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I’ve been arguing with my friend about this for some time. He loves mac and says a lot of people in SV use macs. But mac is a TERRIBLE os and it’s soooo annoying. Sure some of you might disagree, but is it true that most ppl in SV use macs? I was surprised to hear that they didn’t choose linux over mac.

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  • 0
    What's SV?
  • 0
    @AlmondSauce Silicon Valley. I love using abbreviations to a crazy extent.
  • 0
    @mmaymandi Me too, but STMITC.
  • 0
    @AlmondSauce Seems like you love it more than me! Here’s my best guess: sometimes mine is costly.
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    @mmaymandi Sometimes the meaning isn't too clear 😂
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    @AppleLover Username checks out
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    @AppleLover Why mac tho? Isn’t linux much better than mac?
  • 0
    @AlmondSauce Close enough 😂
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    If you think MacOS is a terrible operating system, then you've probably not used it that much. It's a very well designed UI, with well documented and widely explored system APIs, so even the third party apps(of which I use many) are excellent. Prior to starting at this company some years ago I had never used a Mac for more than a couple minutes at a time, so I thought it was terrible too. I learned quickly how wrong I was.

    My company is not affiliated in any way with Apple, but most people have Macs. Everyone is given a choice when they start between a Dell and a Mac, and almost everyone chooses the Mac. I am certain this is doubly the case in silicon valley, or any other area in the tech sector.
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    As someone who has previously used macOS (Hackintosh woo): It's the only modern thing Apple has produced that's actually good. However, it seems to get worse from version to version, even design-wise. Yes, dark mode is good, but huge empty spaces in Safari that aren't needed (to be fair, only in the latest version, but still) do stink.
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    Yes. Most of us did. Its the closest stable *nix operating that runs on a solid laptop build with usable specs for resource intensive development.
  • 1
    @SortOfTested Apple's hardware is overpriced garbage.
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    @kescherRant
    Necessary evil. For me it's less garbage than the alternative dell m4800 series that is 18% of my bodyweight with it's charger and only runs windows.
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    @SortOfTested Why not pick the best and make a Hackintosh?
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    @kescherRant
    You don't generally get much choice in company laptops
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    Also, no terminal emulator for any OS comes close to iterm.
  • 0
    @bahua
    How's it been working for you? I dropped it and went with alacritty due to it occasionally (well, routinely) cooking my cpu
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    @SortOfTested

    Wow, I haven't had any trouble like that! It's been brilliant for me, and the greatest example of the value of MacOS that I can cite.

    I think my favorite feature is the ability to select and copy text 100% without the pointer.
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    @bahua
    Yeah, it's pretty excellent. Something somewhere in it's dependency chain wasn't liking my setup, didn't feel like debugging it :)
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