AstonJ

AstonJ OP

Cool!! You’ll have to show us it in action when you get it :003:

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Post #42
sasajuric

sasajuric

Author of Elixir In Action

After three months in, I’m still happy and don’t miss mac. But ask me again in a few months :slight_smile:

I feel that my RAM demands are significantly smaller on Linux. On Mac, I was constantly struggling with 16GB, while these days I rarely go above 8GB. To be fair I’m working on different projects, so this comparison is really shallow. Either way it feels that 32GB should serve me fine for the next few years.

In any case, the new MBP looks great, and I’m happy to see that Apple is going back to producing quality stuff :slight_smile: If the docker experience on macos is improved, I might consider moving back at some point :slight_smile:

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Post #43
hauleth

hauleth

I would prefer to have port of FreeBSD Jails to the macOS. That would be awesome stuff that could improve BSD usage on servers.

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Post #44
AstonJ

AstonJ OP

That’s good to hear - though not even a little bit? Do you use an iPhone? (If so do you miss the continuity at all?)

I’m sure one of us will Saša :lol:

I have no idea why Apple are so bad with RAM - but then again it seems it may be the only way they can ‘encourage upgrades’ - CPU clock speed hasn’t changed much over the last few years , same with SSDs they are all fast enough.. it’s just RAM - with the operating system and apps seemingly requiring more of it.

I agree, though I’d still be curious how much an equivalent spec’d relatively well made Linux machine would cost - which brand did you go for after? Do they have a model equivalent to these new Macs? (Perhaps we can use @factoryd’s specs/machine as a comparison point :003:)

I reckon that would be cool too :sunglasses:

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Post #45
sasajuric

sasajuric

Author of Elixir In Action

I never owned an iphone, and I completely avoided using the wider Apple ecosystem. While I probably missed some nice things, this reduced my coupling to Apple and made the switch easier :slight_smile:

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Post #46
AstonJ

AstonJ OP

I think this could be a major part of the reason why you’re not missing your Mac - there are so many ‘nice’ features when using more than one Apple device.

For instance you can do things like:

  • Copy text on one device and it paste it on another
  • Be browsing a site on one device, then go to it on another
  • iMessage from either device
  • Take telephone calls (or see an alert of who’s calling you) on your Mac
  • Receive text messages on your Mac (very handy when an app sends you an auth code via text - it even autofills it for you)
  • Apple Music automatically updated on all devices - add a track or playlist on one device it is mirrored on all of your devices
  • Notes automatically updated on all devices (I actually use this quite a bit - great for drafting and working on emails/etc)
  • Contacts and calendar updated on all devices

There’s actually a lot more you can share via iCloud (such as passwords and photos etc) but I don’t use most of it as I wouldn’t want everything I have on their servers.

What I’d love to see in Linux (well on Mac too actually!) is something that I think could attract people away from Apple - have similar functionality to iCloud but where your home computer acts as the ‘cloud’, completely eradicating the need to send your personal documents to somebody else’s server! I’m surprised this hasn’t been done yet - could be a huge draw for the security conscious.

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Post #47
sasajuric

sasajuric

Author of Elixir In Action

I’d rephrase it a bit: it’s a major part of the reason why I’m not overly dependent on Apple :slight_smile:

The things you’re mentioning are nice, but luckily not deal-breakers for me, and some of those can be obtained through e.g. Google services (e.g. contacts/calendar).

But yeah, when considering a possible switch, you should definitely take into account how much are you coupled to the wider Apple ecosystem.

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Post #48
mainlymortal

mainlymortal

There are a few projects out there actually like seafile/owncloud/nextcloud. The main issue is that most people use things like icloud out of convenience.

I’ve tried MANY times to move to linux but as I get older I simply don’t have the time or energy to maintain my computers e.t.c. I don’t like particularly like Apple as a company but their ecosystem does just work.

Just last year I prepared myself for the switch to linux by switching all services to multiplatform ones (dropbox/spotify/lastpass) and sold every Apple device except my MacBook Pro. Just as the hundreds of previous attempts before… I gave up.

I’ve since bought a new iPhone, AirPods, iPad and I’m about to buy the new MacBook Pro. I don’t like the situation but my life is a lot simpler.

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Post #49
sribe

sribe

I just don’t like the UI’s in Linux. (I set up Linux and manage it for servers.)

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Post #50
OvermindDL1

OvermindDL1

What’s wrong with KDE I’m curious? Perhaps in the linux users thread though. ^.^;
KDE can look an awful lot like anything you can imagine (even some test 3D interfaces at this point).

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Post #51