I ditched Windows for macOS for work — and I never want to go back
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macOS for work, Windows for play
  • Sparking@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Kde plasma is working great for me! Just upgraded to bookworm. I’m definitely not going back to a proprietary system.

  • sourweasel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I much prefer MacOS over windows due to the spotlight search. The only thing I wish was added is a detailed audio interface. It’s frustrating having to go to a app to turn it up or down.

    • JoeyMoo@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      There are power toys for windows which add the spotlight search functionality as well as ear trumpet which is amazing for turning specific apps up and down by themselves just from a single menu

        • JoeyMoo@lemmy.one
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          1 year ago

          Yeah ear trumpet I’ve been using for years but somehow never see anyone mention it. Maybe there’s a better tool that I don’t know about. But the spotlight function in power toys is amazing since when I switched to Windows from Mac I missed that a lot.

  • mintiefresh@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I use both MacOS and Windows.

    I think both have their uses and strengths. I don’t really like putting one down over the other.

    • scarabic@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Same. I usually say “they both suck.” Neither one really meets my expectations for what a desktop operating system should be able to do these days. Every now and then I find myself wishing for some little feature enhancement in Finder and shucks… that’s just never going to happen, is it?

  • instamat@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    And not to forget the little Finder function that allows you to create a new folder with all of the items you’ve selected, which are automatically moved into it.

    Oh how I wish windows could or would add this. And hitting the space bar in the Finder to look at a file without opening the requisite app. And just Preview. He’s right, there are tons of little QoL improvements that make macOS feel so superior.

        • mingistech@lemmy.one
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          1 year ago

          I’m a SysAdmin for a large university and work with our loan services team quite often to get faculty and staff loaner machines for various reasons. They typically stock Win, Mac, and Linux laptops for users. The number of Windows and Mac users that complain about the Linux experience in our surveys is off the charts. The Macs get the highest praise, with Windows right behind it and Linux systems are typically trashed in the surveys. It’s reached a point that team plans to reimagine the Linux to systems Windows and investing in more Macs.