So I've done it, I've moved to windows for fulltime development ($dayjob forcing us onto windows so moving personal stuff as well).
Initially I wanted to hate being on windows, but it really has come on in developer experience when paired with WSL and Docker.
Picked myself up an Acer Swift Go 14" and so far so good, solid laptop. Only negative is that the speakers are trash, but I don't tend to use laptop speakers so not too worried about that.
@markrailton Been on windows for years (sadly, despite using FreeBSD / Linux Mint multiple times, my desktop requirements, just don't align.. however, with WSL, I don't feel the need to run a dedicated Linux box any more. All my dev work is done in docker and that performs extremely well IMO (or at least, for my requirements).
My workmates sadly suffer on their macs (intel and arm) and personally I hate macs despite being forced to use them for previous $dayJobs.
Welcome to the dark side 👿
@markrailton I do various graphics things (Photoshop / Illustrator) and online sim racing.. WINE doesn't cut it for any of those (and nor do the alternatives for me personally.. though Inkskape for vectors isn't too bad).
All of my dev and "real work" is done in the WSL side of things.. literally only use the windows side for running the GUI applications and windows is defintely a lot more stable now than it used to be.
Docker is really performant too in WSL2 (especially compared to mac!)
Mark Railton 👨💻⚕️
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