platypus_plumba, 1 year ago

I was just forced to Switch to Mac and let me tell you that I’m actually enjoying it.

Things I like so far:

• An actual modern email client that isn’t web based. Web mail clients feel so cumbersome.
• Same thing for a calendar application.
• Nice reminders app out of the box. Can schedule alarms on reminders and categorize them.
• Nice notes app that I don’t need to constantly save. It never closes, which feels great compared to Gedit.
• Security. Apps notify me when they want to access system resources and I have to authorize them.
• Unix. Unix matters a lot.
• Homebrew has incredible support. I can install almost anything with it.
• Iterm2 feels almost like Terminator.

Things I hate:

• The fact that they have another keyboard layout. Although, after 3 days I’m getting used.
• Updates take forever, it’s insane.
• Can’t easily switch back and forth (not cycle) between windows of same apps. Haven’t figured this one out.
• Docker runs in a VM, it sucks.
• Can’t get used to multiple desktops. I hate them.

Honestly, it isn’t as bad as Windows. As long as I have a terminal and a nice shell, I’m good.