[akulbe]

They're doing a hell of a lot more cool things than Apple, these days. Windows is moving. macOS is terrible.

(Says the guy who's been a Mac user for >15 years and bought every new product Apple has come out with.)

Apple is doing this to themselves. As a dev platform, their appeal is waning. (Stop making shit laptops, and make your macOS stable again. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

Microsoft, under Nadella, is making the right moves, listening to their userbase. It was enough to get me to switch back.

[agitator]

I agree that they are moving, but they seem to be innovating without focusing on the user. It's like a bunch of enginerds working on cool projects that they are coming up with. Yeah they might be cool, but will people buy/use them?

Maybe it's still too early to tell, and all of these moonshot concepts will result in useable devices, but so far I feel like the device ecosystem and interoperability of devices just isn't at all at the level of apple or even google for that matter.

[akulbe]

Ummm... YES. Lots of folks who have been unsatisfied with the current Mac lineup, and High Sierra, have switched. I did. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

If you need a UNIX-y workflow the Windows Subsystem for Linux makes all the difference.

[Something1234]

That subsystem is too slow. It just feels kludgy. I want my things in my home directory, I don't want 2 or more locations to have files. That is why I will always run Linux.

[tonyedgecombe]

Yet out in the real world Mac sales are continuing to grow while the rest of the industry is in decline.

[ConceptJunkie]

Are you telling me they brought back Windows 7? 'Cause that's what people want.

[sghiassy]

As a life long Max fan boy who grew up on Apple IIs and Mac SE 30s - I agree

[bernardino]

Doesn't Windows have ads embedded w/in their OS?

[michaeldwan]

I’ve been using professional since release and haven’t seen an ad yet.

[amf12]

I haven't seen any ad. But that may be because I use the enterprise version. Maybe someone with the Home version can clarify?

[akulbe]

I don't know if they're there or not. I haven't run into any ads yet.

[kazinator]

The last thing anyone wants is for Windows to be "moving".

[taf2]

Are you sure your not a sponsored by Microsoft ad?