That said, I'd rather have the more "native" experience on OSX by paying an extra ~$300-$500, though I recognize this is a luxury not all have. "It just works" seems to apply to more than just official software / hardware, which is refreshing from the more hardcore *nix distros.Įven Microsoft recognizes that they're hurting in the systems developer battle, however they've made admittedly impressive strides to confront it with WSL and other related efforts. and OSX is always the quickest in terms of time it takes to be productive. I've had to create on boarding procedures for OSX, Win, Debian, etc. The tools I need are easiest to install on OSX due to first class package managers like Homebrew. I use a MacBook Pro as my work computer because I need *nix in my life and Apple provides a very polished experience which seems to resonate with other developers. Microsoft's Surface line is some competition in that department, but they're just as expensive as Apple. My Macbook Pro gets way more use than my XPS, despite being older. Their trackpads are actually as usable as a mouse-unlike their competitors. Personally, one of the big features that ends up selling the deal for me re: Apple are the trackpads on the laptops. I'm more interested in getting exactly what I want, and they happen to have some products that are what I want. I'm not particularly price sensitive when it comes to computers. TBH, I guess I fit pretty squarely in Apple's target market. Additionally, OS X is a real Unix that still has good commercial software support, so there's some benefit in that direction too. People buy Macs because they're not particularly concerned about a couple of hundred dollars if it means getting what they want. In other words, Apple's pricing makes sense if you're interested in buying a computer with one of those form factors, but don't make sense if you're just interested in a box that crunches numbers fast. Their machines are pretty much on-par with other machines in the same category at similar prices-they just lack the products that usually make up the price competitive lineup at other computer companies. Ultrabooks, small form factor boxes, all-in-one systems, etc. The main pain point with Apple is that they don't sell a conventional desktop or large form factor laptops, so everything ends up being in pricey form factors. Good all-in-one machines with a large hi-res display are expensive no matter who you're buying it from. The iMac has a slightly better processor and a higher resolution display. A basically equivalent Dell XPS 27" All-In-One is $1779.
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