Show me Motion 5 and FCPX for Windows and I'll gladly switch.
You should try davinci resolve. It has a free version, and even runs on linux.
The $1,799 MacBook Pro 13 vs. the $650 Acer Swift 3
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Re: The $1,799 MacBook Pro 13 vs. the $650 Acer Swift 3
#62Show me Motion 5 and FCPX for Windows and I'll gladly switch.
So we all know that can't happen; whats keeping you away from the adobe suite? From my research as a begining youtuber, the biggest hurdle seems to be price
Re: The $1,799 MacBook Pro 13 vs. the $650 Acer Swift 3
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
I upgraded from a 2015 MacBook Pro to a 2019 16”. I heard there were tons of keyboard issues in the years in between. Aside from that, I stick with MacBooks because of the solid quality and macOS. I can’t work on Windows. I’ve tried again and again. I do have a windows machine for gaming, but programming and design work, the short cuts, fluidity, and general experience working in iTerm2 with multiple desktops is top…
WSL2 is fast, rock-solid and outperforms a Mac with iterm2 by far. I don't know which fluidity you mean on a multi montior setup you lack on Windows. Re short-cuts Windows has more (just think of win+number or built in window management) or autohotkey which owns karabiner. MacOs is good if you need Xcode but other than that? Idk
You have benchmarks for this? I’m running a Windows Pro installation with a Core i7 4790K and 16GB memory. My 2015 MacBook is much faster. I honestly thought the WSL thing was just a gimmick and some online searching told me that there are IO performance issues.
Re: The $1,799 MacBook Pro 13 vs. the $650 Acer Swift 3
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not only are they better built, they also run macOS.
> Not only are they better built In this case, but there are plenty of examples of a sub-par performance from Apple. Broken keyboards, display cable issues, shipping with overheating CPU profiles, removing buttons, useless touch bar display, removal of ports - to name a few. As Rossman says: "the only part on a MacBook that doesn't blow are the fuses". > they also run macOS Again, not been a fan of their recent work.…
The problem is the “can get.” If you value your time at, say, $200/hr, how long can you spend learning about Linux distros, repos, software, and troubleshooting issues etc before you’ve spent the savings from buying a non-Mac-native laptop?
Re: The $1,799 MacBook Pro 13 vs. the $650 Acer Swift 3
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
I upgraded from a 2015 MacBook Pro to a 2019 16”. I heard there were tons of keyboard issues in the years in between. Aside from that, I stick with MacBooks because of the solid quality and macOS. I can’t work on Windows. I’ve tried again and again. I do have a windows machine for gaming, but programming and design work, the short cuts, fluidity, and general experience working in iTerm2 with multiple desktops is top…
WSL2 is fast, rock-solid and outperforms a Mac with iterm2 by far. I don't know which fluidity you mean on a multi montior setup you lack on Windows. Re short-cuts Windows has more (just think of win+number or built in window management) or autohotkey which owns karabiner. MacOs is good if you need Xcode but other than that? Idk
Re: The $1,799 MacBook Pro 13 vs. the $650 Acer Swift 3
#66“X laptop which is cheaper than a MacBook benches higher” This is not news, this has always been true. People keep buying MacBooks, it’s been one of the best selling laptops for a decade. There must be some other reason why people like them.... Maybe benchmarks don’t matter to most people? Really makes you think
Which also isn't news. It's trivial to find a laptop that outperforms a premium laptop at half the price. That's equally true of any non-Apple vendor that has premium business laptop models.
Re: The $1,799 MacBook Pro 13 vs. the $650 Acer Swift 3
#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not only are they better built, they also run macOS.
I upgraded from a 2015 MacBook Pro to a 2019 16”. I heard there were tons of keyboard issues in the years in between. Aside from that, I stick with MacBooks because of the solid quality and macOS. I can’t work on Windows. I’ve tried again and again. I do have a windows machine for gaming, but programming and design work, the short cuts, fluidity, and general experience working in iTerm2 with multiple desktops is top…
Re: The $1,799 MacBook Pro 13 vs. the $650 Acer Swift 3
#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
WSL2 is fast, rock-solid and outperforms a Mac with iterm2 by far. I don't know which fluidity you mean on a multi montior setup you lack on Windows. Re short-cuts Windows has more (just think of win+number or built in window management) or autohotkey which owns karabiner. MacOs is good if you need Xcode but other than that? Idk
I was curious if I was using an older version that led to my problems with WSL2, but I just did a search right now for “WSL 2 slow” on Google. I see threads and discussions in the past couple months with people still calling out how slow it is and other issues.
Re: The $1,799 MacBook Pro 13 vs. the $650 Acer Swift 3
#69This image on Acer's Swift product page really answered the question for me. https://static.acer.com/up/Resource/Acer/Laptops/Swift_7/Ove...
Re: The $1,799 MacBook Pro 13 vs. the $650 Acer Swift 3
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Not only are they better built In this case, but there are plenty of examples of a sub-par performance from Apple. Broken keyboards, display cable issues, shipping with overheating CPU profiles, removing buttons, useless touch bar display, removal of ports - to name a few. As Rossman says: "the only part on a MacBook that doesn't blow are the fuses". > they also run macOS Again, not been a fan of their recent work.…
> I can get a very macOS-esque experience in Linux. The problem is the “can get.” If you value your time at, say, $200/hr, how long can you spend learning about Linux distros, repos, software, and troubleshooting issues etc before you’ve spent the savings from buying a non-Mac-native laptop?
This is not a fair comparison because there are a lot of benefits of troubleshooting, most of them intangible. If you don't like it fine, just get a Linux "certified" laptop or a Mac.