For the record, I use Mac and I like it that way.

  • BatmanAoD@programming.dev
    1·
    3 months ago

    For what it’s worth, WSL 2 with VSCode is actually great. Almost all the benefits of Linux (I still miss true tiling window management), with fewer weird driver issues.

    That said, I generally just use whatever my company wants me to use, and I haven’t worked somewhere that let us use native Linux boxes since 2014.

    • Ethan@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I have to strongly disagree with you. I’ve used WSL 2 with VSCode, and I experienced waaaaaaaay more weird broken shit than I ever have running Linux. And even if it weren’t for that, it’s still not at all worth it IMO because using WSL 2 means every interaction I have with my development environment has to go through a Linux-to-Windows translation layer. I will never use Windows again for anything beyond testing unless I’m forced to.

      • BatmanAoD@programming.dev
        1·
        3 months ago

        🤷 That wasn’t my experience, and I used it as my primary dev environment for four years.

        It doesn’t go through a translation layer, though. WSL 2 has a whole separate kernel. You can even use GUI apps with Wayland.

  • Boomkop3@reddthat.com
    1·
    3 months ago

    Grow some skills and stop being stuck on one platform. You don’t want to be a one trick pony, right?

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Eh. Sublime and vagrant run on windows and the machines are better value than Macs.

    I’ll stick to a windows host with Linux rather than feed Apple ridiculous money for dongles that do shit that should be built in. Multiple display port out and a built in ethernet cable or death - I actually need a laptop that’s portable.

    I just checked and it looks like the latest MacBook Pro has a single hdmi port and three USB-C ports… so I’ve got my power cable, my mouse, my keyboard, and my ethernet cable dongle… already at negative one ports. Then I’ve got two monitors on display port to somehow cram into a single hdmi port - and apparently the processor only supports a single external monitor unless you get the MacBook Pro Pro or MacBook Pro Max… that’s impressively shit.

    All for 4,649 CAD - I can buy so many more ports on PC with a ridiculous amount of power for 4.5 thousand. I don’t mind spending my employer’s money, but I want to spend it on shit that’s useful for me.

    • baggachipz@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      3 months ago

      You do you, boo. I like my Mac and it suits my needs perfectly. The cost difference is a mere drop in the bucket for my org.

      • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        3 months ago

        You do, you boo is very much not the sentiment of your meme - and if I’m asking my company for a 4k+ CAD laptop I want one with a sufficient number of ports. My complaints are primarily focused on the fact that Macs are simply poorly designed machines these days, in the PC market I can still get a laptop that hooks up to multiple monitors without needing to lug around multiple dongles.