I've abandoned my principles...

So I ran a bot overnight that receives data from a websocket API and forgot to plug the power cord in. caffeinate was running to keep it going. I woke up this morning and battery was at 43% after running from at least 9pm (it hadn't been plugged in for an hour before that). This is an M3 pro 14". The data it receives is in realtime so it's constantly streaming.
 
The wife's work recently switched them over to mac laptops and she has been impressed. She works in design/marketing and they are decent for that. Battery life is amazing, price was honestly better than the windows equivalent, and it works for her. Has been a bit of a mission after so many years of windows to get used to the new shortcuts, and layout of the OS. Anyways, to each their own. While I was an unhappy windows laptop user I am also hoping to see Linux finally crack a solid gaming supported OS at which point I will switch. Not a fan of Windows 11 but also not personally wanting to go Mac at this point for my laptop.
 
Cius said:
The wife's work recently switched them over to mac laptops and she has been impressed. She works in design/marketing and they are decent for that. Battery life is amazing, price was honestly better than the windows equivalent, and it works for her. Has been a bit of a mission after so many years of windows to get used to the new shortcuts, and layout of the OS. Anyways, to each their own. While I was an unhappy windows laptop user I am also hoping to see Linux finally crack a solid gaming supported OS at which point I will switch. Not a fan of Windows 11 but also not personally wanting to go Mac at this point for my laptop.
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More like developers and manudacturers need to support linux
 
Stonemason said:
It is 2026. Nobody uses Windows 95 anymore. You should upgrade.
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Smiggles said:
Even M$ is trying to fix it… https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/...ut-its-been-slower-than-windows-10-for-years/
When Microsoft announced its renewed focus on Windows quality, one of the most important areas it called out was File Explorer. The company said it is working on a faster and more dependable File Explorer.

“Our first round of improvements will focus on a quicker launch experience, reduced flicker, smoother navigation and more reliable performance for everyday file tasks.”
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^^
 
Cius said:
The wife's work recently switched them over to mac laptops and she has been impressed. She works in design/marketing and they are decent for that. Battery life is amazing, price was honestly better than the windows equivalent, and it works for her. Has been a bit of a mission after so many years of windows to get used to the new shortcuts, and layout of the OS. Anyways, to each their own. While I was an unhappy windows laptop user I am also hoping to see Linux finally crack a solid gaming supported OS at which point I will switch. Not a fan of Windows 11 but also not personally wanting to go Mac at this point for my laptop.
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I held out for as long as I could. The issue is you can easily develop on Mac for other platforms, but not the other way around. Xcode is only on Mac, and all the other hacks have you fighting Apple at every step. It just wasn't worth the effort anymore. Easier to learn MacOS than have to deal with all of that...
 
Nice. I need to get myself a work upgrade at some point, my M1 Macbook Pro still works but the battery is a bit worn out now and doesn't last like it used to. The M5 is also significantly faster than the M1 now, so probably worth the upgrade.
 
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