I have embraced the gayness of the Mac!

[Torben]

I'm coming out!

A month ago I got the new Macbook and I love it. Maxed out specs except disk size and 5K "27 screen.

It was time for a new computer and for some time I have been considering Mac. We have 4 Iphones, 4 Ipads and Apple TV in the house, so I'm not a stranger to the Apple world.

My biggest reservation with Mac has always been that my favourite programs didn't come in Mac versions. That has changed in the recent years and only a few of the programs I use only run on Windows. Although sometimes you will only get 99% of the functionality you are used to from the Windows version, but I can live with that. 

Of course, die hard Mac fans will point out Mac alternatives, but they live in an imaginary world and I don't think they have ever been in real life work situations.

That's why I haven't turned may back on Windows completely – I do have a business to run. I'm using VMware Fusion to run a virtual windows machine on my Mac and the co-exist in harmony with shared folders. That also allows me to have run a Linux server for development with the exact same configuration as my production server.

MacOS is packed with small details that sums up to make a big difference, which the Redmond team could learn a lot from. However, when it comes to Finder, which is the Mac file explorer, team Cupertino needs to put down their café latte and spend a month in Redmond.

Dell has been an excellent work companion, but I'm never going back.

[ukgimp]

The geeks here develop on MAMP and dod stuff with GIT when pushing.

[Rumbas]

I.am.shocked!
I need to go home and lay down for a bit..

They tried to get me on board as well but after 2 weeks I had to break down and dust off the Dell again. I simply just could not get familiar with it.

[Drastic]

Holy shit.

First pokeman and now mac?

What is this world coming to.... temps in hell dropping to record lows...

[rcjordan]

I've banned him.

[rcjordan]

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[ergophobe]

If you go to a developer conference now, you'll be hard-pressed to find a Windows machine (unless, of course, you're at a C# conference or something). Once Apple switched to FreeBSD, they tapped a huge market.

I think I only know one full-time developer who is on Windows now and he develops Windows apps.

[Brad]

I got the advise here to do what Torbin did: get a Mac and run Windows and Linux in emulation.  RC must have been on vacation that week.

Anyway, I bought the Mac and was so happy with it I never did bother to add Windows or Linux.