I can't think of any valid reason for a person with sane mind to do this. Yes, macOS is somewhat closed, but it's definitely more open than ChromeOS.
For small businesses using Google Workspace, Chrome book is so easy to manage.
I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
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Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#32Chrome OS? No, thank you. I'll stay with macOS and keep hoping for the Asahi Linux dream
Why?
Apple portable hardware is unparalleled. Linux is what runs the internet.
For now, my old gaming PC runs as a Linux server hosting all my dev services and home lab projects and my MacBook is where I work with them and build apps that consume them.
It would be nice to have the server setup mirrored on a laptop I could take places with me.
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#33I can't think of any valid reason for a person with sane mind to do this. Yes, macOS is somewhat closed, but it's definitely more open than ChromeOS.
What do you mean by open and closed? ChromeOS is based on ChromiumOS, which is open source. I guess macOS is based on Darwin technically, but the ratio of open source to proprietary is much higher for ChromeOS than macOS, no?
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#34I am not very tech-savvy, mostly into Analytics - DS. I love my Mac. The whole UX is far superior compared to Windows or a Chromebook.
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#35I went the other way: from a Pixelbook to a Macbook Air. I mostly do SW development in the CLI, so the Linux subsystem on the chromebook was fine, as is macports/homebrew/etc. on the mac. I would still be using the Pixelbook if I could have replaced its battery. The low-end Air had good price-performance tradeoff, and the Neo would probably be today's choice.
I am in a similar boat. I already have Mac Mini M4 and don't do any fancy development stuff, especially not in my free time. But can't for the sake of me decide if I should go with Air M4 to match the specs, or just go full lightweight and get Neo.
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#36I can't think of any valid reason for a person with sane mind to do this. Yes, macOS is somewhat closed, but it's definitely more open than ChromeOS.
What do you mean by open and closed? ChromeOS is based on ChromiumOS, which is open source. I guess macOS is based on Darwin technically, but the ratio of open source to proprietary is much higher for ChromeOS than macOS, no?
I think they mean closed as in it is more difficult to install whatever you want on a ChromeOS machine as opposed to a MacOS machine.
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
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#38I actually tried this last year and the show stopper was Citrix. The version for Chromebooks is some abomination that hasn't been kept recent and so fails validation with my employer's Citrix infra.
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Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#39I can't think of any valid reason for a person with sane mind to do this. Yes, macOS is somewhat closed, but it's definitely more open than ChromeOS.
I can't think of any sense in which this statement could be supported by facts.
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#40I can't think of any valid reason for a person with sane mind to do this. Yes, macOS is somewhat closed, but it's definitely more open than ChromeOS.
ChromeOS will run on any standard machine and subsystems (qndroid, linux) work decently good.
What concrete points makes you put macos as more open ?