Mac?
Mac has a Unix-like command line, but is otherwise shitty to use.
What’s so shitty? I’ve been using Linux for over 20 years, and Mac for work over 5. I have my terminal under f12 (iterm2/Konsole), I have my ide on one desktop, my calendar, my email and my slack on a another and a browser on another. I barely notice any difference. Honestly I don’t mind it at all. In fact if my desktop died and had to replace it, I might get a Mac mini instead.

Ignoring prices, Mac is definitely the second best option after Linux for Linux-y development flows. None of my issues were huge, but still enough to ask for a Linux laptop for a replacement.

  • Very little customization, compared to Linux. I’m talking horizontal tiling window managers like Niri
  • Docker does not run natively, so you pay a hefty performance penalty with the VM
  • File name case insensitivity caused a bunch of Git issues
  • Fair enough. I do run my docker containers in a real Linux, either homelab or EC2.