Windows laptop is not as scary as you think. Just give it a try.

[zen]

I prefer MacOS, hands down. So that's what I spend my own money on. But I can work in Windows. Not as pleasant for me, but that's hardly what I'd call a problem. It does the job.

Right, I'm the same, in that I prefer macOS, but Windows 10 is fine. But then it comes down to the cost effectiveness ratio. Yes, macOS is better. How much better? In ye olden days, it was 100x better than Windows, no question. Then Microsoft started closing the gap. Now with Windows 10, is macOs... what, twice as good? Probably not. Probably much less. Yes, still better, but really by not a huge margin.

So then if you take that into account, when you start pricing up Macs versus PCs, PCs win quite easily - better hardware, with infinite options, customisability, and upgradeability, for less than the cost of comparable Macs, with an OS that isn't as good but is absolutely fine and stable.

For my own personal use and work use, that ratio has now firmly shifted to Windows 10.

 

[Queen6]

Right, I'm the same, in that I prefer macOS, but Windows 10 is fine. But then it comes down to the cost effectiveness ratio. Yes, macOS is better. How much better? In ye olden days, it was 100x better than Windows, no question. Then Microsoft started closing the gap. Now with Windows 10, is macOs... what, twice as good? Probably not. Probably much less. Yes, still better, but really by not a huge margin.

So then if you take that into account, when you start pricing up Macs versus PCs, PCs win quite easily - better hardware, with infinite options, customisability, and upgradeability, for less than the cost of comparable Macs, with an OS that isn't as good but is absolutely fine and stable.

For my own personal use and work use, that ratio has now firmly shifted to Windows 10.

Inevitably most will follow the same path as Apple has zero regard for it's professional users, beyond making it's base users feel like "Pro's" when they purchase Apple's overpriced consumer product's...

Q-6

 

[StellarVixen]

As a matter of fact I do, every time I boot into Bootcamp partition to play games, actually.

So...


...thanks, but no, thanks.

 

[Matz]

Right, I'm the same, in that I prefer macOS, but Windows 10 is fine. But then it comes down to the cost effectiveness ratio. Yes, macOS is better. How much better? In ye olden days, it was 100x better than Windows, no question. Then Microsoft started closing the gap. Now with Windows 10, is macOs... what, twice as good? Probably not. Probably much less. Yes, still better, but really by not a huge margin.

So then if you take that into account, when you start pricing up Macs versus PCs, PCs win quite easily - better hardware, with infinite options, customisability, and upgradeability, for less than the cost of comparable Macs, with an OS that isn't as good but is absolutely fine and stable.

For my own personal use and work use, that ratio has now firmly shifted to Windows 10.

From a cost perspective, I can understand choosing a Windows machine over an Apple machine. And there are so many choices in the former that are simply unavailable in the latter.

As for laptop choices, which is what the thread is about, I recently sold my 2014 MBP when I realized that I wasn't using it. All my personal non-desktop needs were and are met by my iPad. And my ThinkPad at work is effectively a desktop with three screens. It rarely leaves the office. I don't have a dedicated desktop machine at work, nor do I need one.

I've always had one foot planted firmly in the windows world, due to my work requirements of supporting servers and workstations. Windows does some things better then macOS, and conversely, macOS does some things better then windows. I'm in windows on my MBP quite frequently, and it works well enough, but I do enjoy the macOS/Apple ecosystem.

A significant part of the added value of MacOS for me is its being part of the Apple ecosystem. I personally use an iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch; and they all work really well together.

I also have a company-issued iPhone and an iPad for work, but have no idea how to effectively integrate them with Windows. Guess I need to explore that a bit more.

 

[SDColorado]

Man, just watching this video just made me think of how many ways it could be applied to the 2018 MacBook Pros..

"I haven't had a BridgeOS kernel panic yet." "Good! You will have one... you.will.have one."
"My keyboard hasn't failed yet." "Good! It will fail... it.will.fail"

"I am not afraid of an expensive out of warranty repair on my MBP"

 

[maflynn]

A significant part of the added value of MacOS for me is its being part of the Apple ecosystem

No question, and that was probably the biggest reason I had to return the Razer 15" laptop and get the MBP.