored.
I think these Mac guys may be on to something, just don't tell them I admitted it.
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At NTG we are pure Windows. There were a few Macs for a bit but they phased out. I oversee Grove Social which is pure Mac, but very small. And now at Change it is nearly 100% Mac but I am an end user there, not in IT.
