Our family has lots of Apple hardware and I’ve had Macs off on over the years. But, the last time I owned a Mac - the 2006 Core Duo Mac Mini - I realized that there was no software that I was using on it that I couldn’t get for Windows that I cared about.
I also told myself I needed a Windows laptop for hobby projects outside of work. A few things happened to make me think about getting another Mac within the next 18 months.
- All of my work now is cross platform .Net Core, JavaScript, and Python.
- I don’t have any plans on doing any Windows specific development.
- In the unlikely event that I need to do anything on Windows, I’ll spin up an EC2 instance in my hobby AWS account.
- the chances of any company I work for not giving me a Windows laptop is slim.
But honestly, I don’t do side projects that aren’t work related and I hardly ever use my computer at home besides as a Plex server. I use my iPad at home mostly with a Bluetooth keyboard for the rare personal MS Office work
I also told myself I needed a Windows laptop for hobby projects outside of work. A few things happened to make me think about getting another Mac within the next 18 months.
- All of my work now is cross platform .Net Core, JavaScript, and Python.
- I don’t have any plans on doing any Windows specific development.
- In the unlikely event that I need to do anything on Windows, I’ll spin up an EC2 instance in my hobby AWS account.
- the chances of any company I work for not giving me a Windows laptop is slim.
But honestly, I don’t do side projects that aren’t work related and I hardly ever use my computer at home besides as a Plex server. I use my iPad at home mostly with a Bluetooth keyboard for the rare personal MS Office work