I Switched To Mac, After 15 Years of Windows (BRUH)

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Been a minute, hope y'all are doing well :)
I’ve been a pretty dedicated Windows user for about 15 years now but for many many reasons, I decided to switch to a Mac. A M1 Macbook Pro 14. I didn't expect much. But holy damn.
It's been one year I can quite honestly say that it has changed my life. Never in my life did I think I’d find myself saying that. This video will go into a bit about my journey with both Windows and Mac and why in my OPINION, I'll stay with one for a very very long time. It's not really a review, but I hope I could provide you with a good story, and of course - some memes.
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0:00 Intro
1:17 Context: The Age Old Question
2:13 My Journey With Windows
3:46 My Mac Experience
5:56 What I miss from Windows
8:48 Conclusion

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@AlJey007 6 ай бұрын

nice try, Tim

@melontype 6 ай бұрын

Almost.

@FullOfCereal 6 ай бұрын

little tim almost claims another victim

@icsu6530 6 ай бұрын

@@FullOfCerealmac is good tho

@Nemesis-db8fl 6 ай бұрын

@@icsu6530oh no you have been infected

@KironKabir 6 ай бұрын

Good morning!

@sbarneaionut 6 ай бұрын

I felt what you felt now in 2021 when I got my M1 Air, literally the best laptop at that time. Sooo many use cases where it just did the job brilliantly. Is still in daily use today and yes, still quick, does not overheat, NO fan and still around 16-17 hrs battery life in light tasks or consuming media.

@MultiNakir 6 ай бұрын

i'm sorry how does it not overheat? are you using it for 2d apps? maybe do some sort of non graphical work on it? how do you see it at the "best" laptop at that time when a yoga7 was over it on every spec including having proper not noisy cooling

@thev90 6 ай бұрын

By not using unnecessary computing power. Apples chips are efficient. And they are tightly controlled in software. the perks of being a company controlling everything.

@yarnosh 6 ай бұрын

@@MultiNakir The M1 chip is just insanely efficient. It doesn't even need to throttle when unplugged. Also the metal case is a good conductor of heat.

@mikldude9376 6 ай бұрын

@@MultiNakirfor a start , apple silicon laptops don’t drop down too one third the performance as soon as you unplug them , battery life on the MacBooks is great , speakers are great , they have nice screens , very little to complain about with the Mac , if I get a phone call at home while my phone is another room it comes through on the Mac and I can just take the call on the Mac seamlessly. And this is coming from a pc and android user since for over a decade. They are not perfect and nothing is , but they do have a lot of good points.

@tgvinfinite2607 6 ай бұрын

@@mikldude9376 you can't really say the screens are great. they definitely are "great" on the pro models but certainly not on the m2 air and m1 air

@SeekoGT 6 ай бұрын

It's funny that these are pretty much my exact sentiments after using a Mac for my work and Windows for home for about three years now. I've always used a Windows desktop and I've had two Windows laptops (both of the gaming variety) and I finally got tired of lugging the heavy thing around, the weird battery mode performance and the noise, just like you said, and I switched to a Macbook Pro as my primary machine. Honestly, if you favor laptop formfactors, this is primarily a workstation and you don't have any software that is Windows proprietary, you're probably better off with a Mac. I love the experience, and I can only hope that one day Windows machines could become greater so we get even better design.

@Suc-Chii 2 ай бұрын

i love how light the thing is, but what pushes me away from that thing is that ir doesn’t support gaming that much😂

@kevin_mitchell 6 ай бұрын

8:02 If you right-click on the app icon in the doc, you'll see a list of your open documents for that app and then you can select the one you want, or open a new document. An alternative is from the top menu bar under "Window" for that app, there is an option where you can merge all the documents into one window with multiple tabs. You can also right click a tab on a multi-tabbed window and select an option to move that tab to a new window. In general, there are multiple ways of doing many things in the OS to achieve different things in different ways that many people are unaware of. The more you use it the more you'll discover them, and be pleasantly surprised. I see so many comments that say how bad the mac is a at doing different things because they think there is only one way of doing it on a mac. I agree, some things are done better on Windows, but there are also things that's done better on a mac. My personal and subjective preference is for macOS, but I agree with you, the best OS is what's best for the person using it for the tasks they have on hand at the time.

@Zeales 5 ай бұрын

That is only if the developer of the app has implemented it, otherwise you will always get all the windows. To your second part - Obviously, people will discover more things as they use a product, that's how it is for everything, but the things Melon points out are accurately things that should be intuitive and natural and need no "Discovery". That's just pure bad design by Apple.

@Logsi27 5 ай бұрын

I think there is a heavy reliance of "Expose" or "Mission Control" in macOS. The use of compartmentalising workspaces with virtual desktops and using "Expose" to quickly switch between applications/windows. F3/Double tap mouse/four finger swipe up/Mission Control in dock is your friend. Old habits die hard for a lot of people and quickly run to the dock and use it like a windows taskbar. If you want a better visual way to switch around apps then "Expose"/"Mission Control" is the quickest way to do so.

@saudfata6236 6 ай бұрын

As a Linux user with too much time on my hands, I feel called out 😂

@Omonarc 6 ай бұрын

As another Linux user, I now have more time on my hands because of Linux. No more random Windows nonsense to deal with.

@Zesuto3 6 ай бұрын

It's the complete opposite nowadays but the memes will last forever, as long as you don't fall for the memes and install something like Arch or Gentoo, as long as you don't fall in the ricing rabbit hole and stick to the default experience of your distro, it will never get in your way and it'll "just work".

@JamesWilliam70 6 ай бұрын

I do like Linux as an OS, but i cant run all my industry standard adobe and Affinity apps and the linux vector equivalent Inskape is shockingly 90's clunky in the UX. I'm glad it has Blender though... Just not enough support for an artist IMO.

@saudfata6236 6 ай бұрын

@@JamesWilliam70 honestly yeah that’s completely understandable! Also you can’t beat the optimisation apple has done for media and content creation. Though from what I’ve seen, adobe seems to be moving more towards the cloud so soon you might be able to start doing some things in the web browser. Another option is to migrate alternatives like gimp/darkroom which might be similar? (Don’t hold me to that, I have very little experience with that kind of thing)

@Skibbehify Ай бұрын

Im just gonna jump in here & agree with this lol

@BaielAbdulin 6 ай бұрын

To use multitasking at the Windows level, you can install "rectangle", which is very convenient and there are hotkeys for moving windows and resizing them.

@boid 6 ай бұрын

yeah, its great and it barely affects anything else, just gives you the cool window snapping feature

@domantasbronusas 6 ай бұрын

Yeah I actually insralled it like a few days ago lol. Now my mac feels like better version of windows

@somebody4545 6 ай бұрын

oh yeah i love this

@Jdb63 6 ай бұрын

I use Magnet, which sounds like the same thing.

@Tr4ns1st0r 6 ай бұрын

@@Jdb63Except Rectangle is free. 😉

@ray-zin 5 ай бұрын

The background music had me actively enjoying the video. Really fun and laid back energy to your content. Keep it up.

@aashish3664 5 ай бұрын

Fun fact: The finder icon is not a smiley face. The right part is a human face and the left part is a computer screen. It doesn't look like that now but it was significant in the previous versions of the logo.

@RuDenisska 11 сағат бұрын

Sooooo… is this Schwarzenegger's Terminator?

@bibasik7 6 ай бұрын

I LOVE the green button! Making an app fullscreen using the green button puts it into a new virtual desktop, and I can switch between virtual desktops with a three finger swipe to the left or right. I've been using MacBooks for 7 years, and the three finger swipe gesture feels as natural as walking, I don't have to think about it.

@jordandavis5901 6 ай бұрын

Looking for this comment lol

@sk8ll 6 ай бұрын

I see this issue around me all the time when people try MacOS. Windows windows style management (hehe) is so deep rooted in their head, everyone just refuses to try learning this.. it's not better or worse, but once you learn it, it is as efficent

@Spirrwell 6 ай бұрын

@@sk8llYeah, but what do you do when you're not on a MacBook? The Mac Minis, Pro, Studio, and iMac still exist. The desktop experience really needs some improvement.

@sk8ll 6 ай бұрын

@@Spirrwell That segment I completely forgot, not going to lie... and it still feels like Apple would like users to use Trackpads even with those machines. I can probably imagine myself doing that, but I can see how that's a biiig stretch

@JackFate76 5 ай бұрын

@@Spirrwell You swipe on your magic mouse. Its exactly the same as on the trackpad.

@jonathandavis7019 6 ай бұрын

this is incredible. You hit so many weird problem/quirks that annoy the hell out of me with mac os, like the scroll being backwards with mice. But you also hit on why I like macs at the same time. We must have the same thought process or something

@coldacre 6 ай бұрын

Settings > Mouse > Natural Scrolling. its about 8 seconds to fix

@djkid14567 6 ай бұрын

Corrects scrolling for your mouse but messes up scrolling for your trackpad. It is not a fix for the problem outlined. @@coldacre

@joshuaoehler5796 6 ай бұрын

@@djkid14567 Not a problem, just a preference. It's defaulted to work best with trackpad and the Magic Mouse, which makes sense. If you decide to use a 3rd party mouse, you just have to change the that setting.

@budokai910 6 ай бұрын

That’s funny because as a macos user if I tried windows then the windows scrolling would be backwards for me lol

@MushiGang 6 ай бұрын

I’ve also had issues on my Mac where I can’t even scroll with the trackpad because some apps don’t have scroll bar (even with scroll bar turned to always showing)

@javiersierra6887 5 ай бұрын

The things about apps not closing depends on the developers of the app, discord does this on windows too, you close the window, not the app. For me that isn’t a problem because I love shortcuts, even if the red cross closed the app properly I would still use them. Scrolling can be weird, but when you do it on your phone it feels natural, I became used to it in no time. I also didn’t like the thing where you can’t slide a window to the side and make it occupy half the screen, but I just have 3 Desktops, and it is so much better, the only thing that is worse is when you need to move a file from an app to another, but I can live with that. When I go back to windows I feel so constricted

@Py687 5 ай бұрын

Programs with that behavior on Windows generally have a checkbox for Minimize to Tray. It's far from the default behavior for most applications thought.

@TalesOfWar 2 ай бұрын

Mac OS has always made the distinction between closing and quitting. Even Office worked this way for the longest time even on Windows (because it began on the Mac). Adobe products are probably the most obvious ones that still work this way between both platforms. You can close all documents in Photoshop or InDesign or whatever but the app is still running until you quit.

@rafal06 5 ай бұрын

As a Linux user, I bought an old MacBook Pro just to try macOS, but I got sick of all those little inconveniences you pointed out, and more, so I decided to go back to Linux and buy a ThinkPad. I don't regret, at least now I know that macOS is just not for me. From my experience, Linux gets out of my way, but gives me the whole control, while on macOS, to make it fit me, I'd have to spend a lot of money on third-party apps, many of which are subscription-based.

@eckee 5 ай бұрын

you could've installed linux on an old macbook

@rafal06 5 ай бұрын

@@eckee I did, and it wasn't a good experience because of an unreliable WiFi driver. Also, it was, well, an old MacBook, which means it was heavy, slow, and lasted only about an hour on battery.

@henrriquetordoya1637 5 ай бұрын

Ah my homies linux users nice

@RolandoMarreroPR 5 ай бұрын

Many Linux applications work on Mac, there are many free and open source applications to customize Mac OS. I use Windows and Linux on a Mac M1 laptop with awesome battery life. I still have a windows machine for when windows x86 is absolutely necessary and an old 09 iMac with Linux Debian for VMs, Linux disks and SD cards file system.

@rafal06 5 ай бұрын

@@RolandoMarreroPR I'm glad it works for you, but I don't want to spend several days trying to find apps to customize macOS just the way I want it. Also I just prefer the layout and workflow of Gnome desktop, which I use on Linux. Aaand I don't really want to spend more then a thousand euros on a laptop, a 2019 ThinkPad for ~450€ works great for me, and I don't have any issues with drivers. Aaalso it has 2 USB type A ports, which modern MacBooks lack. And the keyboard is the best I've ever experienced, with long key travel and nice tactile bump.

@itsnoam338 6 ай бұрын

1 week ago I ordered an M3 Pro 14' and about to switch after over 10 years of using windows, thank you for this video!

@vimal-cliobconsulting 5 ай бұрын

You didn't switch?

@itsnoam338 5 ай бұрын

@@vimal-cliobconsulting I did, it just took a long time to arrive. Ordered on the 1 November and it came out on the 7 November and I got it.3’dsys ago

@temitayoayantayo 6 ай бұрын

Can I like this video a million and one times. Absolutely love the animations and the creative spin in this video. I agree with the quirks on macOS, I just recently made a switch from windows myself. Great job with the video mate. you just got a new subscriber

@JeremiahGreene-lx4qd 5 күн бұрын

The sound track actually left me extremely relaxed after the video. Keep it up😊

@carcaliceasorin3770 5 ай бұрын

I am also a heavy Windows user and tried Mac a few months ago and I am amazed by the performance and silence of that device. I have right now a Mac Mini M2 with 8gb of unified memory and I am pushing this thing way to much and it is still usable, of course it has a little bit of a lag when pushed to far but it does not freeze. The only thing that I do not know I will ever get used to is the windows switching in Mac but the rest is ok for me. You are right, each OS is meant for something and one is better in some way and another is better in another way :)

@DonWayFilms 4 ай бұрын

I’m editing 6K raw videos on the same machine. Pushing this thing wayyy to hard lol

@1apostoli 10 сағат бұрын

8gb is fucking crazy how do you live like that

@arround1 6 ай бұрын

I also switched. At first it was unusual, especially with window management, as the author of the video noted. I didn’t want to install unnecessary tweaks and programs, so I got used to it and accepted what the OS offers out of the box. To remove apps I use AppCleaner, because if you just drag and drop them into the trash, there will be a bunch of leftovers in the system folders.

@petrzurek5713 6 ай бұрын

Exactly, so many leftovers all over the place, it is not even funny

@coinbongo4694 6 ай бұрын

For window management I mostly have each program full screened and use gestures to swap between desktops. You can swipe up with 3 fingers to rearrange them in any way you want by dragging them around. It works but it’s still frustrating

@TheBurntHoney 6 ай бұрын

@@petrzurek5713tbf you have the same problem with windows. Sometimes config files are at the root or in one of the three appdata folders

@careem3463 6 ай бұрын

@@coinbongo4694when I work it might be 10-20 different windows open, I got anxiety even thinking about swiping through them all to find what I need

@JackFate76 6 ай бұрын

Why would you go look at leftovers? They really don’t matter. At all. You never see them.

@tombuur 6 ай бұрын

I used Windows from 1993 to 2022. I switched to Mac because of the exceelent performance of the M1 with music applications. I actually just bought the Macbook pro to be used as a portable device, expecting to buy a higher specs Mac for desktop use. However, the Macbook worked so well that I regretted I didn’t get one with more RAM and harddisk. So now I consider getting an M3 Macbook with higher specs as my one and only for both studio and potability.

@footballuniverse6522 6 ай бұрын

lmao exact same thing with me

@paolaanimator 6 ай бұрын

I'll be saving up for my first Macbook Pro with M3 Max and I'll definitely max out the RAM, since I know RAM can't be upgraded.

@blackmamba6938 6 ай бұрын

@@paolaanimator Max out to 128GB?

@paolaanimator 6 ай бұрын

@@blackmamba6938 I plan on maxing out 128GB since I work with 3D files plus been working with more 4K content. I may work with 8K in the future, so it helps to future proof my laptop, along with extra storage since video and project files gets pretty big.

@williamandethan6274 6 ай бұрын

@@paolaanimatorif you can afford it it’ll be good

@PlasmaPig222 6 ай бұрын

I've never seen a video that I resonated with that much. I have also bought my first Mac a year ago after only ever Windows only and I gotta say I really enjoy it (for laptop usage, a windows tower is a very different story) but have the same complaints as you do. Anyway great video!

@wayne8797 5 ай бұрын

I swapped to M1 a year before you. My work Windows laptop constantly reminds me of what I don't miss about Windows machines so I don't see myself missing it anytime soon.

@TheyCallMeSickGames 6 ай бұрын

The reason that installing and uninstalling the apps is like that because they are small container-like apps which keep all the files in the same place unlike in windows app where an app can install multiple files/configurations on multiple locations (appdata, registry etc etc.)

@larssssssssssssds 6 ай бұрын

Nah. Mac apps keep files everywhere too. You need a cöean uninstall tool too

@jamesnyers1721 6 ай бұрын

This is exactly why uninstalling is a pain on Windows. Find all the bull crap everywhere on your system.

@JakeTreadway 6 ай бұрын

I’ve never really noticed this since I’m mainly on Windows, but this is a very good point. Windows is downright sloppy in some ways.

@aerohydra3849 6 ай бұрын

Unfortunately while that should be the case in reality mac apps also often spew random files into locations like ApplicafionSupport or other hidden locations.

@thisaintart 6 ай бұрын

Not just application support or preferences, try private/var/ and many, many other places macs hide files. Switched to Mac in 2005, I still miss my windows xp tower to this day 😭

@rarizalx 6 ай бұрын

I can't believe you articulated my exact thoughts better than I am on switching to Mac hahah.

@ol1mar 5 ай бұрын

After a few years on windows I swapped back to Mac about the same time you did and I can definitely relate to a lot of what you talk about in this video, especially as I swap between having my Macbook docked and mobile daily. While I don't have such an issue with window snapping and I do actually use the green button, having to change my scroll direction every day certainly drives me a bit nuts. I also had to install software that got rid of MacOS's mouse acceleration as I much prefer having none after gaming on windows for years. Mac is generally much nicer to use but its unfortunate that there are a few quirks that Apple refuses to fix that forces one to go out of their way and download third party software.

@nickbrekalo5019 5 ай бұрын

You can remove the acceleration without an app. Its in Settings -> Mouse -> Advanced -> Turn the switch off

@stevenswall 4 ай бұрын

I love the voices you do, and thanks for making a well rounded video covering the pros and cons. I just still internally rage thinking about my experience. Hoping a Framework 16 will finally be able to replace my ThinkPad from 2012. And yeah... The internal hardwarr is amazing, but man MacOS has some glaring issues.

@markusbartkowiak3813 6 ай бұрын

I've been getting a MacBook from my company for about 2 months. Switching from Windows to macOS was a little less intuitive than expected. Too intuitive in some places, like uninstalling. As a software developer, I had to look up where certain keys like [ ] or { } were. Or I didn't really know what HomeBrew or pip were. And the scrolling thing got me too. But overall, it was just small things for what I got. It is a really nice experience after 10+ years of Windows.

@cereal-rat Ай бұрын

You're a software dev and you didn't know about `pip`?

@TheLostProgrammer 6 ай бұрын

This video was very well made. One thing I would like to state is, for window management, a really good app that is free is Rectangle. You won't find it on the app store but instead their website. One other thing, that little green button is the full screen button. Allows you to have multiple apps on different "screens/desktops" which you can swipe between using 3 or 4 fingers in a "claw" shape. This will be a horrible experience if you use a mouse.

@dipanggilmas3189 6 ай бұрын

Cant you just use mouse and swipe claw when need?

@TheLostProgrammer 6 ай бұрын

@@dipanggilmas3189 That's not really intuitive when trying to multitask. It would reduce productivity drastically. At that point, you may as well use a trackpad. When I refer to mouse, I am not referring to the Apple mouse as that thing is just, no.

@oh-noe 6 ай бұрын

@@TheLostProgrammer I think it depends on where you have your laptop. For me I often have my hand on the trackpad while using the mouse just for the gestures. I haven’t felt any slowdowns and I am an avid shortcut user.

@TheLostProgrammer 6 ай бұрын

@@oh-noe Each to their own I guess. If it works for you and you find it best, then that's how it is. I personally find macOS highly orientated around a trackpad. Without a trackpad, the OS just loses that gesture focused design and is hard to navigate. I've attempted mouse and trackpad but going between both of them to navigate I found to be slow and annoying. I'm interested in how you've done the switch between the two for navigation, sounds interested.

@oh-noe 6 ай бұрын

@@TheLostProgrammer I’m not going between them, I’m using both at the same time. Mouse for clicking and moving trackpad for gestures. If I’m not navigating the os and I’m focusing on something, my other hand rests on the keyboard for easy shortcuts

@x-shift8937 5 ай бұрын

im soo glad you brought up the mouse scrolling problem lol I wish they had separated the mouse and trackpad settings so you can adjust hem individually. the reason however why the scrolling is backwards is because apple wants you to use the Magic Mouse which doesn't have a scroll wheel. other thing worth mentioning is if you accidentally fullscreen the app or webpage easiest way to go back out of fullscreen mode is to hit the escape key. all the reasons why you switched are the same as mine but one of the reasons why I wouldn't switch back is because of workstations on MacBooks. the fact that you can have 16 workstations open at once makes it usable without a monitor and truly makes the MacBook usable while away from a large screen.

@CallMeVidd 3 ай бұрын

I just got used to natural scrolling on my mouse but it trips me up every time I use a mouse anywhere else It's insane they never added a separation of the two

@gregolevi 4 ай бұрын

Great video! I was the same, and I am now starting to use my MacBook Air, which was lying around forever. I have to say, it's not as bad as I thought! But the points you mentioned are definitely terrible. One thing freaked me out which you didn't mention: Using Alt + Tab only works with open but not minimized windows. This was giving me such a headache because Alt + Tab is probably my favorite shortcut while doing stuff on my laptop or PC. I can recommend 'Contexts' as a third-party solution, which allows you to personalize the Alt + Tab experience. It's super fast and opens minimized windows if you want but you can also disable if if you want.

@Sefton. 6 ай бұрын

I went through the exact same process with the M1 macbook pro 16" for software development. Completely changed my view and I 100% prefer mac for everything besides gaming.

@dubble 6 ай бұрын

For software development? OS wise, you actually get the short stick everywhere, outside of development for Mac. No hyper-v, no wsl2/native linux, terrible window management, terrible looking fonts on

@meta___ 6 ай бұрын

@@dubble ??? "No hyper-v, no WSL2/native Linux" WSL2 isn't native Linux, it's just Linux on a hypervisor "terrible window management" subjective "terrible looking fonts on

@xSferQx 6 ай бұрын

It might change, apple is going more and more into gaming with every OS update

@imstupidbut 6 ай бұрын

@@dubblewhat’re you even talking about? none of what you said is true, especially not the multitasking part

@mathisbuilder 5 ай бұрын

@@meta___ " terrible window management" subjective " Not subjective. Window management on MacOS is objectively horrible. You don't know how to work on a computer properly if you don't agree.

@bearie2799 6 ай бұрын

Great video and very good points! For the closing the window but the application is still running issue, I hit cmd + q and it'll close all windows and the application 😊 took me a while to figure out but has been a game changer ever since

@jaerg91 6 ай бұрын

Another way to close a window you can do: cmd + w If you want to close all windows but not necessarily quit it you do: cmd + w + shift

@Trubit 6 ай бұрын

@@jaerg91 No way!! I was looking for cmd + w + shift so long ... thanks

@superviewer 6 ай бұрын

You use cmd + option + w to close all windows at once.

@Willeexd1337 6 ай бұрын

Very high quality video! I thought I was watching a huge youtuber. Keep up the good work!

@BarisPalabiyik 6 ай бұрын

Same story, switched to upgraded m2 air as a web developer. Use it with a 49 inch 32:9 monitor when docked, super portable when it needs to be. Amazing. I use alt tab extension along with rectangle, I use windows shortcuts still lol

@felixklg 6 ай бұрын

If you're not a fan of the Apple window management I can strongly suggest Stage Manager, its a little weird to get used to at first but when you're constantly in and out of applications its a massive game changer to how you work. Whilst I did need to configure my dock a little bit because the default settings are pretty bad in my opinion, with these config changes stage manager compliments it incredibly.

@krlwshu 6 ай бұрын

I can confirm stage manager is awesome! I'm about 1yr into my switch and moved to stage manager last week. :-)

@rorykoehler9018 6 ай бұрын

I use Magnet. It's miles better than stage manager. Why you wouldn't use the full screen real estate for the current task is beyond me. I also use command + tab to switch apps. Fast workflow with non of the fluff

@shadowknight140 5 ай бұрын

I use HammerSpoon… if you are using more keyboards and less mouse, I personally find hammerspoon to be amazing.

@mrtru1te 5 ай бұрын

@@rorykoehler9018 magnet is cool but there's a free option that is basically the same it's called "rectangle".

@marcellkovacs5452 5 ай бұрын

I tried Stage Manager for a few months, but it feels weird

@liamsz 6 ай бұрын

this video was so good holy shit its such a breath of fresh air compared to the average tech reviewer bombing you with a fancy ass B Roll every 30 seconds

@coorbin 6 ай бұрын

This is awesome. Congrats on the exposure, and congrats on switching to Mac! I switched when the M1 Max Macbook Pro 16" came out. I still have a PC for gaming, but I hardly use it, and when I do, it's just through Parsec. I don't use it for productivity at all.

@enespinar9711 5 ай бұрын

Bro your observations are wonderful

@ed_ms 6 ай бұрын

My first MacBook is almost 3 years old now, and it still runs as fast and smooth as the first day I started using it. If it was a Windows computer I would have had to format it once or twice already to have that "new machine performance" again. macOS has it flaws of course but the longterm overall is experience has been way better for me since switching from Windows Mac.

@ThePacmandevil 6 ай бұрын

Because it's more locked down so you install less bloatware. if you quit installing dumb shit for windows it'd run the same after a decade.

@yerielzamora 6 ай бұрын

@@ThePacmandevil Wrong. I've had multiple computers at a time for a while now, I've gone through multiple versions of Windows, MacOS and Linux distros alike, and even Windows computers that I use occasionally for checking email and accessing certain stuff end up slowing down just from the regular use and Windows updates even though they're literally just vanilla windows with ms office 365 installed.

@ThePacmandevil 6 ай бұрын

@@yerielzamora You're probably fucking it up, then. I've been running the same windows box for a decade to run my friendgroup's MC server and the performance is identical to the day I got it

@yerielzamora 6 ай бұрын

@@ThePacmandevil Nah you'vr just convinced yourself about it. I'm a software engineer and I know what I'm doing with the multiple computers I own and have owned. Windows is garbage that slows itself from its own updates.

@mahinfayaz 6 ай бұрын

My 2012 MacBook pro ran almost perfect for a decade.

@REKU7256 6 ай бұрын

just like you I was always windows, but when I got my first macbook I could never go back a windows laptop. I still use windows for gaming every now and then but I could never look at it's screen without crying

@Ibrahim_usman 6 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you understand how the little things can cause the most pain. Like how there's no right and left click on mac. And I don't mean that in the literal sense just that it doesn't work like windows. I heard you can change the way it works but to reiterate I've been using windows for 20 YEARS and my laptop still has physical right and left click buttons. I'll soon make the switch and I cant help but feel I am doing it when windows is about to become good. But then again....20 years....

@dannymartial7997 6 ай бұрын

I spent $4k and got the most powerful MB Pro with the Max chip, excited to make it my main device for the next 5-8 years.... I returned it after 2 weeks. The windows management on MacOS is an absolute nightmare. Working on a multi-monitor setup is virtually impossible on MacOS. And I found my productivity dropping drastically trying to fiddle around with all the hidden windows that were stacked on top each other. I installed maybe a dozen apps to improve the dock, status bar, windows snapping, etc.. But nothing could fix the underlying issue of the entire OS. It's not made for power users.

@idonotdosarcasm 5 ай бұрын

I mean, changing the OS which works so differently than what you are used to would obviously have some (or many) issues. I know people who have used Mac for like forever and they say that they found using Windows to be a complete nightmare. I think it is all about what and how we are used to as

@matei9k Ай бұрын

Of course macOS is not made for Windows power users. Windows is also not made for macOS power users.

@Ivan-bg1jp Ай бұрын

What work do you even do lmao

@ElliottDenizen Күн бұрын

@@Ivan-bg1jp A lot of remote work requires many windows, and it's easier with more than 1 monitor.

@APinchofDill 6 ай бұрын

For people watching, to uninstall a "full" program on mac is not as easy as this video shows / files will be left behind. Using an app like appcleaner will glob search for files related to the software publisher key string in your mac and delete those files too (on your confirmation). Lots of apps leave behind traces of themselves on mac.

@c4fusion1 6 ай бұрын

To be fair so does it in Windows in your registry and the hidden AppData

@xSferQx 6 ай бұрын

Although you have "uninstall" option in Windows, it leaves lots of trash files, registry keys etc in your system. Using MacOS third party uninstaller actually removes the app. I didn't find good working alternatives on Windows

@NocFA 6 ай бұрын

@@xSferQxcrystalIDA uninstaller removes traces/registry entries without any issue, not free though.

@Muhluri 6 ай бұрын

It makes it easy to update my pirated copy of Final Cut Pro😂

@LordCommanderVex 6 ай бұрын

@@xSferQx there are PLENTY of options for Windows, both paid and free. That said, the files Windows leaves behind are so that if you ever re-install the app, you can "most of the time" pick up where you left off. The files left behind are generally small in size and only serve to backup your settings.

@cmsmallegan 6 ай бұрын

I’ve been on Mac for about 4 years. The Unix environment is the biggest plus as I can manage programs with homebrew and use vim for quick file edits. There’s tons of other workflows that are possible in the terminal too but that’s what I use

@reeeeedmil 5 ай бұрын

using vim is based.

@HriturajDebnath 6 ай бұрын

Shit I might some point in my life, but honestly the studies I am learning about and prolly do in future, I dont think I may suit with mac. But will still try just for that ultra portability and work experience. Some day. Good video mate

@walterwhite2418 6 ай бұрын

I bought a macbook pro m2 for university last year. it's great for most things and especially for battery life. But there is one thing I didn't know: I started a course on internet, networks and computer security this year and we use many programs to analyze the network, virtual machines, etc. Guys it's a real nightmare, most of the programs are only for x86 CPUs and to make things work, the few that work, it's hell. If I had known this before I probably wouldn't have bought it. Guys if you want to study computer security or anything to do with the internet DO NOT buy a mac!!!

@samuelbi11 6 ай бұрын

God your content is so underrated... I loved your iPod video. Keep posting vids so youtube starts to recommend them!

@melontype 6 ай бұрын

Thanks alot my guy, appreciate you for watching and commenting ❤

@sakracliche 6 ай бұрын

just got a macbook air myself after using windows since i was six. macos is a perfect mix of windows and ios for me. It has the ios level of polish and ease of use and the work potential of windows. really considering returning it and getting a pro version

@kahvac 6 ай бұрын

Return it while you still can !

@Astax1 6 ай бұрын

Only return it and upgrade if you know what your workload is, don't waste money

@kir-cv1ur 6 ай бұрын

Being a CS student and bonafide computer nerd, the software troubleshooting of Windows/Linux has (more of less) always been something more interesting than it was frustrating, and the amount of little added features people add for free use on github repos (lively, powertoys, themes and mods) are very nice things. It's also nice to know that there's 100 different segments marketed to with Windows laptops from gaming to light travel partners(steam deck/Acer Swift) that can rival/beat apple silicon in different ways. This kinda gets me off getting a mac (less the software and more the money and apple-ness, could honestly do a multi boot with win, Mac and Linux in one) due to the obvious limitations of getting no more than apple lets you. Sorry for the rambling, i get that this is an uncommon opinion from someone spending more time and effort on tech than your average person, but i feel it's good to at least have it out there.

@Loik948 6 ай бұрын

honestly, the more I try to code with windows the more I get annoyed by it. My problem with Mac is that the system is so locked down. I currently use WSL2 for work because I cant get a Linux PC from my company. I'll switch to kubuntu at home most for of my stuff and just dual boot to Windows for gaming.

@efficientapp 6 ай бұрын

Haha such a timely video as I too switched to Mac after 15+ years on Windows about a year an a half ago (best decision I've ever made, baffling that I'm even saying this). The timely video though is that I'm literally in progress of paying for rcmd for $12.99 or whatever to get better tab switching functionality. Why is it that I need to pay for this...? Apple, please just acquire them and make it native haha Also, Mac Mouse Fix, why is it that I need it on my laptop and my wife to fix the reverse scrolling issue with the mouse? You covered all the exact same things I experienced in a super engaging and entertaining video. Well done on the edit, and holy cow is this video exploding!

@daviddifranco 6 ай бұрын

Mac is the way! Also, the green button is actually very useful for working in fullscreen apps. Finder is a bad example. It's more intended to be used with apps that require focus, such as Final Cut Pro and Safari.

@Yeezus2K 6 ай бұрын

Green button is perfect on the laptop mode, it really takes advantage off the excellent trackpad gestures but absolutely falls apart for me when using a mouse + keyboard and with an external monitor

@AaronFigFront 6 ай бұрын

I recommend the Mac apps and tips video from snazzy labs. Also macOS has quite a few hidden features or controls that require the use of terminals, and some functionalities are indeed customizable.

@weok-doing-things 5 ай бұрын

App is installed on current MacOs in most cases when it is copied in the folder specified. On current hardware for most apps it is instant. Also thanks to how new filesystems work - they make copying of files virtually instant while in background they can still “move”. Some professional apps have installers with progress bars tho.

@kxttenboo_851 3 ай бұрын

Literally watching this on my new MacBook Pro m3, I already love it so much !!

@_Digitalguy 6 ай бұрын

I have tried to move to mac for my desktop (got a Mac Mini 1&GB RAM 1TB) but I can get used to MacOS. In addition to the issues you mentioned, the scaling for external monitors is much messier on MacOS than on Windows, also multitasking is definitely not as good. And I don't hate Windows, I am perfectly fine with it. The only reason was to avoid any fan noise. But what I did is moved my desktop to the other end of the room and run cables (bought something to hide them) so that I don't hear it any more (was not very noisy to beging with but I want total silence).

@jetsonvibes 6 ай бұрын

I've just switched too. The portability to power ratio the macbooks have is unmatched. I now charge it every 2-3 days and I use it a ton. No regrets!

@user-sq2fl9ws5y 6 ай бұрын

Have u tried dell xps 13 plus ?!

@aakashkaushal1167 6 ай бұрын

@@user-sq2fl9ws5y used xps 13 for 5 years, moved to m1 macbook pro. never in 3 years i heard the fan even one time and its so cold to touch. xps always stay hot even in basic tasks sometimes and the fan turns on a lot. Best decision I made moving to macbook. i might get arm based windows 12 touch device but no to any kind of windows laptop.

@hajjdawood 6 ай бұрын

Have you tried a MacBook Air? No fans, all metal design that feels sturdy but light, and much better OS.

@user-sq2fl9ws5y 6 ай бұрын

@hajjdawood lol then watch some videos it beats MacBook pros processing power.... and os?? No thanks I prefer the flexibility of windows. It's not a big deal to have a smooth os when u can do nothing on it

@hajjdawood 6 ай бұрын

@@user-sq2fl9ws5y macOS in most areas of the OS has far greater flexibility then Windows. Hell the whole OS is run on a UNIX core. Also "do nothing on it" lol it's the favorite OS of engineers all over the world. I am a software engineer and do all of my work on macOS.

@NicolasSchmidMusic 6 ай бұрын

That green button is the best thing on Mac! I really like only seeing the current app I am working on. I actually even made a shortcut with raycast to avoid having to Click on it all the time. But I wish that we could also put apps in this mode by draging them upward like on windows

@LunaticEdit 6 ай бұрын

7:06 this is because it IS similar. On MacOS applications (.app) _are_ folders! You can actually right click and navigate inside of them. Most Mac apps include all of their dependencies and resources and files, so deleting literally is as simple as deleting the app (eg folder). Yes there are some apps that have extra things they install, but most are self contained inside of the app folder thing.

@TalesOfWar 2 ай бұрын

Adobe stuff is the more obnoxious example of using an installer. Their files end up polluting your entire goddamn file system. You basically have to do a complete OS reinstall to make sure you get rid of that crap if you want to uninstall it all. They even have a separate uninstall cleaner utility on their website for once you've uninstalled it with the built in tool, which is kind of nuts when you think about it.

@sinkpisserpro 6 ай бұрын

That’s actually my biggest gripe with moving to windows, is that the x buttons fully closes out apps. Minimized applications still feel like they take up space, but when I x them out, they feel gone. On windows, they really are, but on mac, it feels like putting the application away instead of throwing it in the trash.

@flarierza33 6 ай бұрын

Features like (1) app expose (to see all open windows for certain apps, then you can choose the specific window you want, or using the shortcut key cmd + tilde (~) to switch between open windows of the same app) and mission control (to see all open windows on the space) you probably will start to manage your windows and apps differently to windows. And adding in other features like spaces and free addon tools like rectangle (to snap windows similar to MS windows if that's your thing). It is a different mindset and method of windows/app management compared to on MS Windows.

@cbrow44 6 ай бұрын

Good comment. I keep seeing people try to manage their windows/apps exactly how they do on Windows and that is really just missing the point!

@mhamusic. 6 ай бұрын

Ive had the exact same experience as you. I even had a razer blade as well and I wanted to die a slow death everytime i used it. My dog eventually ate the charging cable so I had to get something new and decided on a macbook air m2. No fans but never gets hot. Lasts me days without having to charge it. Never had any kind of lag. Is just ready to go when i open it up. Its fantastic. I do work and play games on my gaming pc and everything else on my Mac including school work. I love it

@sh1dori366 6 ай бұрын

Your final destination is Linux.

@joshcanhearyou 6 ай бұрын

all the mac downsides I 100% agree with. I have multiple different small programs to fix the user experience. Also love how I left the mac on my dresser for a week unplugged and opened it and it turned on instantly.

@danielj.3326 6 ай бұрын

I kinda had the same experience when i got my first mac with apple silicone and main reason to buy it is because most of the high performance 13-14 inch laptops were so expensive and the m1 air 16gb 256gb was cheaper somehow. I also hate the scroll inverting and why the hell is one option i have no idea, but the green bubble for full screen apps is really cool especially when you use 3 finger swipe left or right to switch between them (except if you have 1 or 2 monitor plugged in then is kinda pointless, but for laptop only imo is great).

@goner007 5 ай бұрын

Great video mate. You earned a sub aight.

@paralelmind 5 ай бұрын

Man, you forget about press for previewing files. It's one neat and powerful feature on Mac

@thebritishindian1 6 ай бұрын

You made the video that describes my exact same computing journey. I’m a lifelong windows user (20+ yrs). Every Windows laptop I’ve ever bought had to be chained to a power supply because the battery never lasted more than a few hours. Performance always sucked compared to a desktop too, no matter how expensive I configured the CPU and RAM. When I found out that Intel CPUs always throttle their power in laptops, I was so mad. All the money I wasted over the years on faster and faster cpus, not knowing that throttling was happening 🤬 I bought the 13” M1 MacBook Pro after watching the amazing reviews on KZfaq. I initially only bought it for mobile use. But it was so awesome that I use it 90% of the time and my desktop PC just sits there powered off. After I finish migrating the last few bits and pieces from my desktop to Mac, I’m going to disassemble my AMD Ryzen tower that I built in 2020 and sell all of the parts on eBay. I’m not going back because Apple Notes, Mail, Reminders etc all fit perfectly into my life, and Office365 works great too.

@kearfy 6 ай бұрын

As for window management, it takes a while to get used to. I’d recommend to try stage manager, to put a lot of windows in full screen (you can three finger swipe between them) and to buy a magic trackpad instead of a mouse. It’s what the entire os is built around it seems like

@ilcultodelcoccoacubetti6835 6 ай бұрын

Multiple apps in full screen and change them with the 3 finger is a game changer

@hajjdawood 6 ай бұрын

@@ilcultodelcoccoacubetti6835 I call it "whoosh mode" fly around between different full screen apps or desktops

@patemathic 6 ай бұрын

yeah it drives me nuts when everyone always complains about window management but doesn't actually try to use it as intended. I got my MacBook Air in 2021 and the built-in window management works like a dream. Though, I'm very much a trackpad person. I think I've plugged in a mouse like 5 times over 2 years.

@mathisbuilder 5 ай бұрын

A mouse is objectively superior to a trackpad, this is ridiculous.

@mathisbuilder 5 ай бұрын

@@patemathic Full screen windows are so stupid when you can tile them next to one another. Instead of constantly switching, just have them both at the same time on your screen bruh.

@sk8absence 3 ай бұрын

I use my iPad with sidecar as a second display and it is truly a gamechanger for working anywhere

@Wanted797 6 ай бұрын

Go into accessibility settings and setup 3 finger drag. Best feature ever❤. Pretty sure you can change the mouse scroll separate to trackpad settings?

@BK-vc4po 6 ай бұрын

was an apple (slave) having everything from a watch to the mac from Apple. But ventrally got so sick of the feeling of being in a box, where if i wanted something non very popular i needed to go to the moon and back to make the thing to work on Mac OS. Switched to Windows 3 years ago and now I'm sure that I'll never go back.

@animatedron7554 2 ай бұрын

Which laptop did you get and and how is the battery life? I’m trying to choose a laptop and would appreciate an answer. Thank you.

@NissocoMC 14 күн бұрын

@@animatedron7554 not the original commentor but I would really recommend the HP spectre x360 14" that came out this year with the new intel chips. It has a 68 wh battery in a 14 inch chassis, a haptic trackpad, HDR oled display, high resolution, 360/tablet mode, and low fan noise I will be honest the new macbooks will have better battery life but it makes up for it in its port selection compared to the macbook air, lower price when on sale (in the US), and coming with 16 GB ram, wi-fi 7 out of the box and with a stylus

@MajorPickleSwag 6 ай бұрын

All the stuff you miss from Windows are the exact same things I miss too. Thankfully, I use rectangle (free) for window snapping , smooth scroll (paid) for fixing external mouse scrolling, and sensiblesidebuttons (free) to make the side buttons on my mouse work. It's annoying that I had to search online for third party applications that would work for me to fix these issues, but now that it's fixed it is mostly much smoother than windows. My final gripe would be that finder changes views too much. I would much rather stick to one view every time I use Finder but I haven't gotten it to work consistently for me yet. EDIT: Wanted to add that I do like how I can keep my MacBook on just by going into terminal and typing in caffeinate -d while in windows I had to search for a long and ugly powershell command.

@ethanrabbani974 6 ай бұрын

For fixing the mouse, there’s a free alternative and it’s called DOS. it works like a dream. Hope this helps for anyone looking 😄

@ethanrabbani974 6 ай бұрын

For fixing the mouse, there’s a free alternative and it’s called DOS. it works like a dream. Hope this helps for anyone looking 😄

@imstupidbut 6 ай бұрын

are those windows apps or mac apps? because i don’t have any of those features on windows 10

@Memecube 6 ай бұрын

@@imstupidbut why would you need that on windows?

@imstupidbut 6 ай бұрын

@@Memecube window snapping doesn’t work for me, and my scroll wheel is extremely glitchy

@ThechronocrosserII 5 ай бұрын

LMAO, funny I'm being recommended this video now. I started my IT job last year and I have to use a MacBook. I hated it until like, last month and I fell in love....everything just clicked. The battery is phenomenal and everything is so smooth. OMG, same with the install process, it feels so weird lol

@SirRegenerator Ай бұрын

Honestly, thank you for this video! I am currently considering switching to a macbook air as a lifelong windows user. I like gaming on my gaming laptop but as a writer I find it to be too heavy to carry around and the battery life is simply terrible. I am not even going to talk about the fan noise as if I am flying an airplane. So glad someone else had the same experience and wanted to switch, it really helps me understand the difference much better.

@aseidinfo 6 ай бұрын

Another thing to point out is that since the m1 macs the UEFI bios is inside the soldered SSD chips, so if anything happens to the SSD you are left with an unbootable device - whereas you could've booted from usb/SATA before. It is from what I've heard so far impossible (probably is possible but a lot of work) to recover the data from it and there's another huge hardware design flaw which permits high voltage from a shorted SSD to the CPU, bricking the entire system. These devices are anything but green, you cannot repair anything on them. So if you edit and render a lot, consider your SSD wear and it's average lifetime (there are figures on the internet, the lower the capacity, the lower amount of years of wear it can resist so you must be extra careful with 500GB and below SSDs). Backup your data, don't believe what Apple PR says, they've never addressed blatant issues and always tried to skip responsibility for their KNOWN design flaws.

@allenmills7940 6 ай бұрын

Honestly that applies to most other brands they all have weaknesses. I have owned a lot of different laptops. They all have their own issues. Looking at you dell and Lenovo

@jani0077 6 ай бұрын

fried SSD is a thing that happened to me on a Lenovo Thinkpad, no recovery possible, but that's more of a SSD design problem, as I was told.

@alexanderstark5233 6 ай бұрын

Ahh, a fellow rossman fan In short, these issues are more bothersome on paper, and only if you care about these specifics. Macbooks these days are really solid. I’ve used windows since win95 and macs are just better computers. Win is okay when u gotta do certain workflows.

@cosmincaliin 6 ай бұрын

who cares if all my data is on the cloud and backed up externally, y want the fastest experience

@yerielzamora 6 ай бұрын

Haven't had issues with it yet. I usually change devices for other reasons way before the SSD lifetime is up.

@seanyzay 6 ай бұрын

Agree with everything in this video pretty much. Only tip I have is that if you have a Logitech MX master 3 or 3s, you can fix the inverted scroll wheel on there so that it doesn't mess with your track pad. Huge help for me because the opposite scrolling DROVE ME CRAZY on the mac. And only thing you didn't mention is that there is literally no laptop on the planet that can compete with how great and convenient the touchpad is on mac. No windows laptop comes close to the smoothness and responsiveness + the gestures make it sooooo damn convenient and nice to use.

@Komatik_ 4 ай бұрын

It's pure comedy that macOS can't do it natively.

@seanyzay 4 ай бұрын

@@Komatik_ deadass, mac has some features that are so cool and i'm like damn they're smart & than the other end goes just as far negatively lmao. so dumb and makes zero sense

@reneboyamoresjr2762 5 ай бұрын

1:40 min in, subscribed. didnt even get to the main video yet lmao.

@tyreebrownart 5 ай бұрын

I purchased my Mac in 2021 and I am so glad I did. I grew up with Windows computers and it was all I knew but I've been an iPhone fan user since 2013 so it was quite natural for me to lean to get a Mac.

@CodingTuts 6 ай бұрын

First of all, great video. You really made me wonder what the purpose of the green expand button is. Then I started to play around and I realized that when you expand a window you can now slide between the different screens using 3 fingers on your trackpad. Try opening many windows and sliding between them. Feels insane. I think we just expect that button to make the window expand to the full desktop but that's because we're both ex-windows users. I switched to the mac about 8 years ago!

@dealloc 6 ай бұрын

The button has 2 additional functionalities. You can hold Option and click to maximize the window. Additionally, if you press and hold, you will also get the option to tile the window left or right of the screen in full-screen mode, similarly to how you can do the same in Mission Control by dragging a window into an existing full-screen space.

@rappercentral703 6 ай бұрын

You can also use two fingers to go back on a web browser

@ThomasVanhelden 6 ай бұрын

That feature is probably my favorite Mac feature, and it baffles me that Windows doesn't have a respectable implementation of this.

@txsurvivalandcreations 6 ай бұрын

Drag upwards with three fingers. Changes your life

@myrkgard2034 6 ай бұрын

This part of the video really confused me because I can't imaging not using the full screen for most applications. Just makes it a lot easier to move around applications using swipe gestures. I really only leave rarely used windows open and my terminal in it's own desktop only because I like the transparent background in iTerm2 Btw. If you use multiple monitors (or even if you don't) I highly recommend Alt-Tab and enabling the "Windoe Follows Focus" setting at the bottom of the Control Settings. Whenever you switch to a window your cursor will automatically follow it so you don't have to move it constantly between the screens.

@krlwshu 6 ай бұрын

It's a productivity game-changer. With a laptop, to get any real work done you always have to be conscious about charging. So you're always in that "I'll do it when I get back to the office / home mode" For me I run various apps in Docker, VS Code, Outlook, MS Office all day long without plugging in. :) It's way worth the weird quirks & and Stage Manager has helped a lot..

@RanbirDas 4 ай бұрын

Who the hell uses VsCode AND MsOffice as apps

@norbudundhup3022 3 ай бұрын

Love the videos 👏🏻

@mkine 3 ай бұрын

I switched from windows to mac about a year ago and i agree with everything you said. Somethings I miss from Windows, but over all its a great experience!

@khangor8886 6 ай бұрын

February 21 I needed a new laptop. Wanted to try something new and got the M1 air. To this day I’m still amazed how premium this feels, how snappy it runs, how long the battery lasts. My wife bought her windows laptop (a Lenovo something) around the same time and she’s getting issues here and there, MacBook still running like the first day. Within a year I switched my entire ecosystem to Apple and never regretted it. My windows pc is mostly off these days, when i actually play it’s on the steam deck.

@PfropfNo1 5 ай бұрын

Also M1 air for me as my first Mac. I switched for the performance but in hindsight, the build quality (speakers, trackpad, keyboard, microphone) etc were the much better upgrade. All while being ultra light weight. I never had a desk PC, always windows laptops but didn’t really move them around a lot because they were heavy and have bad battery. Now i work on the couch, in the train, living room… wherever i want. I don’t need chargers and mouse anymore and it’s super light and portable. Didn’t expect so much more quality of life from this…

@KjKase 6 ай бұрын

I bought a MacBook Air years ago, I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to use and how seamlessly it integrated with my iPhone. Despite not Being able to customize some things to the degree I’d like and feeling like there was less flexibility, I still enjoyed the experience and I could see the appeal. I haven’t bought an apple product since, not even another iPhone until this week where I’ve just bought an iPad and I’m once again reminded of how smooth the experience is on Apple products. I’m older now and have less time to tinker and play around, so I want stuff to just work, so I’m debating about getting back in to apple devices again. But I’m sure I’ll find some not so common things that I can’t do or will have to pay a high fee or expensive subscription to fix if I do. Also not being able to play my steam library on my laptop would suck.

@hans4757 6 ай бұрын

While there are issus out there, I'm running my Macbook 14 on only free software which took almost no time to download or set up, and it's running smooth as butter. Get the following to be able to customize your Mac like a Windows: Linearmouse - Make your third party mouse have natural scrolling, or remove mouse acceleration Rectangle - To snap your windows efficiently And that's essentially all annoyances that comes with Mac being a experienced Windows fanatic. Games will come with time now that Apple has added support for game devs to use, but there are no great ones out there at the moment except for a few (which still puts out my gaming thirst on the weekend if I have any, like No Mans Sky, Hearthstone, CSGO, and a few other)

@hajjdawood 6 ай бұрын

Its interesting because macOS in many cases is actually far more customizable then windows but in other cases I feel apple stubbornly dragged their heels (the natural scrolling issue is one)

@hans4757 6 ай бұрын

I guess this is the tradeoff for a safer and better OS. I'm sure they have their reasons to why they haven't updated this yet, unfortunately.@@hajjdawood

@sebolio 6 ай бұрын

you forgot animated lock screens 😍 also Scroll Reverser, (free) for high customization on external mice, it allows to increase the scroll step to behave like in windows

@rtyprty 5 ай бұрын

i got my m1 pro around april of last year as a first time apple computer user and i can say i love it. i use my desktop pc for gaming and such but i use the macbook for music. ive used fl studio for about 10 years and its great on mac but there are a few bugs that cause it to stop responding indefinitely sometimes. huge letdown but ive found a few fixes that cause it to happen less frequently. ableton works perfect and i've never had a single issue as far as the apple ecosystem works. its amazing being able to get all my messages and calls right to my laptop, i can be using some headphones on my phone and immediately connect them to my laptop with minimal effort and vice versa. the trackpad/mouse issue is the stupidest thing of all time and it should take less than an hour of coding work to fix it, but they haven't for years now. 8/10 experience would buy another

@pantheratora 6 ай бұрын

I actually just did the exact same thing here at work, I have been on Windows my entire life. I imaged a 2019 Intel 16 inch i7 with 32GB of RAM. It feels really good, and the more I learn, the better it gets. My favorite part, is using a iPad for a separate screen! I keep either my Outlook or Teams open on a 12.9 inch iPad pro under my ultra wide monitor. It's actually really slick!

@jackpowell9276 6 ай бұрын

Prior to the Arm chips, the dells and razors etc were much closer to the mac in terms of performance, battery etc. But that M1 pro and the successors really changed the game. My work M1 pro 14" machines are insane and id never want to go back for a laptop. For dev work, even the M2 and 3 seem redundant, its going to be a long time before an upgrade will feel necesary, and i bet these hold great value. Im not a huge fan of MacOS still, but i've learned to cope. I hate the window management particularly.

@TalesOfWar 2 ай бұрын

Macs have always had better battery life even before they moved to Apple Silicon. Mac OS is just better that resource and power management than Windows is. I know this because I've run Windows natively in Boot Camp on multiple Intel Macs and see how on the exact same hardware one performs consistently better than the other. Even to the point where you actually notice the tiny Bluetooth lag of your keyboard and mouse when in Windows compared to Mac OS because Windows to this very day still has a shitty ass non-full stack implementation of the standard. This is why many wireless mice and keyboards still come with their own goddamn dongle which uses that manufacturers own specific take on the thing.

@jronmantech 3 күн бұрын

One thing I do before I start using a new device is go through all the settings and adjusting settings to my liking. I do this regardless of if I need to change them or not just to see what I am able to change. One too you might find useful is if you double click the corner of a window, that window will fill the screen instead of full screen. I thought I remembered a setting that allows you to change the full screen button to function more like the windows maximize button.

@Scolopente 5 ай бұрын

I've literally just done the opposite. Moved from a Macbook to the Lenovo Yoga Book 9i. I love it!

@timtim2949 6 ай бұрын

I use both. I have a work PC with Windows 10, and a Mac Mini M1 for private use. Windows sometimes just stops working, often related to drivers suddenly being borked or just because. MacOS is generally far more stable. I’m probably going to request a MacBook for my next work computer.

@chrissjogren6843 6 ай бұрын

I have the same. And I have asked for a Mac for years, since my dell latitude from 2020 is so extremely bad it’s insane. Stop working, random crashes, slow as hell. And then it’s still 11gen intel with 16gb ram

@badGamr 6 ай бұрын

I switched to Mac in 2006. After this many years the one thing that STILL drives me nuts is the finder. The file explorer in Windows is SO much better. Other than that, I am good - I do my HTML/CSS/JS/Php development on a mac with Apache, MySQL and Php and all of that works really nicely. What are you using to edit your videos? Premiere?

@minhyuklees1bebe902 4 ай бұрын

i bought my macbook air in june 2021 and it's still as fast as it used to be 2 years ago! also switched to the iphone 11 around 8 months after buying the mac and having the two honestly boosted my productivity. the battery is getting shitty though since they've been used daily for years, but that can be solved with a battery replacement for both when the time comes.

@alex.g7317 6 ай бұрын

Omg your experience with laptops is the exact same I’m having with my MSI Laptop! Edit: although idk how much I agree with you :/ I don’t want a laptop to just be an iPhone with a bigger screen, I think that’s underutilising screen space.

@adzizi 6 ай бұрын

Drag and drop in Mac is what I think the most convenient thing about Mac. U can drag from email to web browser, from finder to email, plus without having to worry about worms, constant antivirus update reminders and less troubleshooting needed (like blue screen, etc).

@MultiNakir 6 ай бұрын

you should worry, there are mac viruses you know, this ain't 2001 anymore :) you still have to not click weird shit

@yarnosh 6 ай бұрын

@@MultiNakir The only Mac virus I've ever personally seen in the last 16 years was an MS Word macro virus. So not even really a "Mac" virus, per se. Not saying the don't exist, but it's just not something Mac users really need to worry much about.

@godlover4life4 6 ай бұрын

What’s worms bro? I fr don’t know

@coldacre 6 ай бұрын

Mac viruses? LOL. they dont exist. name one@@MultiNakir

@nomnomnom7564 6 ай бұрын

Worms? You shouldn't compare the latest MacOS to windows 95.

@romangregor4552 4 ай бұрын

have fun with new os, i switched after 30 years windows too Linux and i think is till now (19days) good i not miss anything from windows :D

@Chadpbj 5 ай бұрын

I agree 100%! You should try the new iPhone and give us your review on it! I'd be so curious to see what you say about it

@kevinpiip3427 6 ай бұрын

The mouse scrolling isnt “backwards” you are just used to the other way of scrolling.

@daviddifranco 6 ай бұрын

Agreed. It's like scrolling on an iPad. If you use a trackpad, it feels very natural. Going back to the old way just feels... weird now.

@NimThree 6 ай бұрын

This is incredible, I've been through exactly the same journey! Didn't like Apple, got a Razer Blade 15", loved it at first, grew to be very displeased with it, sold my Windows PCs, and got an M1 MacBook Pro and I LOVE it. When you spend a third of your life on a computer, this is absolutely life-changing. Ah, the quietness, smoothness, and lack of burnt fingers are incredible. Great video!

@goodwillundercover3735 Ай бұрын

If you want to use a mouse I highly recommend you give the Magic Mouse a try. The gestures on top of the mouse are a game changer, especially for video editing.

@redfrederick85 5 ай бұрын

I am considering the opposite. My 2013 MacBookPro is still running and I still use it for all the creative work, including video editing (which can be heavy nowadays). On the other hand my current job got me into windows with a typical company Lenovo working laptop - I am in operations and my sister is in legal and we have the same laptop. I must say it is quite good for what it is. The battery lasts almost a full day of work without having to plug it in, it is capable of basic Photoshop and Illustrator (although sometimes it freezes), the keyboard is great, the trackpad very precise and it is a working mule for Excel sheets. At the end of the day, in my humble opinion, the best option would be to buy a last generation Mac with an Intel processor so you can dual boot.

@darwiniandude 3 ай бұрын

If you've ever used a last generation Intel MacBook, and a first generation Apple Silicon Mac, there is no way you'd say that. Virtualising Windows 11 in Parallels even on 8GB ram is way faster on Apple Silicon, it's crazy - except for games. And if you want games, a desktop gaming PC is better, or get a PS5 instead for the exclusives. You'll even get to play GTA6 long before the PC gets it. For a laptop, you want efficiency. That's what Apple Silicon has. The last Intel ones run hot if you use external monitors, if you use Chrome, etc etc. Even a base M1 Air is better than the 16-inch i9 flagship for everything except 3D performance, and even then it's like 60% of the way there. In a 2020 model fanless MacBook Air. It's just nuts.

@redfrederick85 3 ай бұрын

@@darwiniandude Thank you for your reply, I will keep it in consideration.