I know this is going to be unpopular with some, but I am seriously considering a Mac and I am annoyed by the idea of it.

I NEED MacOS or Windows for my work. There is one application that does not work in Linux yet and there are no alternatives. It is a critical work application.

With that being said, you can probably guess that Linux is my preferred OS of choice.

I am currently using a Windows desktop for my work, but I do run into situations where I need a laptop. The laptop I am using now is a Thinkpad from 2021 with Fedora. I actually really love this computer. My only real complain is that the webcam is pretty garbage.

So, I think I need a new computer. My choices are Windows laptops which have decent pricing with good specs, or Apple which is extremely expensive for what you get.

I’m really annoyed with Windows’ ads, bloat, and general lack of privacy; specifically Recall. On the other hand, it is hard to justify spending an extra $400 on a Macbook air just to get a 1tb hard drive. My work files alone take up a little more than 200gb.

I guess this is just a rant. I’m not looking for any solutions as what I am really looking is the ability to use Linux for my work which is not an option at the moment.

  • Leaflet
    English
    4•12 days ago

    I was/am in a similar boat. Linux is my preferred OS, hate Windows, but I needed an OS that has good support for professional reasons.

    My problem is that I hate the MacOS UX.

    • The global menu is tiresome and inconsisently layed out between apps.
    • Interacting with windows is annoying because you need to first click to focus them before you can interact with them.
    • The dock is also super confusing for little reason. Even when you close all windows of an app, the app remains open on the dock until you manually quit it.
    • Mouse support is also terrible. MacOS is clearly only designed for touch surfaces. Scrolling with a mouse has an acceleration curve. It takes multiple scrolls to count as a complete scroll in games like Minecraft (there’s option to fix this in Minecraft). There’s an app called Mos that fixes this, but this also breaks the fix in Minecraft. But at least the app lets you specify overrides for each app to re-fix the issue.
    • Almost none of the preinstalled apps can be removed or even hidden
    • @mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz
      1•10 days ago

      also you can’t have both: ctrl+c and alt+tab… and whoever designed that screenshot app needs to be put down slowly and painfully. Edit: and that fking scrolling. not only the stupid inertia but “natural scrolling” is inverted between the touchpad and a real mouse.

      • DarrenEnglish
        1•8 days ago

        Cmd+shift+4 opens the screenshot app to area select. It’s easy as pie. I use it all the time.

        • Paul in de Emiraten
          1•8 days ago

          @DJDarren @mybuttnolie ?! You mean there’s people that don’t use it? That’s bizarre. It one of the most useful features. Specifically if you create a Smart Folder with recent screenshots. Like, of the last two days.

          • @mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz
            1•7 days ago

            that’s a stupid key combo and the app itself is painful to use if you just want to copy the shot. the selection remembers last position and you have to drag from the corners to position it, then press capture, then open it, then right click and copy… I’m used to flameshot on linux and use super+shift+s, then just draw the shot area, ctrl+c. and very often i need to pin the captured screenshot on the screen for a while.

    • DarrenEnglish
      1•8 days ago

      Cmd+Q will quit the app and it’ll drop out of your Dock straight away.