I'm considering switching back to Windows from OS X. I need a new laptop, the Macbook isn't powerful enough, and the Retina Pro is too expensive. Planning on picking up an XPS 13. I haven't used Windows since pre-Vista days (Win2K probably).

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I'm mainly curious whether other long-time OSX users have found the transition fairly smooth. It probably sounds odd, but I'm partly worried things will simply feel wonky. My main workflow is in LaTeX, so there are no serious compatibility issues. I'm mainly worried about stability, security, ease of use for the operating system, that kind of thing.

Will I need a virus scanner (ugh)? Does Windows still 'get in the way' or does it mostly disappear behind the applications? I'm considering switching back to Windows from OS X. I need a new laptop, the Macbook isn't powerful enough, and the Retina Pro is too expensive. Planning on picking up an XPS 13.

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I haven't used Windows since pre-Vista days (Win2K probably). I'm mainly curious whether other long-time OSX users have found the transition fairly smooth. It probably sounds odd, but I'm partly worried things will simply feel wonky. My main workflow is in LaTeX, so there are no serious compatibility issues. I'm mainly worried about stability, security, ease of use for the operating system, that kind of thing. Will I need a virus scanner (ugh)?

Does Windows still 'get in the way' or does it mostly disappear behind the applications? Last month I was considering 'switching', as in getting an XPS 13, XPS 15, or TP T460. Then I discovered, for that price, I could also get a used 15' MBPr. For about the same price, similar size and weight, similar battery life, better performance, and my entire SW/HW ecosystem would stay the same. So I bought a used 15' MBPr for $1,100. If you want new, however, I think the is probably one of the better choices out there.

Does Windows still 'get in the way' or does it mostly disappear behind the applications? OneDrive's a bit poppy-uppy at first boot but other than that it's pretty quiet. There's a major update to Windows 10 in June/July timeframe that adds native Linux and BASH support if that helps you. So the last time I tried it was called SkyDrive, and it wasn't terribly good at keeping photos and files synchronized between devices. Is it better now? The alternative is to use Google Drive and Google Photos. To the parent, it really depends on how many devices you need to synchronize.

I keep an iPad mini, iPhone 6, MBPr15, Dell Inspiron 530, and MBPr13 synchronized using iCloud, and it works as I expect it. Apple's iCloud so even if you switch you might not need to migrate away from Photos or any of your current workflow if you have an iPhone or iPad. Also to address the OP: I use Windows 10 at home on my Dell desktop, and it's different.

It really depends what you need to do. I had installed VirtualBox and installed Ubuntu 12.04 to gain access to the entire Linux stack, but with the W10 bash integration in the future that may not be necessary any more.

That said, what is your budget? MB runs around $1200 so you can definitely afford, for example,. The problem with the XPS is that you're going to be using a dual core CPU if you're paying for the fastest model, and then it costs more than, which is a quad core i7. This is helpful.

Since I'm not really that embedded in Apple's ecosystem, (G Drive/Photos, Dropbox mostly) I ended up pulling the trigger on an XPS 13 (non-touch, 8gb RAM version). Some more Windows-specific questions: - Are (most) installations still handled by running 'setup' programs? Or are things more civilized now (drag-and-drop)? - Can you (easily, safely) install programs to external drives if they're rarely used and run them from there?

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Can't say anything about W10 - employer currently too shit to update. I don't mean to single you out, but I really have to take out some impotent rage against this attitude and attitudes like it. There are hundreds of reasons for employers not upgrading to windows 10, most especially compatibility. If your organization runs ancient legacy software they are too cheap to replace, that needs 25 different specific software kludges to get working, windows 10 will almost certainly break this. Even if there is a path to go down that is supported by one piece of software, organizations aren't going to move to a new OS until every single piece of software is fully supported, because no one wants to provide support for two different operating systems. That creates a huge burden on IT.

No organization moves quickly to embrace the latest version of windows, because almost all enterprise software takes, at best, months to support the latest and greatest, and for some its years! Don't blame your corporate IT for something that may be well outside their control. I don't mean to single you out, but I really have to take out some impotent rage against this attitude and attitudes like it. Don't worry - you make a fair point. It's just that I really dislike Windows (I come from a.nix background, and spend my days working with.nix servers). I'm desperate for any improvement and though I'm reasonably certain that W10 would suck just as badly, I live in hope. However, you are quite right - that is not a good reason for a loathsome corporate behemoth that reacts to technology with all the pace of a narcoleptic slug nailed to a breezeblock to spend any money or take on 'risk'.

It's just a shame that the pay is so good or I might actually pull my finger out and do something about it. However, you are quite right - that is not a good reason for a loathsome corporate behemoth that reacts to technology with all the pace of a narcoleptic slug nailed to a breezeblock to spend any money or take on 'risk'. Oh god, don't even get me started. Billion dollar companies that produce software that doesn't have signed code, requires UAC to be disabled, and support thinks turning off all windows firewall controls and running with local admin for every user is the only supported avenue? I certainly don't have any experience with those. I really wish that some of the products we use weren't so niche, or that the people in charge of the systems weren't seemingly so willing to accept absolute crap. 1) Are (most) installations still handled by running 'setup' programs?

Or are things more civilized now (drag-and-drop)? 2) Can you (easily, safely) install programs to external drives if they're rarely used and run them from there? Or will that break dependencies? 1) Yes unless you're using the app store 2) Yes, you can install programs on external drives without problems.

Just be sure they have zero components running at startup when the drive is disconnected. And of course you can't just move the folders on the external drive, you must install there.

Are (most) installations still handled by running 'setup' programs? Or are things more civilized now (drag-and-drop)? Yes, but even there, the situation has gotten much better. Installers are of a general higher quality than they used to be. I think it's a combination of 1) UAC making developers get off their ass and start handling normal user vs.

Administrator properly. 2) Free / open source installers upped their game and put crappy commercial installer generators on the ropes. Agree with both of those points. I also think the Mac 'simply drag to the trash' method of uninstalling applications is a bit disingenuous.

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They still leave crap in /Library, /System/Library and so-on. Which is why kludges like exist. Are (most) installations still handled by running 'setup' programs? Or are things more civilized now (drag-and-drop)? Yes, but even there, the situation has gotten much better.

Installers are of a general higher quality than they used to be. I think it's a combination of 1) UAC making developers get off their ass and start handling normal user vs. Administrator properly.

2) Free / open source installers upped their game and put crappy commercial installer generators on the ropes. Agree with both of those points. I also think the Mac 'simply drag to the trash' method of uninstalling applications is a bit disingenuous. They still leave crap in /Library, /System/Library and so-on.

Which is why kludges like exist. I think you mean 'Utilities' like App Zapper exist.And of course you can't just move the folders on the external drive, you must install there. All the years pass by and i still wonder why it is like this can't developer just start making relative references instead of absolute ones? I know that some stuff should have a fixed place like GnuPG which is referenced by other software but let's think about software that (might) depend on other software but other software doesnt depend on it. Theres no reason to not eb able to drag and drop it around I like software that's written in in relative manner and still works when moved around. Like Dungeon Keeper 2 or other old games/software. Can't developer just start making relative references instead of absolute ones?

Not for stuff like file associations or COM servers no. How do file associations work on OS X if you can drag apps around? It uses a not-a-registry, configuration files on the file system in known locations.

Which still doesn't explain it. How does the os know where the program is to open files with?

There has to be some sort of secondary tracking system (not the user facing file system) built into the os that keeps track of these things. There is a Launch Service API that handles the UX part. I believe that it is the metadata daemon, part of spotlight, that keeps track of apps. I think I read it in a Siracusa article, but what happens is that every file's location is stored as metadata, in the same way my home address is metadata associated with me.

So when you move a file via Finder the metadata index is updated automatically because the Finder has all the information necessary; file source, file destination, file type, and file privileges, necessary to create the file in the new location. That means when it creates the new file it updates the metadata index at the same time. If your doing LaTex, I wouldn't discount Linux/BSD. Most Linux distros have a package manager that can be quite elegent. GnuCash and TexMaker both run on Linux, and will stay updated with the release cycle of the distro. Having a unified updater that updates everything keeps things simple. If you don't have weird hardware or complex needs, you could live purely in the GUI.

Most of the mainstream distros ( like Ubuntu/Mint) come with a GUI interface to install/update programs (and the OS) without a trip to the command line. I'm considering switching back to Windows from OS X. I need a new laptop, the Macbook isn't powerful enough, and the Retina Pro is too expensive. Planning on picking up an XPS 13.

I haven't used Windows since pre-Vista days (Win2K probably). I'm mainly curious whether other long-time OSX users have found the transition fairly smooth. It probably sounds odd, but I'm partly worried things will simply feel wonky. My main workflow is in LaTeX, so there are no serious compatibility issues. I'm mainly worried about stability, security, ease of use for the operating system, that kind of thing. Will I need a virus scanner (ugh)?

Does Windows still 'get in the way' or does it mostly disappear behind the applications? Last month I was considering 'switching', as in getting an XPS 13, XPS 15, or TP T460. Then I discovered, for that price, I could also get a used 15' MBPr. For about the same price, similar size and weight, similar battery life, better performance, and my entire SW/HW ecosystem would stay the same. So I bought a used 15' MBPr for $1,100. If you want new, however, I think the is probably one of the better choices out there. How did you measure that 'better performance'?

Are you really pushing the hardware? These days I doubt most would notice the difference in 'powar'. Well, right now I am part of a yearbook committee and I have to process a 700mb file with 700 pictures in it, and it takes about 10 minutes or so on my dual core MBP. Sometimes I'm working on 2gb files, before I finish processing them and they get rendered down to a 100mb file. The 700 picture file, composed of 36 pages, has hit 4gb too. I'm fairly certain if anyone can utilize 4 cores at 2.3GHz it would be me.

I figured it had to be something kind of unusual for 'performance' to really be a concern.