I've used it since July 29th, 2015, and as soon as I graduate from uni and have the money, I am buying a Mac. Here's why.
Every major update breaks everything and changes all of my custom settings.
It's fast to boot, but extremely slow to start up. The search bar doesn't even work for 2 minutes.
I've tried to install the latest update 4 times. 3 times I gave up because it took too long, and the 4th time it installed and made my machine unusable, so I had to roll it back to the last build.
The app store is fucking sad. It's not even funny anymore. It's just as bad as the app store for Windows 10 Mobile (I own a WP, which I will be ditching for an iPhone when I graduate).
Mobile development is a pain in the ass because it can't do any Apple products, and everything that's not Apple works better on Linux now anyway.
Steam is abandoning Windows, and I'm growing out of video games anyway.
Linux doesn't get viruses unless you're retarded.
Everything that made .NET good for Windows is being open sourced. There will be no reason to work on Windows by 2020.
Linux and Mac are gaining market share. Both will probably hit 10% each by 2025 at the very latest.
No one cares if you have Windows skills on your resume anymore.
>inb4 it's because you have a shitty computer
i7, 16 GB of RAM
>>57362829
>>>/reddit/
>>57362829
>>57362829
>i3-2350M, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD
>had to use an extra update utility from Microsoft to get the anniversary update
>said update caused severe instability
>mounting iso images caused a BSOD
>letting it sleep caused BSOD
>random BSODs every few hours
>subsequent updates broke even more shit
>I PAID for this steaming pile of shit
Just installed Gentoo today with i3wm. It's comfy as fuck
>>57362829
>>57362829
>technology illiterate toddler fucks up his computer
>needs to buy a toy computer to protect from hurting himself
Color me surprised.
>>57363043
4th year CS actually
Eat shit and die.
>>57363048
>4th year CS
>can't handle installing an OS
Enjoy your McJob kid.
>>57363071
I have never installed Windows, faggot, only upgraded it.
>>57363075
>4th year CS
>mactoddler wannabe
>uses off the shelf PC with preinstalled OS
>think's he even belongs on a technology board
Enjoy your McJob kid.
Good job OP. Since you're CS you'll be in UNIX anyway. Tech companies love UNIX and that's why most are switching to Mac in the enterprise.
>>57362829
Good for you OP. No shit. I hate Apple but I have been recommending people to get a Mac if they want sane computing - Windows 10 is THAT bad.
>>57362829
>I've used it since July 29th, 2015
>4th year CS
>I have never installed Windows
>upgraded it.
Holy shit kill yourself.
>>57363071
>>57363084
>confuses IT administration with CS.
How's high school?
>>57363108
>fruity toddler OS
>sane computing
Steam cam abandon windows all it wants, won't change the that it's the platform developers build their games for. Valve might want to consider half life 3 for after they kill steam by making it loonux exclusive.
>>57363084
>>uses off the shelf PC with preinstalled OS
You're a literal retard if you think your Windows installing "skills" are worth an ounce of dog shit, you basement dwelling NEET with no education and no GitHub.
>>57363102
I have an old MacBook Pro, but it doesn't have the specs I want for my main rig. I also have Linux VMs, which would be slow as shit on the MacBook Pro.
>>57362982
w-w-who's that l-lady anon
>>57363128
>windows drag n' drool user can't into the UNIX CLI
color me surprised
>>57363138
That's me! ^_^
>>57363137
>mactoddler can't even install windows, a task that a 12 year old could handle with a quick google
>thinks he'll last a week at any real job
Enjoy your McJob kid.
>>57363160
t. basement dweller
I've installed Linux tens of times.
>>57363135
Is there any game that on Steam that doesn't run on Apple now?
I am thinking of making Apple my gaming platform. Windows 10 is broke. For some reason I can't update a fresh install of Windows 7 anymore. With Apple you get stability and no spying, which is pretty much all I want.
>>57363165
>I've installed Linux tens of times.
>tens
Enjoy your McJob flipping BigMacs MacToddler.
>>57363138
My fiancee, mayne
>>57363174
a couple AAA games like skyrim
>>57363174
>With Apple you get stability and no spying
>>57363202
Skyrim is over 5 years old now. Deus Ex is on Mac.
>>57363181
>the number of times you have installed Windows matters
What's your job? IT monkey?
>>57363223
>at the first sign of a technical problem i throw a toddler tantrum and rage about it online instead of fixing it in less time than the thread has been alive
>t. mactoddler
Enjoy your McJob kid.
>>57362829
I've had the opposite experience.
>swap from Windows to Linux
>use for several years, do the normal distro-swapping until I settle on a set-up I like, learn about scripting and configuring a system
>eventually get tired of updates breaking shit on a regular basis and generally bad laptop support
>constantly feel like a 2nd-class citizen when I want to get any work done that can't just be done in emacs (also realized that LaTeX is overkill for 90% of text processing but it does make one hell of a snazzy resume)
>feel like I've fixed GRUB for the last fucking time
>swap back to Windows when I buy a new laptop, install Windows 10/Anniversary/etc.
>appreciate Windows a lot more now that I have more of an idea of what configuring a set-up actually entails and can do it well
>zero crashes, BSODs, malware, laptop actually hibernates/sleeps properly instead of just freezing and dying etc.
It took me a month or two to get rid of that instinctive fear against closing my laptop. I'm sorry to hear about your experience though OP, I hope Linux is good to you. No sarcasm intended either.
>>57363248
So NEET then? Go back to r9k.
>>57363254
I didn't say I was switching to Linux you illiterate moron.
>>57363266
>mactoddler has no argument
>goes bad to memespewing
Enjoy your McJob kid.
>>57363254
Works fine on my machine. kill you'reselve my man
>>57363274
>mactoddler calling anyone else illiterate
>>57362829
ITT mactard baby duck ragequits Windows
>>57363284
>>57363276
>be virgin mouth breathing NEET with no education and a double digit IQ
>shitpost on /g/ from my Windows XP box
>macfag buys shitty prebuilt walmart PC
>doesn't even wipe the bloatware
>doesn't even do a clean install
>blames the OS
You'll go far in life kid.
>>57363316
>muh windoze skillz make me so 1337
>>57363316
Did you honestly expect computer literacy from a mactoddler?
>>57362829
I've used it since July 29th, 2015, and as soon as I graduate from uni and have the money, I am buying a Mac. Here's why.
>Because I'm going to be so fucking full of loans and dept I might as well...
>>57363274
>I'm sorry to hear about your experience though OP, I hope <insert your new OS choice here> is good to you.
No need to get yourself worked up.
>>57363281
Yeah, Linux on the desktop is very much "well it works on my machine :)". Some people have zero problems with e.g., pulseaudio, hibernation, dedicated GPUs, etc., and for some people nothing works. Oh well.
>>57363333
This is so fucking dated. NASA banned Windows from the ISS years ago and replaced it with Linux.
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/155392-international-space-station-switches-from-windows-to-linux-for-improved-reliability
>>57363341
I have zero debt. I am a trust fund baby and I worked to save money before uni.
>>57363361
>mactoddler
>trust fund babby
Makes sense.
>>57363361
>I am a trust fund baby
>>57363378
>wasn't smart enough to go to uni
>calls me a potato
>>57362829
Do it. CS graduate here. Best thing I ever owned. Macbook Pro Retina 13" 2015. Fuck this is perfection.
>>57363043
You're a cunt. And you probably enjoy video games too much to ever do anything decent with your life.
Keep gaming, gay boy
>>57363137
You're embarrassing yourself
>>57363405
>fruity overheating throttling explosive toddler toy
>perfection
Sure thing kid.
>>57363392
No thats when you went downs on a mac anon.
>>57363405
>macfag
>calls someone else gay boy
>>57363473
>the courage of apple to NOT release video in the touch
Oh my god. Apple has been doing the same shit since 2009 and people have really been eating it up this whole time.
>>57363639
>""""""""""people"""""""""
>>57363473
>thinks itunes is good
TOP FUCKING LEL
itunes is literal garbage. the only reason I have it is because of my iphone I got before apple got courageous
>>57363165
>tens of times.
KEK
>>57364161
That's about 10x's too many unless you are an IT monkey.
>>57362829
Why are you using the app store? it's a given that its trash.
And honestly, how can so many people on this board be so fucking autistic that they can't install a fucking update. I have literally NEVER had problems with windows that weren't from between the drivers seat and the steering wheel.
>>57362829
>>57364673
Also, windows doesn't get viruses if your not a fucking moron either.
This shit gives me cancer every time, I need to stop falling for this b8
Works on my machine.
I thought Arch was just a meme until I actually tried using it. Package manager is comfy as fuck
>>57363158
>Having to use a command line to obtain basic computer functionality
>>57364711
Then go back to your drag n' drool OS winbabby, this is UNIX, we know our OS and have a large toolset to choose from to do what we want. In this case we can use rsync(1) or ditto(1).
>>57364730
What is ditto?
>>57364730
sudo rm -rf / yourself faggot
>>57364744
https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/ditto.1.html
>>57362829
>16 gb ram
Hahahhahahahahahahahaah
>>57362829
this is big news:
http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/exclusive-putin-targeting-microsoft-in-effort-to-nationalize-internet-798636099746