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Adam's avatar

I have to use Windows for some engineering software that just doesn't run on a Mac and is so power hungry that even boot camp isn't an option. Switching back and forth I really notice how much better the Finder is to Windows whatever-they-call-the-finder - and everything you say is true. I put together a system that would have cost many thousands in the Apple world for under one thousand in parts. But don't forget the other bad, bad sides of Windows - constant nagging to use Edge, constant nagging to get a Windows account. Constant reminders that parts of what you are using were designed in 1993 (they still have pictures of CRTs in the icons!). USB stuff that barely works. Third party software that is constantly looking for a way to make you upgrade, subscribe or pay - grift after grift. Even unpacking zip archives is ugly. Software bloat like you wouldn't believe, I thought a terabyte was a lot but it isn't. Apple's iCloud isn't even much good - it's like they forgot how to do asynchronous. Best outcome for me is that the software I need comes to a Mac. But until it does, I'm enjoying a few games, and Mac can't even begin to touch that advantage.

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Rob McCarrick's avatar

I started dual booting Linux with Windows for various reasons and ended up using Linux more. I went full Linux (with the exception of my gaming PC) in 2008 and haven't looked back. After 10 years or so with Ubuntu, I'm using Mint right now and it's fantastic.

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