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by neovive 6401 days ago
I found equivalent apps for everything except TortoiseSVN (Versions or SCPlugin seems like a fit). I would only use the VM for testing on IE and a few Windows-only apps.

Keyboard shortcuts are one of my big concerns -- I'm a big Ctrl key user on Windows.

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Depends on how urgent your development is at this point. If you're trying to bang out some code for a goal or deadline, don't bother switching now.

You'll only frustrate yourself when your flow is constantly being interrupted by having to figure out how something works on a Mac when you know exactly how it works on a PC.

That's not to say don't try out a Mac, I'm all for new perspectives because I believe more perspectives are the foundation for creativity and successful problem solving.

> Keyboard shortcuts are one of my big concerns -- I'm a big Ctrl key user on Windows.

You get used to it pretty quickly - and I swap back and forth a fair bit.

OSX will let you remap important keys any way you like - but I think it's generally easiest just to stick with the native mapping (otherwise you jump on another machine and get lost).

I found OS X applications generally seem to have slightly fewer keyboard shortcuts than Linux/Windows.

They're there, but for example I think menus are easier to access on Windows (still possible on both though!).

Would svnX fit your needs? Does wonderful for me.