So I know this is pretty controversial to say in this place, but I haven't been impressed with the hardware of the new MacBook Pro. I've had hands on time with new windows 10 pcs all year from the hp specter 360 to the Lenovo yoga to dell xps. So going from that to the macboook pro...I don't know? I just wasn't impressed with the hardware at all. I liked the oled screen on the last hp laptop I tried as well as dell xps better. The speakers on the new MacBook Pro are good but so are those on windows pc. Speed on windows pcs easily trump macbooks and with all that, I get a touchscreen and maybe even a pen. Not to mention neat folding options.
So I think the days of buying macs for hardware that is light years ahead of pc are pretty much gone. It now comes down to the value of Mac OS. What small things would the everyday person notice switching to pc full time that would make them miss Mac? I assume some of you tech heads switch back and forth regularly
Hi, well try to find out how you're "looking at/or using" your Hardware/OS.
I mean, currently I work with Windows HP Workstations and Macs for Game Coding and Design.
Your work, you can probably do with both, as long you don't depend of something special that is available only on one platform. Privately I tend to see my primary computer as something I really like to use, something that I enjoy and feels good, not just as a XYZ Computer to do the job.
Macs was never about using hardware that is lightyears ahead of PCs, it always was about buying an good quality computer that simply plays well with the OS, and that works out of the box. A decent hardware wrapped by great design and build quality case, with a great OS and great ECO-System.
The high class HP workstation Laptop I use (provided by a client), tends to do this:
The background light of the keyboard fades off too quickly, totally disturbing, you notice that nobody sat down for a few days thinking about the "Background Light Fadeout Time".
You put a DVD into the drive and the keyboard rattles and vibrate, like a rocket that its just about to get launched into space.
You will always get more powerful PC/Laptop hardware for less money than a Mac, but you won't get the same great build quality nor the great macOS+iOS ECO-System.
I worked with and coded for many operating systems like (DOS, OS2, Windows +WinNT, many Unix variants like IRIX, BeOS, freeBSD, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux.
I can build computers, and I still build them as freeBSD Render Servers.
So it's also not the missing knowledge that makes me use a Mac.
I prefer the Mac as my primary hardware to work on, because it gives me the less headache.
I still just works!
On a Mac...
I don't care much about viruses, I don't run into "feeling wise" infinite update routines.
I have a decent UNIX Base, a coders heaven.
I also don't want to spend my time trying to fix stuff that others did wrong, I prefer to use my time to fix my own stuff.
Overall answer, well you can use both, but a Mac is more comfortable, gives you less headache and more time to work on your own stuff.
But Gamers place is Windows or Consoles.
It's really a hard complex topic, that only you can decide for yourself.
My PRO for me can be a CON for you, and vice versa.
Anyway Windows also has few great stuff, it's just not so relevant to me.
