[rdslw]

I aslo remap caps to ctrl everywhere.

For vim, you can map tab to being your new esc. Chances are you are using expandtab option, so actual tab usage is not big (it exists though, left here as an exercise for a reader )

Anyway im moving to kabylake dell xps 13. After 9 years with apple. Windows from 2016 gives much better linux integration. And its good to challenge yourselfe with such a big change every 10 years. Its bicycle for your mind (c) Jobs.

[Lio]

If you did remap tab to Escape in Vim you could still use C-i for tab as an alternative.

Other neat insert mode shortcuts include C-h for Backspace, C-m for Return and indent/outdent with C-t and C-d.

[CountSessine]

In addition to considering a 2015 MBP refurb, I am also thinking about an XPS 15.

I find Windows 10 to be an enormous improvement over 7 and 8; they finally fixed some of the stupid little things that have been issues since NT 3.1. Like the awful terminal emulator or the dialog box for editing environment variables. It seems like Microsoft is finally being run by someone who cares about details.