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Has anyone else realized this article is almost a year old? I agree with the whole macOS exodus, as I was a Mac user of 9 years before switching to PC in mid-20
by dcdevito 10y ago
Has anyone else realized this article is almost a year old? I agree with the whole macOS exodus, as I was a Mac user of 9 years before switching to PC in mid-2015 (you know, when it wasn't yet cool to do so). At first I thought I made a huge mistake, but since then I built a powerful rig last summer and I love it. Windows 10 is fast, stable and reliable, three words I used to describe OS X when I switched to Mac in 2006.
As a former developer now Project Manager, I don't code much anymore, but I tinker with stuff every now and then. I got into gaming for the first time since I built a custom PC back in 2004, and you know what? I love it! I thought I was "past that" phase in my life, but I enjoy my Windows 10 Desktop PC.
I still miss the Mac, and man do I miss the retina screens! But I feel macOS is simply now a legacy product to Apple that they simply cannot afford to ditch, not so much for business - obviously that would be bad - but I think it would be much worse from a PR perspective more than anything. And the whole thing bothers me. I feel like macOS is now an obligation for Apple to string along, but its real focus is now iOS. We all know iOS is the future, who are we kidding? At least with Windows 10 I feel Microsoft is trying to add neat features and updates annually now, and since mobile passed them by in the dust they have to scramble desperately to get Windows 10 in the forefront of tech enthusiasts again. I think for developers it's working (or at least they're trying very hard). I'm kind of excited for built in VR functionality, ubuntu core (WSL) seems really promising for developers.
- anjc 10y agoMan I'm the same. I ran PCs since the 90s and put my own together through the 00s, but switched over to Apple fully in the late 00s. Having gone back to a Surface Pro and putting a desktop PC together again in the last year...I don't know what I was thinking moving away from it. Windows 10 is amazing, and being able to pick and choose components is personally very freeing.