[deckarep]

As a long-time PC user, I remember going to CompUSA and seeing the Mac section of games which was laughable.

Back then you bought Apple if you were a sound engineer or into graphic/media design.

I used to tell people I’m a die-hard PC user simply: Mac sucks!

Fast forward to around 2009 and I’ve been a happy Apple user since then for all my software engineering needs.

Is the platform perfect? Nope! And nothing is.

Is it expensive? Yes, but the quality is fantastic and if one really wants to can get 5 years easy out of any Mac computer…I’ve got 11 years out of my family’s Mac mini that I was able to upgrade a few times.

Which brings me to my only real gripe: the lack of upgrade ability and the obsession with “thin” design.

Please address that because everything else I can mostly get over.

[deckarep]

One more thing: Apples’s turnaround was one of the most unexpected things in modern computing.

Also, never have I ate my own words harder with the “Mac sucks” thing.

At the end of the day I’ll use what works.

[Nextgrid]

I used to be the same, but I'm contemplating a return to Linux more and more and already use a Linux machine for day-to-day work.

macOS' recent updates have been a massive downgrade in terms of usability, try to force garbage on me that I don't want (no, I don't need Apple TV+ nor News on a work machine) and reliability on the M1 Air is bad - just yesterday the thing half-locked-up for 30 seconds (caps lock still responded, but everything else froze) with no explanation, not to mention the occasional kernel panics and constant nags for permission for every goddamn thing (you've implemented the notifications permission system to prevent apps from spamming me, but your solution is to spam me with one for every app that I run even for apps that never actually send notifications?).

I just need a machine that works and gets out of my way. It used to be as everyone else was trying to get in your way, Apple was mostly content with just charging a huge premium. That seems to have changed in the last couple years.

[PascLeRasc]

You might be a good candidate for the new Studio