OffTopic: Which devices/OS do you use and why

Hi everyone,

what devices are you using for development? I am switching between two projects where one needs to use Windows and the other i can use Mac. But i hate it when i hit wrong shortcuts etc. So i think about to switch to windows, but i bet, i regret it after one week.

On windows there is no hardware wich could keep up with mac. I love how the macbook is silently doing its job. The new Snapdragons only support 16GB currently or i cant find a Win Notebook which is affortable with 32GB RAM.

On Windows i like haveing a convertible and creating notes and be productive on one device.

Would like to hear your opinion, which setup you use and what are your experiences? Maybe there are more reasons prevent switching me to windows or stay at both systems :D

Regarding build time and prepear/build frontend there is really no big difference between my M1Pro and the new intel Ultra 7. Its about 20 seconds difference, but thats not a problem to me. Only the fan noise makes a difference.

Hi Nico,
You probably would benefit using the OS that is used by the majority of the developers in your project, in case anything goes wrong, it’s more likely someone already experienced that problem and has a fix for that.
I’ve been mostly using Windows throughout my career, but have used Mac and Linux as well. I think the least annoyed I’ve been is when I’ve been using Linux. It has the benefit of sharing the same shell scripts as Mac but running on system (hardware and software) that is not closed off like Mac.
I’ve been using Ubuntu and Mint for the last half year, the only annoyance is lack of support from MS tools, but those I can still access through the browser.

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Thats a good point with the OS using what the most guys uses.

But i cant understand the reason i often read “mac same promts as linux” when do i need a promt? Maven etc i use with IntelliJ so o never need to use my terminal. Or am i missing something in my life and my life would be easier with terminal :smiley:

I think it’s more the case with larger and older projects where they would have shell scripts to setup some data (like initialize DB) for example, deploy something somewhere, connect to something, etc. You could likely avoid OS specific scripts, but quite often it’s just faster / simpler to use shell scripts to automate some tedious / lengthy actions, so it’s widely used in the industry.

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I used Windows for a long time and sometimes Linux. But for two years I’m on a MacBook Pro because the ARM processors are faster and use way less power. That’s important to me because I’m traveling a lot. But it’s also convenient in meetings or at home.

On Windows I miss SDKman and installing a Linux in WSL2 feels weird. Why not use Linux directly

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I am using Windows and gradually using VSCode more and more, and still using Eclipse as well. It would be interesting to get similar Hardware than ARM based MacBooks are for Windows. There are already some ARM based Windows machines, but they do not have high end CPUs yet. But I think it will be just matter of time. I do get my share of Linux via Docker / WSL too.

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