I Switched To Mac, After 15 Years of Windows (BRUH)
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I’ve been a pretty dedicated Windows user for about 15 years now but for many many reasons, I decided to switch to a Mac. A M1 Macbook Pro 14. I didn't expect much. But holy damn.
It's been one year I can quite honestly say that it has changed my life. Never in my life did I think I’d find myself saying that. This video will go into a bit about my journey with both Windows and Mac and why in my OPINION, I'll stay with one for a very very long time. It's not really a review, but I hope I could provide you with a good story, and of course - some memes.
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1:17 Context: The Age Old Question
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nice try, Tim
Almost.
little tim almost claims another victim
@@FullOfCerealmac is good tho
@@icsu6530oh no you have been infected
Good morning!
I felt what you felt now in 2021 when I got my M1 Air, literally the best laptop at that time. Sooo many use cases where it just did the job brilliantly. Is still in daily use today and yes, still quick, does not overheat, NO fan and still around 16-17 hrs battery life in light tasks or consuming media.
i'm sorry how does it not overheat? are you using it for 2d apps? maybe do some sort of non graphical work on it? how do you see it at the "best" laptop at that time when a yoga7 was over it on every spec including having proper not noisy cooling
By not using unnecessary computing power. Apples chips are efficient. And they are tightly controlled in software. the perks of being a company controlling everything.
@@MultiNakir The M1 chip is just insanely efficient. It doesn't even need to throttle when unplugged. Also the metal case is a good conductor of heat.
@@MultiNakirfor a start , apple silicon laptops don’t drop down too one third the performance as soon as you unplug them , battery life on the MacBooks is great , speakers are great , they have nice screens , very little to complain about with the Mac , if I get a phone call at home while my phone is another room it comes through on the Mac and I can just take the call on the Mac seamlessly.
And this is coming from a pc and android user since for over a decade.
They are not perfect and nothing is , but they do have a lot of good points.
@@mikldude9376 you can't really say the screens are great. they definitely are "great" on the pro models but certainly not on the m2 air and m1 air
Fun fact: The finder icon is not a smiley face. The right part is a human face and the left part is a computer screen. It doesn't look like that now but it was significant in the previous versions of the logo.
Sooooo… is this Schwarzenegger's Terminator?
HOLY SHIT I SEE IT NOW
@@xomnionProgrammingAndChessI don’t
I work in IT and every time i have to use a mac for something i want to pull my hair out within minutes. I much prefer linux
As a Linux user with too much time on my hands, I feel called out 😂
As another Linux user, I now have more time on my hands because of Linux. No more random Windows nonsense to deal with.
It's the complete opposite nowadays but the memes will last forever, as long as you don't fall for the memes and install something like Arch or Gentoo, as long as you don't fall in the ricing rabbit hole and stick to the default experience of your distro, it will never get in your way and it'll "just work".
I do like Linux as an OS, but i cant run all my industry standard adobe and Affinity apps and the linux vector equivalent Inskape is shockingly 90's clunky in the UX. I'm glad it has Blender though... Just not enough support for an artist IMO.
@@JamesWilliam70 honestly yeah that’s completely understandable! Also you can’t beat the optimisation apple has done for media and content creation.
Though from what I’ve seen, adobe seems to be moving more towards the cloud so soon you might be able to start doing some things in the web browser. Another option is to migrate alternatives like gimp/darkroom which might be similar? (Don’t hold me to that, I have very little experience with that kind of thing)
Im just gonna jump in here & agree with this lol
I LOVE the green button!
Making an app fullscreen using the green button puts it into a new virtual desktop, and I can switch between virtual desktops with a three finger swipe to the left or right. I've been using MacBooks for 7 years, and the three finger swipe gesture feels as natural as walking, I don't have to think about it.
Looking for this comment lol
I see this issue around me all the time when people try MacOS. Windows windows style management (hehe) is so deep rooted in their head, everyone just refuses to try learning this.. it's not better or worse, but once you learn it, it is as efficent
@@sk8llYeah, but what do you do when you're not on a MacBook? The Mac Minis, Pro, Studio, and iMac still exist. The desktop experience really needs some improvement.
@@Spirrwell That segment I completely forgot, not going to lie... and it still feels like Apple would like users to use Trackpads even with those machines. I can probably imagine myself doing that, but I can see how that's a biiig stretch
@@Spirrwell You swipe on your magic mouse. Its exactly the same as on the trackpad.
Your final destination is Linux.
Ex-actly.
yessir
The best thing is that there are no bad videos about problems that occur because usually no one seems to have the same problem as you
Wish there still supported distros to run on my 2004 PPC iBook 😅 it just sits around but won't die and not supported anymore by Apple
It's funny that these are pretty much my exact sentiments after using a Mac for my work and Windows for home for about three years now. I've always used a Windows desktop and I've had two Windows laptops (both of the gaming variety) and I finally got tired of lugging the heavy thing around, the weird battery mode performance and the noise, just like you said, and I switched to a Macbook Pro as my primary machine.
Honestly, if you favor laptop formfactors, this is primarily a workstation and you don't have any software that is Windows proprietary, you're probably better off with a Mac. I love the experience, and I can only hope that one day Windows machines could become greater so we get even better design.
i love how light the thing is, but what pushes me away from that thing is that ir doesn’t support gaming that much😂
@@Suc-ChiiThere are developments in the space of running Windows games on Mac, such as Crossover and Whisky that utilise the Game Porting Toolkit codebase and combine it with Wine (a Windows compatibility layer and emulator) to run an ever-expanding number of games locally on Mac, as well as virtualisation from the likes of Parallels and VMware that have just recently implemented DirectX 11 hardware acceleration support, so that you can run most PC games (and also DirectX 12 non-Ultimate, since the base version is just DX11), and are working on DX12 Ultimate support.
The M3 and up have new mesh-shading and ray-tracing accelerators in each core, so it can, in theory, finally play games like Alan Wake 2 and Cyberpunk 2077 with ray tracing enabled.
And there are ports from established developers such as Capcom, Kojima and Ubisoft, as well as the number of mobile games and ports of popular PC games that you can run on ARM Macs.
If you don’t game on a PC on a regular basis, I’d advise you to get one of these MacBooks.
this is incredible. You hit so many weird problem/quirks that annoy the hell out of me with mac os, like the scroll being backwards with mice. But you also hit on why I like macs at the same time. We must have the same thought process or something
Settings > Mouse > Natural Scrolling. its about 8 seconds to fix
Corrects scrolling for your mouse but messes up scrolling for your trackpad. It is not a fix for the problem outlined. @@coldacre
@@djkid14567 Not a problem, just a preference. It's defaulted to work best with trackpad and the Magic Mouse, which makes sense. If you decide to use a 3rd party mouse, you just have to change the that setting.
That’s funny because as a macos user if I tried windows then the windows scrolling would be backwards for me lol
I’ve also had issues on my Mac where I can’t even scroll with the trackpad because some apps don’t have scroll bar (even with scroll bar turned to always showing)
To use multitasking at the Windows level, you can install "rectangle", which is very convenient and there are hotkeys for moving windows and resizing them.
yeah, its great and it barely affects anything else, just gives you the cool window snapping feature
Yeah I actually insralled it like a few days ago lol. Now my mac feels like better version of windows
oh yeah i love this
I use Magnet, which sounds like the same thing.
@@Jdb63Except Rectangle is free. 😉
8:02 If you right-click on the app icon in the doc, you'll see a list of your open documents for that app and then you can select the one you want, or open a new document. An alternative is from the top menu bar under "Window" for that app, there is an option where you can merge all the documents into one window with multiple tabs. You can also right click a tab on a multi-tabbed window and select an option to move that tab to a new window.
In general, there are multiple ways of doing many things in the OS to achieve different things in different ways that many people are unaware of. The more you use it the more you'll discover them, and be pleasantly surprised. I see so many comments that say how bad the mac is a at doing different things because they think there is only one way of doing it on a mac. I agree, some things are done better on Windows, but there are also things that's done better on a mac. My personal and subjective preference is for macOS, but I agree with you, the best OS is what's best for the person using it for the tasks they have on hand at the time.
That is only if the developer of the app has implemented it, otherwise you will always get all the windows.
To your second part - Obviously, people will discover more things as they use a product, that's how it is for everything, but the things Melon points out are accurately things that should be intuitive and natural and need no "Discovery". That's just pure bad design by Apple.
I think there is a heavy reliance of "Expose" or "Mission Control" in macOS. The use of compartmentalising workspaces with virtual desktops and using "Expose" to quickly switch between applications/windows. F3/Double tap mouse/four finger swipe up/Mission Control in dock is your friend.
Old habits die hard for a lot of people and quickly run to the dock and use it like a windows taskbar. If you want a better visual way to switch around apps then "Expose"/"Mission Control" is the quickest way to do so.
As a Linux user, I bought an old MacBook Pro just to try macOS, but I got sick of all those little inconveniences you pointed out, and more, so I decided to go back to Linux and buy a ThinkPad. I don't regret, at least now I know that macOS is just not for me. From my experience, Linux gets out of my way, but gives me the whole control, while on macOS, to make it fit me, I'd have to spend a lot of money on third-party apps, many of which are subscription-based.
you could've installed linux on an old macbook
@@eckee I did, and it wasn't a good experience because of an unreliable WiFi driver. Also, it was, well, an old MacBook, which means it was heavy, slow, and lasted only about an hour on battery.
Ah my homies linux users nice
Many Linux applications work on Mac, there are many free and open source applications to customize Mac OS. I use Windows and Linux on a Mac M1 laptop with awesome battery life. I still have a windows machine for when windows x86 is absolutely necessary and an old 09 iMac with Linux Debian for VMs, Linux disks and SD cards file system.
@@RolandoMarreroPR I'm glad it works for you, but I don't want to spend several days trying to find apps to customize macOS just the way I want it. Also I just prefer the layout and workflow of Gnome desktop, which I use on Linux. Aaand I don't really want to spend more then a thousand euros on a laptop, a 2019 ThinkPad for ~450€ works great for me, and I don't have any issues with drivers. Aaalso it has 2 USB type A ports, which modern MacBooks lack. And the keyboard is the best I've ever experienced, with long key travel and nice tactile bump.
1 week ago I ordered an M3 Pro 14' and about to switch after over 10 years of using windows, thank you for this video!
You didn't switch?
@@vimal-cliobconsulting I did, it just took a long time to arrive. Ordered on the 1
November and it came out on the 7 November and I got it.3’dsys ago
What do you think of it? How's it goin?
I also switched. At first it was unusual, especially with window management, as the author of the video noted.
I didn’t want to install unnecessary tweaks and programs, so I got used to it and accepted what the OS offers out of the box.
To remove apps I use AppCleaner, because if you just drag and drop them into the trash, there will be a bunch of leftovers in the system folders.
Exactly, so many leftovers all over the place, it is not even funny
For window management I mostly have each program full screened and use gestures to swap between desktops. You can swipe up with 3 fingers to rearrange them in any way you want by dragging them around. It works but it’s still frustrating
@@petrzurek5713tbf you have the same problem with windows. Sometimes config files are at the root or in one of the three appdata folders
@@coinbongo4694when I work it might be 10-20 different windows open, I got anxiety even thinking about swiping through them all to find what I need
Why would you go look at leftovers? They really don’t matter. At all. You never see them.
I am also a heavy Windows user and tried Mac a few months ago and I am amazed by the performance and silence of that device. I have right now a Mac Mini M2 with 8gb of unified memory and I am pushing this thing way to much and it is still usable, of course it has a little bit of a lag when pushed to far but it does not freeze. The only thing that I do not know I will ever get used to is the windows switching in Mac but the rest is ok for me. You are right, each OS is meant for something and one is better in some way and another is better in another way :)
I’m editing 6K raw videos on the same machine. Pushing this thing wayyy to hard lol
8gb is fucking crazy how do you live like that
I swapped to M1 a year before you. My work Windows laptop constantly reminds me of what I don't miss about Windows machines so I don't see myself missing it anytime soon.
The reason that installing and uninstalling the apps is like that because they are small container-like apps which keep all the files in the same place unlike in windows app where an app can install multiple files/configurations on multiple locations (appdata, registry etc etc.)
Nah. Mac apps keep files everywhere too. You need a cöean uninstall tool too
This is exactly why uninstalling is a pain on Windows. Find all the bull crap everywhere on your system.
I’ve never really noticed this since I’m mainly on Windows, but this is a very good point. Windows is downright sloppy in some ways.
Unfortunately while that should be the case in reality mac apps also often spew random files into locations like ApplicafionSupport or other hidden locations.
Not just application support or preferences, try private/var/ and many, many other places macs hide files. Switched to Mac in 2005, I still miss my windows xp tower to this day 😭
I used Windows from 1993 to 2022. I switched to Mac because of the exceelent performance of the M1 with music applications. I actually just bought the Macbook pro to be used as a portable device, expecting to buy a higher specs Mac for desktop use. However, the Macbook worked so well that I regretted I didn’t get one with more RAM and harddisk. So now I consider getting an M3 Macbook with higher specs as my one and only for both studio and potability.
lmao exact same thing with me
I'll be saving up for my first Macbook Pro with M3 Max and I'll definitely max out the RAM, since I know RAM can't be upgraded.
@@paolaanimator Max out to 128GB?
@@blackmamba6938 I plan on maxing out 128GB since I work with 3D files plus been working with more 4K content. I may work with 8K in the future, so it helps to future proof my laptop, along with extra storage since video and project files gets pretty big.
@@paolaanimatorif you can afford it it’ll be good
how's that 200 dollar RAM stick going so far?
I spent $4k and got the most powerful MB Pro with the Max chip, excited to make it my main device for the next 5-8 years.... I returned it after 2 weeks. The windows management on MacOS is an absolute nightmare. Working on a multi-monitor setup is virtually impossible on MacOS. And I found my productivity dropping drastically trying to fiddle around with all the hidden windows that were stacked on top each other. I installed maybe a dozen apps to improve the dock, status bar, windows snapping, etc.. But nothing could fix the underlying issue of the entire OS. It's not made for power users.
I mean, changing the OS which works so differently than what you are used to would obviously have some (or many) issues. I know people who have used Mac for like forever and they say that they found using Windows to be a complete nightmare. I think it is all about what and how we are used to as
Of course macOS is not made for Windows power users. Windows is also not made for macOS power users.
What work do you even do lmao
@@Ivan-bg1jp A lot of remote work requires many windows, and it's easier with more than 1 monitor.
2 weeks is not enough to get used to a new OS
I went through the exact same process with the M1 macbook pro 16" for software development. Completely changed my view and I 100% prefer mac for everything besides gaming.
For software development? OS wise, you actually get the short stick everywhere, outside of development for Mac. No hyper-v, no wsl2/native linux, terrible window management, terrible looking fonts on
@@dubble ??? "No hyper-v, no WSL2/native Linux" WSL2 isn't native Linux, it's just Linux on a hypervisor "terrible window management" subjective "terrible looking fonts on
It might change, apple is going more and more into gaming with every OS update
@@dubblewhat’re you even talking about? none of what you said is true, especially not the multitasking part
@@meta___ " terrible window management" subjective " Not subjective. Window management on MacOS is objectively horrible. You don't know how to work on a computer properly if you don't agree.
For people watching, to uninstall a "full" program on mac is not as easy as this video shows / files will be left behind. Using an app like appcleaner will glob search for files related to the software publisher key string in your mac and delete those files too (on your confirmation). Lots of apps leave behind traces of themselves on mac.
To be fair so does it in Windows in your registry and the hidden AppData
Although you have "uninstall" option in Windows, it leaves lots of trash files, registry keys etc in your system. Using MacOS third party uninstaller actually removes the app. I didn't find good working alternatives on Windows
@@xSferQxcrystalIDA uninstaller removes traces/registry entries without any issue, not free though.
It makes it easy to update my pirated copy of Final Cut Pro😂
@@xSferQx there are PLENTY of options for Windows, both paid and free. That said, the files Windows leaves behind are so that if you ever re-install the app, you can "most of the time" pick up where you left off. The files left behind are generally small in size and only serve to backup your settings.
Saying apple hardware is better is such a "the most processing demanding task I do is video editing" point of view. The processors are great but the GPU no matter how many cores are dogshit compared to Nvidia. Try running demanding stuff like unreal or substance painter it's impossible. What's also impossible is using apps like 3ds max, those kinds of professional work apps don't exist at all for Mac. And yes blender exists but blender functionality is still limited and no alternative for many companies.
After a few years on windows I swapped back to Mac about the same time you did and I can definitely relate to a lot of what you talk about in this video, especially as I swap between having my Macbook docked and mobile daily. While I don't have such an issue with window snapping and I do actually use the green button, having to change my scroll direction every day certainly drives me a bit nuts. I also had to install software that got rid of MacOS's mouse acceleration as I much prefer having none after gaming on windows for years. Mac is generally much nicer to use but its unfortunate that there are a few quirks that Apple refuses to fix that forces one to go out of their way and download third party software.
You can remove the acceleration without an app. Its in Settings -> Mouse -> Advanced -> Turn the switch off
Can I like this video a million and one times. Absolutely love the animations and the creative spin in this video. I agree with the quirks on macOS, I just recently made a switch from windows myself. Great job with the video mate. you just got a new subscriber
This video was very well made. One thing I would like to state is, for window management, a really good app that is free is Rectangle. You won't find it on the app store but instead their website. One other thing, that little green button is the full screen button. Allows you to have multiple apps on different "screens/desktops" which you can swipe between using 3 or 4 fingers in a "claw" shape. This will be a horrible experience if you use a mouse.
Cant you just use mouse and swipe claw when need?
@@dipanggilmas3189 That's not really intuitive when trying to multitask. It would reduce productivity drastically. At that point, you may as well use a trackpad. When I refer to mouse, I am not referring to the Apple mouse as that thing is just, no.
@@TheLostProgrammer I think it depends on where you have your laptop. For me I often have my hand on the trackpad while using the mouse just for the gestures. I haven’t felt any slowdowns and I am an avid shortcut user.
@@oh-noe Each to their own I guess. If it works for you and you find it best, then that's how it is. I personally find macOS highly orientated around a trackpad. Without a trackpad, the OS just loses that gesture focused design and is hard to navigate. I've attempted mouse and trackpad but going between both of them to navigate I found to be slow and annoying. I'm interested in how you've done the switch between the two for navigation, sounds interested.
@@TheLostProgrammer I’m not going between them, I’m using both at the same time. Mouse for clicking and moving trackpad for gestures. If I’m not navigating the os and I’m focusing on something, my other hand rests on the keyboard for easy shortcuts
im soo glad you brought up the mouse scrolling problem lol I wish they had separated the mouse and trackpad settings so you can adjust hem individually. the reason however why the scrolling is backwards is because apple wants you to use the Magic Mouse which doesn't have a scroll wheel.
other thing worth mentioning is if you accidentally fullscreen the app or webpage easiest way to go back out of fullscreen mode is to hit the escape key.
all the reasons why you switched are the same as mine but one of the reasons why I wouldn't switch back is because of workstations on MacBooks. the fact that you can have 16 workstations open at once makes it usable without a monitor and truly makes the MacBook usable while away from a large screen.
I just got used to natural scrolling on my mouse but it trips me up every time I use a mouse anywhere else
It's insane they never added a separation of the two
I bought a macbook pro m2 for university last year. it's great for most things and especially for battery life. But there is one thing I didn't know: I started a course on internet, networks and computer security this year and we use many programs to analyze the network, virtual machines, etc. Guys it's a real nightmare, most of the programs are only for x86 CPUs and to make things work, the few that work, it's hell. If I had known this before I probably wouldn't have bought it. Guys if you want to study computer security or anything to do with the internet DO NOT buy a mac!!!
just run a windows vm like parallels, get the student discount. I think its worth it since the pros elsewhere are overwhelmingly worth it with the m chips
@@bnug242 I did It man, spent 50 bucks , but It didnt worked because the Windows OS on parallels for Mac M2 Is Windows ARM , while I needed Windows x86, which Is not supported by any virtualizator on Mac with chip M2. I'm not stupid, I tried everything
I've just switched too. The portability to power ratio the macbooks have is unmatched. I now charge it every 2-3 days and I use it a ton.
No regrets!
Have u tried dell xps 13 plus ?!
@@user-sq2fl9ws5y used xps 13 for 5 years, moved to m1 macbook pro. never in 3 years i heard the fan even one time and its so cold to touch. xps always stay hot even in basic tasks sometimes and the fan turns on a lot. Best decision I made moving to macbook. i might get arm based windows 12 touch device but no to any kind of windows laptop.
Have you tried a MacBook Air? No fans, all metal design that feels sturdy but light, and much better OS.
@hajjdawood lol then watch some videos it beats MacBook pros processing power.... and os?? No thanks I prefer the flexibility of windows. It's not a big deal to have a smooth os when u can do nothing on it
@@user-sq2fl9ws5y macOS in most areas of the OS has far greater flexibility then Windows. Hell the whole OS is run on a UNIX core. Also "do nothing on it" lol it's the favorite OS of engineers all over the world. I am a software engineer and do all of my work on macOS.
I've been getting a MacBook from my company for about 2 months. Switching from Windows to macOS was a little less intuitive than expected. Too intuitive in some places, like uninstalling. As a software developer, I had to look up where certain keys like [ ] or { } were. Or I didn't really know what HomeBrew or pip were. And the scrolling thing got me too. But overall, it was just small things for what I got. It is a really nice experience after 10+ years of Windows.
You're a software dev and you didn't know about `pip`?
The things about apps not closing depends on the developers of the app, discord does this on windows too, you close the window, not the app. For me that isn’t a problem because I love shortcuts, even if the red cross closed the app properly I would still use them.
Scrolling can be weird, but when you do it on your phone it feels natural, I became used to it in no time.
I also didn’t like the thing where you can’t slide a window to the side and make it occupy half the screen, but I just have 3 Desktops, and it is so much better, the only thing that is worse is when you need to move a file from an app to another, but I can live with that. When I go back to windows I feel so constricted
Programs with that behavior on Windows generally have a checkbox for Minimize to Tray. It's far from the default behavior for most applications thought.
Mac OS has always made the distinction between closing and quitting. Even Office worked this way for the longest time even on Windows (because it began on the Mac). Adobe products are probably the most obvious ones that still work this way between both platforms. You can close all documents in Photoshop or InDesign or whatever but the app is still running until you quit.
really hate discord and other messaging app for that bs. I clicked close not minimize.
@@poggarzz Aren't messaging apps the most obvious things to just hide to the systray when you X off them?
@@TalesOfWar did take getting used to. still hate them for this behavior.
I've never seen a video that I resonated with that much. I have also bought my first Mac a year ago after only ever Windows only and I gotta say I really enjoy it (for laptop usage, a windows tower is a very different story) but have the same complaints as you do. Anyway great video!
If you're not a fan of the Apple window management I can strongly suggest Stage Manager, its a little weird to get used to at first but when you're constantly in and out of applications its a massive game changer to how you work. Whilst I did need to configure my dock a little bit because the default settings are pretty bad in my opinion, with these config changes stage manager compliments it incredibly.
I can confirm stage manager is awesome! I'm about 1yr into my switch and moved to stage manager last week. :-)
I use Magnet. It's miles better than stage manager. Why you wouldn't use the full screen real estate for the current task is beyond me. I also use command + tab to switch apps. Fast workflow with non of the fluff
I use HammerSpoon… if you are using more keyboards and less mouse, I personally find hammerspoon to be amazing.
@@rorykoehler9018 magnet is cool but there's a free option that is basically the same it's called "rectangle".
I tried Stage Manager for a few months, but it feels weird
Mac is the way! Also, the green button is actually very useful for working in fullscreen apps. Finder is a bad example. It's more intended to be used with apps that require focus, such as Final Cut Pro and Safari.
Green button is perfect on the laptop mode, it really takes advantage off the excellent trackpad gestures but absolutely falls apart for me when using a mouse + keyboard and with an external monitor
Did they change the split screen settings? I have an early 2015 mac running mojave & I just hold the green button & it automatically splits the screen…
The background music had me actively enjoying the video. Really fun and laid back energy to your content.
Keep it up.
I can't believe you articulated my exact thoughts better than I am on switching to Mac hahah.
just like you I was always windows, but when I got my first macbook I could never go back a windows laptop. I still use windows for gaming every now and then but I could never look at it's screen without crying
Was forced to use Mac for 3 years of software development, I hope I never go back.
A tip on the green button. That is the full screen button. You can quickly swap between your full screen windows by holding the control button and the arrow keys: you can also do this by swiping right or left with 4 fingers (could be 3 tho) on the trackpad. You can also create virtual desktops. You can toggle through all of these the same way. It allows for many apps and desktops to be open at the same time allowing for a lot of flexibility. I love it, and use this feature on windows as well (they came to implement this feature in windows 10).
Another thing to point out is that since the m1 macs the UEFI bios is inside the soldered SSD chips, so if anything happens to the SSD you are left with an unbootable device - whereas you could've booted from usb/SATA before.
It is from what I've heard so far impossible (probably is possible but a lot of work) to recover the data from it and there's another huge hardware design flaw which permits high voltage from a shorted SSD to the CPU, bricking the entire system. These devices are anything but green, you cannot repair anything on them.
So if you edit and render a lot, consider your SSD wear and it's average lifetime (there are figures on the internet, the lower the capacity, the lower amount of years of wear it can resist so you must be extra careful with 500GB and below SSDs). Backup your data, don't believe what Apple PR says, they've never addressed blatant issues and always tried to skip responsibility for their KNOWN design flaws.
Honestly that applies to most other brands they all have weaknesses. I have owned a lot of different laptops. They all have their own issues. Looking at you dell and Lenovo
fried SSD is a thing that happened to me on a Lenovo Thinkpad, no recovery possible, but that's more of a SSD design problem, as I was told.
Ahh, a fellow rossman fan
In short, these issues are more bothersome on paper, and only if you care about these specifics.
Macbooks these days are really solid. I’ve used windows since win95 and macs are just better computers. Win is okay when u gotta do certain workflows.
who cares if all my data is on the cloud and backed up externally, y want the fastest experience
Haven't had issues with it yet. I usually change devices for other reasons way before the SSD lifetime is up.
My first MacBook is almost 3 years old now, and it still runs as fast and smooth as the first day I started using it. If it was a Windows computer I would have had to format it once or twice already to have that "new machine performance" again. macOS has it flaws of course but the longterm overall is experience has been way better for me since switching from Windows Mac.
Because it's more locked down so you install less bloatware. if you quit installing dumb shit for windows it'd run the same after a decade.
@@ThePacmandevil Wrong. I've had multiple computers at a time for a while now, I've gone through multiple versions of Windows, MacOS and Linux distros alike, and even Windows computers that I use occasionally for checking email and accessing certain stuff end up slowing down just from the regular use and Windows updates even though they're literally just vanilla windows with ms office 365 installed.
@@yerielzamora You're probably fucking it up, then. I've been running the same windows box for a decade to run my friendgroup's MC server and the performance is identical to the day I got it
@@ThePacmandevil Nah you'vr just convinced yourself about it. I'm a software engineer and I know what I'm doing with the multiple computers I own and have owned. Windows is garbage that slows itself from its own updates.
My 2012 MacBook pro ran almost perfect for a decade.
Same story, switched to upgraded m2 air as a web developer. Use it with a 49 inch 32:9 monitor when docked, super portable when it needs to be. Amazing. I use alt tab extension along with rectangle, I use windows shortcuts still lol
Sorry im commenting late
I need help in making a desion
Im an aeronautic engineering student wanting to buy a new laptop but my budget will let me buy the 8gb ram m2 mba. The M1 versions are out of stock in my region my other option will be the m2 Mbp which is almost x2 of the price of the mba
Should i just get the mba or should i save longer and get the mbp which will prolly take a year+ to save for
mac aint for you. get something with a heavy gpu and cpu so it can handle the software you need to use for your profession. you need a laptop with power and a fan. mac is great but the air version will burn when you run 3d software
@@lukeskywalker004 Thanks bro
this video was so good holy shit
its such a breath of fresh air compared to the average tech reviewer bombing you with a fancy ass B Roll every 30 seconds
You made the video that describes my exact same computing journey. I’m a lifelong windows user (20+ yrs). Every Windows laptop I’ve ever bought had to be chained to a power supply because the battery never lasted more than a few hours. Performance always sucked compared to a desktop too, no matter how expensive I configured the CPU and RAM. When I found out that Intel CPUs always throttle their power in laptops, I was so mad. All the money I wasted over the years on faster and faster cpus, not knowing that throttling was happening 🤬
I bought the 13” M1 MacBook Pro after watching the amazing reviews on CZcams. I initially only bought it for mobile use. But it was so awesome that I use it 90% of the time and my desktop PC just sits there powered off. After I finish migrating the last few bits and pieces from my desktop to Mac, I’m going to disassemble my AMD Ryzen tower that I built in 2020 and sell all of the parts on eBay. I’m not going back because Apple Notes, Mail, Reminders etc all fit perfectly into my life, and Office365 works great too.
Great video! I was the same, and I am now starting to use my MacBook Air, which was lying around forever. I have to say, it's not as bad as I thought! But the points you mentioned are definitely terrible. One thing freaked me out which you didn't mention: Using Alt + Tab only works with open but not minimized windows. This was giving me such a headache because Alt + Tab is probably my favorite shortcut while doing stuff on my laptop or PC. I can recommend 'Contexts' as a third-party solution, which allows you to personalize the Alt + Tab experience. It's super fast and opens minimized windows if you want but you can also disable if if you want.
Should I switch or stay with windows
I wanna get a pro but I do game so what’s the move?
was an apple (slave) having everything from a watch to the mac from Apple. But ventrally got so sick of the feeling of being in a box, where if i wanted something non very popular i needed to go to the moon and back to make the thing to work on Mac OS. Switched to Windows 3 years ago and now I'm sure that I'll never go back.
Which laptop did you get and and how is the battery life? I’m trying to choose a laptop and would appreciate an answer. Thank you.
@@animatedron7554 not the original commentor but I would really recommend the HP spectre x360 14" that came out this year with the new intel chips. It has a 68 wh battery in a 14 inch chassis, a haptic trackpad, HDR oled display, high resolution, 360/tablet mode, and low fan noise
I will be honest the new macbooks will have better battery life but it makes up for it in its port selection compared to the macbook air, lower price when on sale (in the US), and coming with 16 GB ram, wi-fi 7 out of the box and with a stylus
Great video and very good points! For the closing the window but the application is still running issue, I hit cmd + q and it'll close all windows and the application 😊 took me a while to figure out but has been a game changer ever since
Another way to close a window you can do:
cmd + w
If you want to close all windows but not necessarily quit it you do:
cmd + w + shift
@@jaerg91 No way!! I was looking for cmd + w + shift so long ... thanks
You use cmd + option + w to close all windows at once.
7:06 this is because it IS similar. On MacOS applications (.app) _are_ folders! You can actually right click and navigate inside of them. Most Mac apps include all of their dependencies and resources and files, so deleting literally is as simple as deleting the app (eg folder). Yes there are some apps that have extra things they install, but most are self contained inside of the app folder thing.
Adobe stuff is the more obnoxious example of using an installer. Their files end up polluting your entire goddamn file system. You basically have to do a complete OS reinstall to make sure you get rid of that crap if you want to uninstall it all. They even have a separate uninstall cleaner utility on their website for once you've uninstalled it with the built in tool, which is kind of nuts when you think about it.
I really like this video as a review and also kind of an advertisement, but one that isn’t gassing up its products. It hits all the right notes of genuine feedback while staying completely unbiased. Just fair, straight comparisons. Well done
I’ve been on Mac for about 4 years. The Unix environment is the biggest plus as I can manage programs with homebrew and use vim for quick file edits. There’s tons of other workflows that are possible in the terminal too but that’s what I use
using vim is based.
all the mac downsides I 100% agree with. I have multiple different small programs to fix the user experience. Also love how I left the mac on my dresser for a week unplugged and opened it and it turned on instantly.
I'm so glad you understand how the little things can cause the most pain. Like how there's no right and left click on mac. And I don't mean that in the literal sense just that it doesn't work like windows. I heard you can change the way it works but to reiterate I've been using windows for 20 YEARS and my laptop still has physical right and left click buttons. I'll soon make the switch and I cant help but feel I am doing it when windows is about to become good. But then again....20 years....
The sound track actually left me extremely relaxed after the video. Keep it up😊
I moved over to Mac back in 2002... I never looked back and quite literally lived happily ever after
the end
The transition from PowerPC to x86 must have been epic?
@@arround1 unfortunately I still have to keep a 12" powerbook and iMac G4 to run some of my favorite old VST instruments and iTunes visualizers that didn't transition over... damn I wish the QEMU/UTM team would hurry up in getting the PPC emulator up to speed
just got a macbook air myself after using windows since i was six. macos is a perfect mix of windows and ios for me. It has the ios level of polish and ease of use and the work potential of windows. really considering returning it and getting a pro version
Return it while you still can !
Only return it and upgrade if you know what your workload is, don't waste money
I use my iPad with sidecar as a second display and it is truly a gamechanger for working anywhere
If you want to use a mouse I highly recommend you give the Magic Mouse a try. The gestures on top of the mouse are a game changer, especially for video editing.
Being a CS student and bonafide computer nerd, the software troubleshooting of Windows/Linux has (more of less) always been something more interesting than it was frustrating, and the amount of little added features people add for free use on github repos (lively, powertoys, themes and mods) are very nice things.
It's also nice to know that there's 100 different segments marketed to with Windows laptops from gaming to light travel partners(steam deck/Acer Swift) that can rival/beat apple silicon in different ways.
This kinda gets me off getting a mac (less the software and more the money and apple-ness, could honestly do a multi boot with win, Mac and Linux in one) due to the obvious limitations of getting no more than apple lets you.
Sorry for the rambling, i get that this is an uncommon opinion from someone spending more time and effort on tech than your average person, but i feel it's good to at least have it out there.
honestly, the more I try to code with windows the more I get annoyed by it. My problem with Mac is that the system is so locked down. I currently use WSL2 for work because I cant get a Linux PC from my company. I'll switch to kubuntu at home most for of my stuff and just dual boot to Windows for gaming.
I recommend the Mac apps and tips video from snazzy labs. Also macOS has quite a few hidden features or controls that require the use of terminals, and some functionalities are indeed customizable.
App is installed on current MacOs in most cases when it is copied in the folder specified. On current hardware for most apps it is instant. Also thanks to how new filesystems work - they make copying of files virtually instant while in background they can still “move”. Some professional apps have installers with progress bars tho.
where did you sell your razer?
Features like (1) app expose (to see all open windows for certain apps, then you can choose the specific window you want, or using the shortcut key cmd + tilde (~) to switch between open windows of the same app) and mission control (to see all open windows on the space) you probably will start to manage your windows and apps differently to windows. And adding in other features like spaces and free addon tools like rectangle (to snap windows similar to MS windows if that's your thing). It is a different mindset and method of windows/app management compared to on MS Windows.
Good comment. I keep seeing people try to manage their windows/apps exactly how they do on Windows and that is really just missing the point!
I have tried to move to mac for my desktop (got a Mac Mini 1&GB RAM 1TB) but I can get used to MacOS. In addition to the issues you mentioned, the scaling for external monitors is much messier on MacOS than on Windows, also multitasking is definitely not as good. And I don't hate Windows, I am perfectly fine with it. The only reason was to avoid any fan noise. But what I did is moved my desktop to the other end of the room and run cables (bought something to hide them) so that I don't hear it any more (was not very noisy to beging with but I want total silence).
I love the voices you do, and thanks for making a well rounded video covering the pros and cons. I just still internally rage thinking about my experience.
Hoping a Framework 16 will finally be able to replace my ThinkPad from 2012.
And yeah... The internal hardwarr is amazing, but man MacOS has some glaring issues.
Linux with vanilla Gnome laughing in the corner
God your content is so underrated... I loved your iPod video. Keep posting vids so youtube starts to recommend them!
Thanks alot my guy, appreciate you for watching and commenting ❤
I kinda had the same experience when i got my first mac with apple silicone and main reason to buy it is because most of the high performance 13-14 inch laptops were so expensive and the m1 air 16gb 256gb was cheaper somehow. I also hate the scroll inverting and why the hell is one option i have no idea, but the green bubble for full screen apps is really cool especially when you use 3 finger swipe left or right to switch between them (except if you have 1 or 2 monitor plugged in then is kinda pointless, but for laptop only imo is great).
This is a great video! I'm gonna get a new laptop and I was thinking about getting a MacBook because I also have an iPad and iPhone (and I want to make iPhone apps for myself and you need Mac for that AFAIK...), but I just don't have enough experience with it besides using them for 5 min.
I always felt the problem of how MacOS goes about multiple windows, but if that's actually an issue, I'm gonna reconsider it. I need multiple windows all at once for work without any hassle. Together with a properly functioning device and battery, that might even be my biggest necessity
One thing, with some years being exceptions, Mac laptops are built really well and software updates support up to 7-8 year old machines. My current personal laptop is 6 years old, hinges are still stiff, screen is bright and colors are true, trackpad clicks like new, runs without obvious lag, on latest software, is running 10 hours a day next to my workstation. Battery has gotten rough, but can still get 2 hours out of it. Overall the ROI is very good.
I recently replaced my 13 year old MacBook Pro, mostly because it's slow as shit these days and the battery decided to expand its horizons (and the case lol). It's otherwise still in pristine condition after very heavy use almost daily for much of its life. It was replaced with an M3 MacBook Pro. I also have a 27" iMac which I wish they'd make a true 1 to 1 replacement for, and a custom gaming PC. I think I'll just buy a mini and a nice 4K display (or spend silly money on the Studio Display lol) and replace the iMac with those as my new primary Mac desktop set up. I've never, ever owned any of my PC's nearly half as long as I have any of my Macs. They're just useful for longer in my experience. That's probably biased by my use of PC's as purely a gaming platform though so the performance deficiencies become more obvious more quickly.
8:44 Apple doesn't want MacOS to be windows like and Microsoft doesn't want windows to remind people of MacOS. These little differences will always exist to pull or push users either toward or way from an OS. MacOS is great and Apple makes a solid piece of hardware to go along with it, but Windows runs on a lot of hardware and can be actually affordable for people.
Idk man windows feels a bit overpriced with all the damn telemetry and bloat Microsoft puts on there
The mouse scrolling isnt “backwards” you are just used to the other way of scrolling.
Agreed. It's like scrolling on an iPad. If you use a trackpad, it feels very natural. Going back to the old way just feels... weird now.
What does the green dot do? (top left of screen)
Honestly, thank you for this video! I am currently considering switching to a macbook air as a lifelong windows user. I like gaming on my gaming laptop but as a writer I find it to be too heavy to carry around and the battery life is simply terrible. I am not even going to talk about the fan noise as if I am flying an airplane. So glad someone else had the same experience and wanted to switch, it really helps me understand the difference much better.
I switched to Mac in 2006. After this many years the one thing that STILL drives me nuts is the finder. The file explorer in Windows is SO much better. Other than that, I am good - I do my HTML/CSS/JS/Php development on a mac with Apache, MySQL and Php and all of that works really nicely. What are you using to edit your videos? Premiere?
I actually just did the exact same thing here at work, I have been on Windows my entire life. I imaged a 2019 Intel 16 inch i7 with 32GB of RAM. It feels really good, and the more I learn, the better it gets. My favorite part, is using a iPad for a separate screen! I keep either my Outlook or Teams open on a 12.9 inch iPad pro under my ultra wide monitor. It's actually really slick!
Hey. For closing programs, just press cmd+Q. And closing instances (or browser-tabs) cmd+W.
In contrast to windows MacOS has "basically" global shortcuts. While the windows culture created a wild-west of app design, MacOS is basically led by apples design guidelines.
So every text-editing app you will ever see has cmd+b for bold, cmd+f is always find, cmd+ctrl+f is always fullscreen (if the window supports fullscreen) etc.
Basically imagine the consistancy of "ctrl+c" on windows, but instead with everything on MacOS. It's ACTUALLY worth learning. It will improve productivity by a lot.
Very high quality video! I thought I was watching a huge youtuber. Keep up the good work!
Drag and drop in Mac is what I think the most convenient thing about Mac. U can drag from email to web browser, from finder to email, plus without having to worry about worms, constant antivirus update reminders and less troubleshooting needed (like blue screen, etc).
you should worry, there are mac viruses you know, this ain't 2001 anymore :) you still have to not click weird shit
@@MultiNakir The only Mac virus I've ever personally seen in the last 16 years was an MS Word macro virus. So not even really a "Mac" virus, per se. Not saying the don't exist, but it's just not something Mac users really need to worry much about.
What’s worms bro? I fr don’t know
Mac viruses? LOL. they dont exist. name one@@MultiNakir
Worms? You shouldn't compare the latest MacOS to windows 95.
An SDE here(Working at one of the FAANG companies for the past 2 years). Most if not all of us devs use MACs here. They are simple, snappy, portable and very very powerful after the M1. I personally got an M1 Pro machine from my company(changed it from an Intel one as i had to run a react native server on it, which literally took more than 5 minutes on the old machine, and less than 1.5 minutes on the new one.)
You said that the green maximize button is of no use, well try using it with a trackpad. Most of us devs use it because we want to have IDEs, Chrome and documentation open side by side and you dont always have an external monitor. The triple swipe to switch between desktops is a god send feature.
Also you said about how the close button doesnt work, well true, but i happen to have multiple repositories open at once on one IDE. If i want to close only one of the repos, i click the cross and the others remain open fine. If i want to kill the entire IDE, I do the right click manouver.
It definitely feels slightly un-intuitive at first especially if you have been a lifetime windows user like me, but it makes sense.
Plus, the terminal on the MAC is so much better. Mac OS is not good for gaming, but apart from that i truly love it and wish everyone would give it a try before shitting on it
Ive had the exact same experience as you. I even had a razer blade as well and I wanted to die a slow death everytime i used it. My dog eventually ate the charging cable so I had to get something new and decided on a macbook air m2. No fans but never gets hot. Lasts me days without having to charge it. Never had any kind of lag. Is just ready to go when i open it up. Its fantastic. I do work and play games on my gaming pc and everything else on my Mac including school work. I love it
Bro your observations are wonderful
Agree with everything in this video pretty much. Only tip I have is that if you have a Logitech MX master 3 or 3s, you can fix the inverted scroll wheel on there so that it doesn't mess with your track pad. Huge help for me because the opposite scrolling DROVE ME CRAZY on the mac.
And only thing you didn't mention is that there is literally no laptop on the planet that can compete with how great and convenient the touchpad is on mac. No windows laptop comes close to the smoothness and responsiveness + the gestures make it sooooo damn convenient and nice to use.
It's pure comedy that macOS can't do it natively.
@@Komatik_ deadass, mac has some features that are so cool and i'm like damn they're smart & than the other end goes just as far negatively lmao. so dumb and makes zero sense
February 21 I needed a new laptop. Wanted to try something new and got the M1 air. To this day I’m still amazed how premium this feels, how snappy it runs, how long the battery lasts. My wife bought her windows laptop (a Lenovo something) around the same time and she’s getting issues here and there, MacBook still running like the first day. Within a year I switched my entire ecosystem to Apple and never regretted it. My windows pc is mostly off these days, when i actually play it’s on the steam deck.
Also M1 air for me as my first Mac. I switched for the performance but in hindsight, the build quality (speakers, trackpad, keyboard, microphone) etc were the much better upgrade. All while being ultra light weight. I never had a desk PC, always windows laptops but didn’t really move them around a lot because they were heavy and have bad battery. Now i work on the couch, in the train, living room… wherever i want. I don’t need chargers and mouse anymore and it’s super light and portable. Didn’t expect so much more quality of life from this…
Go into accessibility settings and setup 3 finger drag. Best feature ever❤.
Pretty sure you can change the mouse scroll separate to trackpad settings?
i got my m1 pro around april of last year as a first time apple computer user and i can say i love it. i use my desktop pc for gaming and such but i use the macbook for music. ive used fl studio for about 10 years and its great on mac but there are a few bugs that cause it to stop responding indefinitely sometimes. huge letdown but ive found a few fixes that cause it to happen less frequently. ableton works perfect and i've never had a single issue
as far as the apple ecosystem works. its amazing being able to get all my messages and calls right to my laptop, i can be using some headphones on my phone and immediately connect them to my laptop with minimal effort and vice versa.
the trackpad/mouse issue is the stupidest thing of all time and it should take less than an hour of coding work to fix it, but they haven't for years now.
8/10 experience would buy another
Prior to the Arm chips, the dells and razors etc were much closer to the mac in terms of performance, battery etc. But that M1 pro and the successors really changed the game. My work M1 pro 14" machines are insane and id never want to go back for a laptop. For dev work, even the M2 and 3 seem redundant, its going to be a long time before an upgrade will feel necesary, and i bet these hold great value. Im not a huge fan of MacOS still, but i've learned to cope. I hate the window management particularly.
Macs have always had better battery life even before they moved to Apple Silicon. Mac OS is just better that resource and power management than Windows is. I know this because I've run Windows natively in Boot Camp on multiple Intel Macs and see how on the exact same hardware one performs consistently better than the other. Even to the point where you actually notice the tiny Bluetooth lag of your keyboard and mouse when in Windows compared to Mac OS because Windows to this very day still has a shitty ass non-full stack implementation of the standard. This is why many wireless mice and keyboards still come with their own goddamn dongle which uses that manufacturers own specific take on the thing.
As for window management, it takes a while to get used to. I’d recommend to try stage manager, to put a lot of windows in full screen (you can three finger swipe between them) and to buy a magic trackpad instead of a mouse. It’s what the entire os is built around it seems like
Multiple apps in full screen and change them with the 3 finger is a game changer
@@ilcultodelcoccoacubetti6835 I call it "whoosh mode" fly around between different full screen apps or desktops
yeah it drives me nuts when everyone always complains about window management but doesn't actually try to use it as intended. I got my MacBook Air in 2021 and the built-in window management works like a dream. Though, I'm very much a trackpad person. I think I've plugged in a mouse like 5 times over 2 years.
A mouse is objectively superior to a trackpad, this is ridiculous.
@@patemathic Full screen windows are so stupid when you can tile them next to one another. Instead of constantly switching, just have them both at the same time on your screen bruh.
The "green button" is the best thing on MacOS. You can switch between multiple full screens by swiping left and right with 3 fingers on the touchpad
HI! I am a Comunications major and I'm searching for a nice laptop to do my work on the run, I usually use a lot of Adobe apps and many Google tabs, anyone has some nice recommendations?
It's a productivity game-changer. With a laptop, to get any real work done you always have to be conscious about charging. So you're always in that "I'll do it when I get back to the office / home mode"
For me I run various apps in Docker, VS Code, Outlook, MS Office all day long without plugging in. :) It's way worth the weird quirks & and Stage Manager has helped a lot..
Who the hell uses VsCode AND MsOffice as apps
First of all, great video. You really made me wonder what the purpose of the green expand button is. Then I started to play around and I realized that when you expand a window you can now slide between the different screens using 3 fingers on your trackpad. Try opening many windows and sliding between them. Feels insane. I think we just expect that button to make the window expand to the full desktop but that's because we're both ex-windows users. I switched to the mac about 8 years ago!
The button has 2 additional functionalities.
You can hold Option and click to maximize the window. Additionally, if you press and hold, you will also get the option to tile the window left or right of the screen in full-screen mode, similarly to how you can do the same in Mission Control by dragging a window into an existing full-screen space.
You can also use two fingers to go back on a web browser
That feature is probably my favorite Mac feature, and it baffles me that Windows doesn't have a respectable implementation of this.
Drag upwards with three fingers. Changes your life
This part of the video really confused me because I can't imaging not using the full screen for most applications. Just makes it a lot easier to move around applications using swipe gestures. I really only leave rarely used windows open and my terminal in it's own desktop only because I like the transparent background in iTerm2
Btw. If you use multiple monitors (or even if you don't) I highly recommend Alt-Tab and enabling the "Windoe Follows Focus" setting at the bottom of the Control Settings. Whenever you switch to a window your cursor will automatically follow it so you don't have to move it constantly between the screens.
Literally watching this on my new MacBook Pro m3, I already love it so much !!
Humans really, really don't like change so we fight for what we're comfortable with, even when it's not a smart choice.
All the stuff you miss from Windows are the exact same things I miss too. Thankfully, I use rectangle (free) for window snapping , smooth scroll (paid) for fixing external mouse scrolling, and sensiblesidebuttons (free) to make the side buttons on my mouse work. It's annoying that I had to search online for third party applications that would work for me to fix these issues, but now that it's fixed it is mostly much smoother than windows.
My final gripe would be that finder changes views too much. I would much rather stick to one view every time I use Finder but I haven't gotten it to work consistently for me yet.
EDIT: Wanted to add that I do like how I can keep my MacBook on just by going into terminal and typing in caffeinate -d while in windows I had to search for a long and ugly powershell command.
For fixing the mouse, there’s a free alternative and it’s called DOS. it works like a dream. Hope this helps for anyone looking 😄
For fixing the mouse, there’s a free alternative and it’s called DOS. it works like a dream. Hope this helps for anyone looking 😄
are those windows apps or mac apps? because i don’t have any of those features on windows 10
@@imstupidbut why would you need that on windows?
@@Memecube window snapping doesn’t work for me, and my scroll wheel is extremely glitchy
Thing is my windows laptop can run for 6-7 hours with full brightness and it costs almost half of the m2 air 8/256 and I think I don't have to tell you how low is 256gb. I use this laptop for watching content and yes it's Oled. Would you find this in MacBook? With their glossy screen hard to see anything when you can't cover the screen with matte protector. This list is so long and all this for battery and speakers when you always end up using external speakers. Ecosystem isn't a thig when your m2 ssd sucks.
What Windows laptop are you using? There's no way. Also, the Windows laptop needs to be replaced after a year because it's so slow lol. Also switched from Windows to Mac a couple years ago because I couldn't stand the problems of Windows anymore.. never looked back. The ecosystem of Apple is honestly sick and so smooth. What does the SSD have to do with the ecosystem?
Why would you need to switch a Windows laptop after a year? That makes no sense. Do you have like 50 programs running in the background for no reason?
I've had my Windows laptop for 4 years and it's still fast, but hey, I can open it double the ram, whereas not all Mac's have that ability.
Also, if you are somehow "replacing" a laptop after a year, why don't you just format it and install windows from scratch.
Then it will be like it was brand new, and cheaper than buying an actual new laptop lol
@@Marco-jc4zx ssd is way too slow when you are coping and you might be using lame laptops. Try asus oleds their battery runs very efficiently. Who told you window laptop needs to be replaced after a year. You must be apple fan boy. I have 3 laptops and one of them is 3 years old. I use that 3 years old laptop to play games.
@@ParveenKumar LOL, I was obviously extaggerating about the 1 year. What I wanted to say with that, is that the longlivity of a Mac is much longer than a Windows notebook. As I mentioned in my previous comment, I used to have Samsung phones and Windows laptops and I had the privilege to choose at work what to use. This was like 5-6 years ago. I got an Iphone and a Mac from work and since then never looked back so I now both and work in IT (Network Security Engineer). If you never tried both ecosystems you can't really argument which is better so I'll end this discussion here. Just try it and find out yourself! Btw. 3 years is nothing for a MacBook. I have friends and family that have their Macbook for around 7 years or longer and it still runs smooth like the first day and I can tell you for sure no Windows notebook can do that, because of the OS, not because of the hardware.
Man, you forget about press for previewing files.
It's one neat and powerful feature on Mac
I bought a MacBook Air years ago, I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to use and how seamlessly it integrated with my iPhone. Despite not Being able to customize some things to the degree I’d like and feeling like there was less flexibility, I still enjoyed the experience and I could see the appeal. I haven’t bought an apple product since, not even another iPhone until this week where I’ve just bought an iPad and I’m once again reminded of how smooth the experience is on Apple products. I’m older now and have less time to tinker and play around, so I want stuff to just work, so I’m debating about getting back in to apple devices again. But I’m sure I’ll find some not so common things that I can’t do or will have to pay a high fee or expensive subscription to fix if I do. Also not being able to play my steam library on my laptop would suck.
While there are issus out there, I'm running my Macbook 14 on only free software which took almost no time to download or set up, and it's running smooth as butter.
Get the following to be able to customize your Mac like a Windows:
Linearmouse - Make your third party mouse have natural scrolling, or remove mouse acceleration
Rectangle - To snap your windows efficiently
And that's essentially all annoyances that comes with Mac being a experienced Windows fanatic.
Games will come with time now that Apple has added support for game devs to use, but there are no great ones out there at the moment except for a few (which still puts out my gaming thirst on the weekend if I have any, like No Mans Sky, Hearthstone, CSGO, and a few other)
Its interesting because macOS in many cases is actually far more customizable then windows but in other cases I feel apple stubbornly dragged their heels (the natural scrolling issue is one)
I guess this is the tradeoff for a safer and better OS. I'm sure they have their reasons to why they haven't updated this yet, unfortunately.@@hajjdawood