The advent of computers has literally changed the world and human behavior. Nowadays, we are able to obtain information or connect with loved ones literally instantly, all we need is a compatible device and an internet connection. On today's market, we can find representation from three giants. Of course, these are Microsoft with your system Windows, which reigns supreme with 77,74 percent, followed by macOS from Applu with 17,07 percent and lastly Linux with various distributions, whose share is 1,85 percent. The share of the system is also starting to increase Chrome OS, but we'll skip that for today.
Prois the share AppIs it so low?
Apple's operating system is not that different from its competitors in any significant way. It can offer you similar functions, is operated relatively similarly and is dressed up in a different coat. However, its dominant feature is that it is perfectly optimized for its hardware, thanks to which it works quickly, smoothly and almost flawlessly. All of this sounds perfect. Probut it is Apple with its system far behind Microsoftum?
ProThe problem with buying a Mac can be the price tag itself and certain limitations. Macs are cheaper than the competition on paper weaker and often up to x times more expensive, which discourages many people. In addition, some users also want to use the computer for games, and they don't even have to be avid gamers. In short, you can't go in this direction with an Apple computer, except for professional models, the price tag of which can very easily exceed the threshold of one hundred thousand crowns - however, you won't install many games on them, unless you install them on a Mac Windows.
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What advantages does the Mac offer?
Whether you like it or not, Macs are simply work tools. These are sophisticated machines that can offer their users first-class performance at work and never leave them in the lurch. The main dominant feature is undoubtedly the operating system itself. As we mentioned above, the system is perfectly optimized for the device, and therefore it can easily handle multitasking and more complex mathematical tasks, even in the case of basic models. Battery life also plays a big role in Apple laptops. Models Pro, and above all, therefore Air, boasts first-class endurance compared to its competitors, allowing you to concentrate on your work often throughout the working day.
Of course, we must not forget the first-class performance that goes hand in hand with SSD storage. In this regard, after the transition, you will undoubtedly be thrilled with the speed. What the competition often AppLu is jealous of his computers, he himself is Retina display. You will notice the difference at first glance and after a few days of use you will not want to go back. However, it is worth mentioning that some competing models also offer first-class componenty and display, and therefore we cannot throw them all in the same basket.
How switching to Mac can move you forward
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Switching to a Mac could be described as something bigger than just a simple computer replacement. After a certain period of use, an Apple computer will change your entire mindset. In the vast majority of cases, it is a work tool that Apple users use every day for their work and the product is maxthey rely on. In this regard, we will have to return to the aforementioned higher purchase price. If you buy a product for work for that much money, you will want to use it for maximum, which will take your productivity several levels forward.
Additionally, the entire Apple platform is much more secure. Prothat is a share Applu is significantly lower, hackers are mainly focused on the system Windows, and that's why we don't find so many threats on macOS. Apple users are also used to paying for exclusive content (applications or services). Thanks to this, you can avoid pirated copies, which are usually carried onen malware or other vermin.
From a personal perspective, I have to admit that the absence of games also plays a big role in productivity. A few years ago, I only worked on a classic computer with the operating system Windows and once in a while I played a game. But when I needed to get some work done, it was fairly easy for me to convince myself to just play one more game and go for it. Of course, this problem may not affect everyone. In any case, you would hardly encounter this problem on a Mac.
Apple ecosystem
But from what? Apple What it primarily benefits from is its advanced and sophisticated ecosystem. If you already own one iPhone and you are considering switching to a Mac, you will be amazed by the interconnectedness between these products within a few minutes. You will immediately experience the magic AirDrop, the ability to write messages or make calls, and many others. What is your opinion on Apple computers, and the entire ecosystem?
The biggest problem with Mac productivity is that the vast majority of other people use it Windows and thus all the benefits of the ecosystem disappear if I need to collaborate and share documents with these people. At that point, I am essentially dependent on similar solutions that we know from Windows. The absolutely miserable possibilities of connecting the apple ecosystem with the rest of the world is, in my opinion, a big handicap to an otherwise well-functioning platform. What is the point of me Airdrop if you're okay with that maxI'll definitely send a photo to my iPhone, but if I need to send something to Windows computer or to a colleague's Android phone, so I have to figure out a complicated way to transfer it via cloud etc.
A big plus for Mac productivity that hasn't been mentioned is that the Macos operating system is basically a kind of Unix. As a result, the system is stable, secure and has a functional shell available, unlike Windows.
It's interesting that on macOS I can manage a complete exchange of data with a company that is almost entirely Win... there are many solutions that can be used, that is, as long as you don't have IT demented people and they don't use their own company software on the basis of rude clients... I personally have no problem exchanging documents, presentations, etc. with colleagues... rather, I have a problem with the fact that there is much better software on macos, for example OmniGraffle, with which I can draw diagrams in half the time than in Visio, but then I have to export it to Visio format... I have in virtual Windows... but I hardly use it at all ... I have Ubuntu Server, Desktop, CentOS, Fedora in virtual machines ... when I need to solve anything ... so I really have no idea what you are writing about ... just OneDrive, Dropbox, GoogleDrive, MS Teams and Office are tools that go to 100% in macos and that's only a fraction of what Win uses too... by the way, all Synology utilities also work on macos...
A bunch of gibberish that can only be read by a piper who uses a computer as a secretary.
The reality is much simpler, w10 pro has built-in wsl2, which allows natively running linux directly on the linux kernel.
It natively includes hyper-v virtualization, I can run Kubernetes on it and can develop.
Personally, I do all my work scripting in Ubuntu, because they work fine for me on Windows.
And it has the widest SW equipment without competition.
And HW, I have a machine with I40 cryrjadro, 7TB SSD, 1.250GB RAM for 64 sticks.
Lenovo P50.
I run all SW from Linux under Macon, so it's fine, I don't turn on windows
juda… have your problems….
that makes me wonder how you run Ubuntu Desktop for example in wsl2…. yes, it works through Hyper-V, but honestly, have you managed to get Ubuntu Desktop to work with Windows, ie install link drivers?… according to the available documentation, support is only for RedHat products… so then you have to screw it up via some remote desktop software to transfer your clipboard and files… Hyper-V is nice, but it is intended for completely different purposes, so you won't really enjoy those desktops with Gnome and KDE... but on the other hand I agree that if you're only doing development, Hyper-V will give you what you need... I tried that... but I'm back to macos again... somehow I don't like it I really don't want to have to deal with problems with win10 after every major update and reinstall...
MobaXTerm
Contains classic XWindow server including XDM
I use an iMac. iphone etc.. I have to say for myself that it is the only manufacturer that has everything perfectly connected to each other (Macs, phones, tablets, watches, etc., etc.) which is absolutely great..
the problem is that software manufacturers in the Czech Republic are still not able to switch to mac os, so I am forced to have paralles for two programs due to my work, which bothers me a lot..
I don't understand Jouda's comment, his gibberish is obvious that he is a troll and he needs to ban his IP address.. wordThe press is the ideal Cerberus
ProShould SW developers switch to something that uses complete minimum users who would use their SW? The same is true in the Linux world, where only a percentage of users also use it. They and even iPhones themselves don't have much sales, Android phones crush them, all the way!
Bunch of nonsense from iOvec and a believing Jehovist - Apple fanboys.
1. Windows almost everyone uses them, and if I want to exist and cooperate with them, I have to always find a more complicated way than if I used them Windows, or Linux.
2. Not much games on Mac either.
3. The price tag has been brutally overshot, the same machine, performance and functionality - two-thirds lower price!
4. MacOS behaves quite differently than Win and Linux, for example basic Finder is a disaster for a file manager... replaced by the multiplatform Double Commander, but you've already seen that Mac OS scumbag called Finder I'm getting used to it a little after a year :-( and that's how it is on a Mac with a lot of things and believe me, I try to use a Mac like a Mac, not like Win. or Linux, but a lot of things on a Mac annoy me, even if they are "bugs", but it builds up.
PC with Windows and Linux is perfectly fast and problem-free, I have a machine for about 40K and it's perfect for everything, the Mac I have cost almost 120K and not much, for that money... ProI can have connectivity and an "ecosystem" in the PC world too, as long as I set it up and do it.
The only advantage of Mac/MB and iPhone is that it is just for decoration, like a jewel, a kind of "wealth indicator", but only for some of its owners and weak-minded individuals, which has to be shown....
But if someone works with a Mac and moves around in an area where most people have Macs, then yes, I agree that it's probably nice to have everything connected effortlessly and not worry about anything. nestarat.
In addition, it is nice that it is foolproof even for illiterate individuals, everything works and is connected, on Windows and Linux + Android, you can't be LAMY, or BFUčka v Apple you can and that is probably the only advantage.
Apple it has a small user base because it's just not very suitable for work and not even very suitable for games, therefore nobody uses it much and wants it (even if it is stuffed up and down the USA into the viewers of all movies and series, futile effort, it doesn't help), it is logical and can be "best". It's like Linux, I have experience with quite a few distrams and it's a perfect system, but quite killed by SW/HW support, but you can work on it, it's fully sufficient for most users, about the same as MacOS - both are completely fine.
It will be worse with MacOS when it goes completely to ARM, I doubt that for a few percent of users the big SW developers will rework their SW for ARM MacOS….
Otherwise, I'm a user of MANY systems, so I can judge it pretty well from the point of view of a "normal" user.
I call that a substantive comment, which is 1000x more valuable than the entire article :-D.
"It will be worse with MacOS when it switches completely to ARM, I doubt that for a few percent of users, large SW developers will rework their SW for ARM MacOS..." - they won't. Pro For the average user, it will be even worse than today.
MacOS is also gradually disappearing from the corporate world.
Sure iPad iphone They have really small store. You'd better stick to the fantasy of hard men, that's better for you.
Agree with the article!
MacOS is Unix.
To tell you the truth, I still don't understand how one and the same company can produce such a perfectly tuned, fast, clear, intuitive, easy-to-use system with a bunch of great applications and games. iOS and at the same time produce such real garbage as MacOS.
you obviously did not understand macos as such... although its principles are superficially similar to Win, but at the same time it is a Unix system that brings many other things... there was a time when Windows NT 3.5 was made by people from Unix systems and you could tell... that system was incredibly stable and performance-wise... in NT 4, MS already took it up and completely screwed it up in their own image.... which is a shame... because, for example, OS/2 from IBM was a much better system and NT 3.5 was the closest to it... it's a shame that MS didn't adopt some principles... maybe this discussion would be different now 🙂 in any case, macos is a system with a different philosophy and that's what bothers you about it... if you stagnate on habits, then macos will definitely drive you crazy when switching from win, I've gone through the team myself, as well as the lack of applications compared to Win, but that It's been a long time since I've been through this, now it is app die for everything and when I work with Win, I only realize the huge difference between macos and win...
I personally see a huge difference between macOS-Windows-Linux and iOS, when those three systems seem like grandfathers over graves to me. The systems are terribly slow, unintuitive, overwhelmed with ballast, it is annoying to use them and they are afraid of any significant innovation (And when convergence did appear, Canonical and MS killed it before it had time toanc(and show off my strengths). To tell you the truth, apart from a few special work apps, I only use iPadOS.
And have you ever tried using more than 1 monitor on macOS? That's also quite an experience.
Seamlessly?
I use it regularly with several types of monitors and so far I have only noticed the problem on Air, PRO does not have a problem with the team… personally I have not come across anything and that is what I use Retina + 2k on HDMI + 2k on DP... so there are usually 3 active monitors... so Win has a problem remembering the configuration of two... but maybe they fixed it in addition to adjusting the calculator and the start menu in Win10 😀
Every day, I just plug in the USB and all peripherals work without problems.
I didn't mean a HW problem, but a SW one :) maybe the nonsense that there is one dock for all monitors. Or that if I have a window on monitor 2 (like finder), then on that monitor I open a fullscreen video, for example, and then on monitor 1 I click in dockon that one finder, so on monitor 2 the fullscreen video floats away and only appears on those finder, instead of the one finder just discovered the video above.
Or the fact that I can't stretch one window across 2 monitors - I can if I turn off those Spaces, but then all monitors appear as one and when I enlarge the application, each one stretches across all of them.
Windows he just has this sorted flawlessly.
Except that macOS is not optimized for hardware at all, it is full of bugs, backward compatibility is a concept appcompletely unfamiliar and especially apple permanent kali on the developer. Thanks to that, that's it applu min applications that are too heavy nestskilled, and therefore few users...