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Re: Ask HN: Anyone else planning to head back to Microsoft?

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Post by lsiunsuex »

PascLeRasc wrote: post #4
lsiunsuex wrote: post #3

When Windows 10 comes out I'll probably pull the trigger and get a Microsoft Surface for testing, but I don't think I'll ever leave OS X for Windows. (to name a few) 1: Recently helped a friend install a new hard drive in a Lenovo Edge 15 only to find out the laptop has problems with Crucial SSDs (it brought back to many driver / hardware compatibility issues from my past jobs) 2: Features like Dashboard, Expose, Not…

Regarding #6, what is different between OS X and Windows versions of Sublime?

Nothing I'm sure - just on my list of tools I use

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else planning to head back to Microsoft?

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Post by zcdziura »

Once Windows 10 is released, I'll be clearing out my HDD and upgrading. While my "main OS" is Elementary, I still have a partition available for Windows so I can play games with my friends. And if the future Surfaces are as pleasant to use as the Surface 3 is, I may save my pennies and buy one. We'll see.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else planning to head back to Microsoft?

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Post by jacquesm »

Not a chance. Once bitten twice shy.

Switching to an all-open-source ecosystem did not come without costs but now that I'm there I'd have to make all those costs again and run the risk of another repetition.

Open source software is about as stress free as it gets and less stress is a good thing in my book, a factor they never mention in those 'total cost of ownership' graphs.

Stuff usually just works, usually works good enough and if it does not you can change it, it's like building things from clay rather than from blocks that won't fit together unless they were intended to fit together from day 1 (and they usually aren't).

You couldn't pay me to switch back to either Microsoft, Apple or any other closed source software provider and I try very hard to stay away from SAAS components for much the same reasons.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else planning to head back to Microsoft?

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Post by JonFish85 »

I know several people who love the tight integration that Microsoft's tools have, from the .NET environment (and multiple languages) to their cloud tools to their database integration. If you buy into their way of doing things, it seems to be a pretty great work environment all around. Granted none of this really has anything to do with their "improved understanding of open source" or "how they do business", so take it for what it's worth (anecdotal evidence).

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else planning to head back to Microsoft?

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Post by igrekel »

lsiunsuex wrote: post #3

When Windows 10 comes out I'll probably pull the trigger and get a Microsoft Surface for testing, but I don't think I'll ever leave OS X for Windows. (to name a few) 1: Recently helped a friend install a new hard drive in a Lenovo Edge 15 only to find out the laptop has problems with Crucial SSDs (it brought back to many driver / hardware compatibility issues from my past jobs) 2: Features like Dashboard, Expose, Not…

Regarding number 1... Installing non-apple SSD in a macbook isn't smooth sailing either. The difference is that in windows the OS isn't necessarily playing against you.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else planning to head back to Microsoft?

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Post by a2tech »

Nope. The Unix underpinnings of OS X are way too valuable for me.

Powershell is (imho) a verbose mess and is the current best attempt at making a working scripting language for Windows. I use Powershell all the time but its..inelegant. Give me bash scripting any time.

MS is always flirting with new technologies and sexy R&D, but at their heart they're never going to change.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else planning to head back to Microsoft?

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Post by mathgeek »

lsiunsuex wrote: post #3

When Windows 10 comes out I'll probably pull the trigger and get a Microsoft Surface for testing, but I don't think I'll ever leave OS X for Windows. (to name a few) 1: Recently helped a friend install a new hard drive in a Lenovo Edge 15 only to find out the laptop has problems with Crucial SSDs (it brought back to many driver / hardware compatibility issues from my past jobs) 2: Features like Dashboard, Expose, Not…

Hardware concerns are really a moot point, as you can always run Windows on your favorite flavor of Mac hardware. That's really the only way that I ever run Windows these days.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else planning to head back to Microsoft?

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Post by kaolinite »

PascLeRasc wrote: post #4
lsiunsuex wrote: post #3

When Windows 10 comes out I'll probably pull the trigger and get a Microsoft Surface for testing, but I don't think I'll ever leave OS X for Windows. (to name a few) 1: Recently helped a friend install a new hard drive in a Lenovo Edge 15 only to find out the laptop has problems with Crucial SSDs (it brought back to many driver / hardware compatibility issues from my past jobs) 2: Features like Dashboard, Expose, Not…

Regarding #6, what is different between OS X and Windows versions of Sublime?

I think (no proof, but I seem to remember) that there are a number of plugins that are only available for Linux / OS X.

Also, I think that point was less about Sublime and more about the other development tools that are Mac only.

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