Been using an LG Gram 17" with Windows 11 for work - not sure why I worshipped the MacBook so much

[Kendo]

I'm a diehard Apple fan and only used iPhones and iPads for my cellphone and tablet use. I've mostly used Macs my whole life and Windows for work. I realized by using the LG Gram 17" and Windows 11 for the past two years that I'm more enamored by the MacBook simply because of the way it looks.

On Windows, my habits still remain the same. I still use Chrome to browse website 99% of the time which is the same experience whether I'm on a Mac or Windows laptop. Same using Youtube on the background or using WhatsApp. Opening a program or closing windows is also basically the same (Start menu vs the Dock).

Curious what are the reasons why there are die-hard Mac only users? The only thing I do prefer on Mac is the integration of apps that I use frequently on iPhone - like Apple Music, the Apple TV app, reminders, and calendars. But in general, it's pretty much the same no?

One other nice thing about the Gram is that because it uses a plastic body, the 17" model is even lighter than a 14" MacBook Pro by half a pound.

 

[Aka757]

I exclusively used Windows desktops and laptops growing up. It was only when I started to daily drive an iPhone that I tried a MacBook and found out that it isn’t all that different.

You are correct in that the core experience is largely the same; after all, why wouldn’t it be?

For me, the benefit is the ecosystem. If I lose nothing by using macOS over Windows productivity-wise, then there’s only upside when you consider integration with other Apple devices and services (iMessage, Safari handoff, sidecar, etc). I realize that many of these also exist on the Windows side as well though. The past few years the killer feature of MacBooks has been battery life and performance per watt, however even that gap is closing thanks to the latest Snapdragon chip.

This is all to say, there can be compelling reasons to use a MacBook if you’re heavily invested in the ecosystem, but it ultimately comes down to personal preference; that’s the way I see it.

 

[Wando64]

The only thing I do prefer on Mac is the integration of apps that I use frequently on iPhone - like Apple Music, the Apple TV app, reminders, and calendars. But in general, it's pretty much the same no?

Sounds like you’ve answered your own question.

The ecosystem is king.
Add to that the robustness of MacOS and the ability to run key Apple apps that are a must for many (Logic and Final Cut, above all else)

 

[ThunderSkunk]

The ecosystem was more useful to me before it spread from the iphone to the ipad. Now I dont use my mac for almost any of that basic admin & document review stuff bc its all done more conveniently on ios devices, so if I’m actually going to sit down with a Mac, its going to be to do what those iOS devices cant, the creative work. At that point I dont need the ecosystem extending to my workstations, just #1 cross-platform compatibility, #2 power, and #3 stability. In a sense, while Apple‘s trucks vs cars analogy innovated a space for the ipad to exist, it took that space from the mac and reduced the needv& use of it down to a minimum.