{"id":40201,"date":"2023-07-28T15:39:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T19:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=40201"},"modified":"2023-07-30T08:20:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T12:20:19","slug":"switching-to-a-mac-after-decades-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/28\/switching-to-a-mac-after-decades-on-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Switching to a Mac After Decades on Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/post\/2023\/07\/i-switched-to-a-mac-after-decades-on-windows\/\">An&#x17E;e Tomi&#x107;<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/post\/2023\/07\/i-switched-to-a-mac-after-decades-on-windows\/\">\n<p>The other reason I got the Mac mini is how quiet it is, which is very helpful when you record your voice for a living. [&#8230;] The announcement of the M2 Pro Mac Mini with all those Thunderbolt ports at the back was the day I knew I was going to switch.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that on the Croatian keyboard layout, I can&rsquo;t find the right key to press for this [Command-`] shortcut!<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>When Jason asked me to write about what surprised me about switching to the Mac, it never occurred to me that window management would be the main thing. But it is. I really believe this is the biggest difference between Windows and macOS nowadays. One is a desktop operating system that is worse on laptops and the other is a laptop operating system that is worse on desktops if you don&rsquo;t buy a trackpad.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I frequently hear comments like this, but I don&rsquo;t feel like I&rsquo;m missing anything using my MacBook Pro as a desktop with a Magic Mouse. It seems much faster for me than a trackpad. And I think macOS shines as a desktop operating system, when there&rsquo;s room to have a bunch of windows on screen at once.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/post\/2023\/07\/i-switched-to-a-mac-after-decades-on-windows\/\">\n<p>A fair bit of the annoyance that prevents me from using the Mac the way it was intended stems from the fact that macOS does not support my language.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Those feelings extend to the apps, too. I finally got to play PCalc&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/about-by-pcalc\/id1613982997\">about screen<\/a>! I bought <a href=\"https:\/\/panic.com\/transmit\/\">Transmit<\/a>, and it is the best app of its kind I have ever used. Ever. <a href=\"https:\/\/rogueamoeba.com\/audiohijack\/\">Audio Hijack<\/a> is like a legal, no-side-effects performance-enhancing drug for a podcaster. There are very good Windows apps, but so far for me the Mac has some stuff that is unbeatable.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/17\/mac-mini-2023\/\">Mac mini 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/18\/switching-to-windows-and-linux\/\">Switching to Windows and Linux<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/06\/a-year-away-from-macos\/\">A Year Away From macOS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/23\/video-pros-moving-from-mac-to-windows-for-high-end-gpus\/\">Video Pros Moving From Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/27\/rustys-next-mac-mini\/\">Rusty&rsquo;s Next &ldquo;Mac mini&rdquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An&#x17E;e Tomi&#x107;: The other reason I got the Mac mini is how quiet it is, which is very helpful when you record your voice for a living. [&#8230;] The announcement of the M2 Pro Mac Mini with all those Thunderbolt ports at the back was the day I knew I was going to switch. 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