I made the switch last year and am pretty happy, especially with Ubuntu instead of macOS: https://fman.io/blog/home-and-hotel/
Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user
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#22I had a Dell XPS 13 for about 2 months but ended up selling and getting a 2017 Macbook Pro 13 non-touchbar. For the premium you're already spending on an XPS machine, a Mac for slightly more has so much better hardware. The price differential ~300-500$ is more than justified by the FULL metal construction, non-clicky trackpad, and the glorious screen. I immediately regretted my XPS purchase after noticing the screen’s backlight problems and the quality/amount the trackpad depressed while clicking. Though I wish the macbook had more ports and better keyboard, it's not kept me from wanting the XPS back.
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#23I have an 8th gen i7 XPS 13. I have high sierra on it. I also have a 13" MacBook Pro non touch bar. Guess which one I like using the best.
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#24For me it's the little things that keep me on mac.
- Amazing touchpad, no need for a mouse at all
- Light, yet powerful and great battery life
- best in class display
- being able to easily copy and paste between iphone macbook
- being able to easily send files between all osx/ios devices with zero hassle
- being able to take calls on my macbook and transfer them to the phone if needed
- bluetooth headphones working rock solid, switching between devices seamless
etc
OSX being somewhat more bearable than windows and slightly worse for my work than linux is not the most important thing to me.
Re: Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user
#25I had a Dell XPS 13 for about 2 months but ended up selling and getting a 2017 Macbook Pro 13 non-touchbar. For the premium you're already spending on an XPS machine, a Mac for slightly more has so much better hardware. The price differential ~300-500$ is more than justified by the FULL metal construction, non-clicky trackpad, and the glorious screen. I immediately regretted my XPS purchase after noticing the screen’…
Also, the Mac has a webcam instead of a nose hair viewer.
Re: Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user
#26I had a Dell XPS 13 for about 2 months but ended up selling and getting a 2017 Macbook Pro 13 non-touchbar. For the premium you're already spending on an XPS machine, a Mac for slightly more has so much better hardware. The price differential ~300-500$ is more than justified by the FULL metal construction, non-clicky trackpad, and the glorious screen. I immediately regretted my XPS purchase after noticing the screen’…
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that a current-generation XPS 13 is going to have an IPS panel, whether it's 1080p or 4K.
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#27I went with a precision 5520 when I switched from my MacBook Pro and I love it. 32 GB of RAM, centered keyboard/trackpad of a 15" and a tiny screen bezel all with full Linux support.
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#28I like this writeup but I sort of expected it to contain a "Windows 10 Review from a lifelong macos user" embedded in it. I was surprised that this was just about the hardware. As a happy lifelong Windows user, surrounded by programmers who call me insane (or an idiot, even) for liking it, I was curious to learn more about what a developer who's used to Mac thinks about the Windows 10 dev experience. (notably for a m…
I always had very little sympathy for those who express very strong opinion _against_ other OSes and their users, professionals or not. In 2018 every one of the main OSes can be used efficiently for programming purposes, windows10 too especially now that it has the WLS
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#29About the part "Windows 10 spends about 5 minutes (literally!) identifying a bunch of new devices and adding them to the system", to be fair, Windows can run on a gazillion different configuration, while macOS runs only on a few. I've been ranting against Windows for years, but it actually works well now, even if it takes a bit of time for the new device setup.
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#30I'm pretty disappointed with the compromises I have to make to use a Mac these days. I'm planning on getting one of the new XPS 15s with an i-9 - so excited!
What you don’t like exchanging all your ports for dongles? And the crappy keyboard? Or my favorite “Remind me again later” Because who would ever want the ability to say “no”