Ask HN: Will you really move away from Apple hardware?

No. I actually really like Apple hardware, and can usually deal with the limitations. I was hoping Apple would offer a USB-A port and 2TB of storage on the 13" MacBook Pro, but I still ordered one without. The graphics and memory limitations don't bother me much.

However, I really keep hoping someone comes out with a competing operating system and ecosystem similar to Mac OS, but I haven't found anything that compares. Elementary is the closest I've seen from the open source world, but it needs a LOT more features and polish. I like Mac OS, but the quality issues and general product direction in the past few years have me itching to be able to replace it if I need to.

For my personal devices, my plan is to eke out my mid-2010 MBP until such time as the next wave of laptops are released, and hope they support a developer's workflow more appropriately.

For work: i work in an OS-agnostic kind of world.

Macs are horribly expensive in Brazil these days (US$ 5-6k for a decently configured MBP). Next year I plan to buy a gray-market Mac Mini and a fast notebook for Linux, and try a "Hackintosh" VM in it.

No. I need Excel and I need the unix shell.

Calc + DataPilot doesn't cut it when it needs to.

I abandoned Windows a while ago and have been much happier since.

My 2015 MBP is the best computer I've owned. It's cool. It's quiet. It's fast. It's light. The battery lasts. The screen is great. I hear they last. My previous was an equally priced HP Elitebook and I hated it.

Full disclosure: I switched to Ubuntu on my 2009 MacBook Pro in 2012 or so. That's why I included a winky face in the original reply ;)

But since then I've found myself on Arch Linux on a ThinkPad X220. I love Arch! Default packages configurations are great. Although it requires some significant knowledge of the system to install & maintain, it's very stable and documentation is great. I find it to be much more stable than Ubuntu, in the sense that if something goes unexpectedly, there's going to be detailed documentation about what exactly is going on. With Ubuntu, the changes in the underpinnings of the system are enshrouded in a certain amount of mystery outside of the developer circle.

Upgrading by a major version means that your whole system might switch, for example, from upstart to systemd. This is something you will likely find out through trial and error when something does wrong. Whereas in Arch, everything is transparent.

I'm using Gnome 3, which has matured quite a bit and is very nice with the touch screen.