I buy computers that run macOS for a couple reasons:
- it’s generally smooth and stable from a UI standpoint
- it has mostly sane defaults
- it has great font rendering
- the video and audio subsystems are rock solid
- it has access to every development tool I need daily via homebrew
It seems like there are generally two perspectives:
- “I shouldn’t have to change the way I want to do things”
- “I don’t mind changing to another way of doing things”
The first group I think has a harder time with macOS.
A while back I decided to experiment with only using the default first-party apps for macOS for everything, and it greatly changed the amount of OS customization I did from that point on. I still live in iTerm for most of the day, but I don’t really feel hindered by the OS in any way anymore.
From my experience Windows actively attempts to subvert my clear, authoritative commands, second guesses every admin instruction, interrupts me with focus changes and dialog boxes instead of giving the active window absolute priority (this happens sometimes with macOS, too), and comes with bloat right out of the box. When this developer thinks about a hostile OS, Windows 11 is rhe first thing that comes to mind.
> When this developer thinks about a hostile OS, Windows 11 is rhe first thing that comes to mind.
Why bring up whataboutism? I honestly don't care that Windows is also hostile. It also has the worst implementation of virtual desktops. What has that got to do with MacOS also being generally terrible.
The rest of your comment adds nothing, as it just repeats what I said.
- it’s generally smooth and stable from a UI standpoint
- it has mostly sane defaults
- it has great font rendering
- the video and audio subsystems are rock solid
- it has access to every development tool I need daily via homebrew
It seems like there are generally two perspectives:
- “I shouldn’t have to change the way I want to do things”
- “I don’t mind changing to another way of doing things”
The first group I think has a harder time with macOS.
A while back I decided to experiment with only using the default first-party apps for macOS for everything, and it greatly changed the amount of OS customization I did from that point on. I still live in iTerm for most of the day, but I don’t really feel hindered by the OS in any way anymore.
From my experience Windows actively attempts to subvert my clear, authoritative commands, second guesses every admin instruction, interrupts me with focus changes and dialog boxes instead of giving the active window absolute priority (this happens sometimes with macOS, too), and comes with bloat right out of the box. When this developer thinks about a hostile OS, Windows 11 is rhe first thing that comes to mind.