The End of OS X
I personally think that the MacBook Pro 16 inch is the world’s best laptop, and look forward to see what the next generations can do.<p>But the whole point has been MacOS.  I’m not sure what to think of the changes.  If they stabilize the mess that was Catalina, then they’re doing the right things, even with the increased iOS-ification of the Mac.  If they just slap more Windows 8 style touch gloss on deep and unresolvable system level issues, then Apple has reverted to all the reasons that Classic MacOS was so unstable.<p>That said, after 20 years with the Mac I recently added an Alienware Aurora R9 desktop to my life.  Wanted to PC game again, and use VR.  Also wanted to catch up with Windows, as I hadn’t really used it regularly for 10 years.  Early Windows 10 did not impress me.<p>I have been surprisingly really happy with Windows 10 build 2004 and Windows Subsystem for Linux v2.  To the point it’s my main dev box now.  (With COVID there’s less need for a laptop!).<p>Some weirdness with cut and paste, but file system sharing and networking has mostly been smoothed from what I remember.  Docker runs well integrated, as does Kubernetes.  Everything is blazing fast.  The main thing I miss is Spotlight search, but there are third party replacements for that.<p>I really can’t see myself moving back to Linux, which was my go to prior to the Mac from 1995-1999.  I tend to follow the JWZ adage, Linux is only free if your time has no value.  I use it as a server OS plenty, but don’t really need it on my desktop.