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I convinced my wife, a PC user, to spend two weeks with the MacBook Neo. Here's what won her over and what didn't! (@sixcolors members, you also get a bonus podcast episode with the two of us talking about it!) https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/04/a-pc-user-spends-two-weeks-with-the-macbook-neo/

A PC user spends two weeks with the MacBook Neo

Like millions of people around the world, I have a mixed marriage: I’ve long used Macs, but my wife Kat’s personal computer is a Windows PC. That categorization isn’t entirely fai…

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Neil Hargreaves 4d ago

@dmoren I think it's worth noting that Excel 1.0 was on the Mac before the first Windows version 2.0. If it doesn't work well on the Mac, it's a choice of Microsoft. (Thankfully I I could wave goodbye when they ruined it with the 'ribbon'.)

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Dan Moren 4d ago

@glotcha I'm not sure that has any relevance to the story?

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Neil Hargreaves

@dmoren probably none now that we're at version 365. I feel sorry for people that have no choice but to put up with Microsoft products. Now all of the Copilot crap :) Maybe the web version has a better keyboard shortcut mapping.