No Start Menu for You
I think search is hard generally.
I switched to an M1 Mac pro recently, and it has its own set of challenges.<p>For instance, there is no start menu but a search bar called Spotlight. You do your quick math in there (where you'd call calc.exe in Windows).
However, it only accepts your query as math... sometimes. Like 50% of the times. Otherwise it searches the web.<p>If you search for a program, it takes just that tiny second to update results such that if you type one letter too much, your top result goes from program to web search, and pressing enter opens Safari.<p>Relevant results (folders + files) do appear, but usually you have to scroll.<p>The search bar itself comes up very quickly though.<p>If you do consider switching, one warning about Mac is this:
Window management is utter garbage. Maximizing is actively discouraged. Tiling left / right etc? Doesn't exist. Everything must be random size and overlap weirdly. Instead, each new version brings a new quick switch or workspace functionality that I have never seen anyone use.<p>Oh and for some reason, it's less stable than my prior windows machine. Apps just crash a lot, but that's probably due to the Arm64. I mean, remarkably stable compared to computer back when, of course, but compared to Windows 10, I have more crashes and even had to restart a couple of times!