I hate Macs

I made the mistake of not getting a personal Windows computer and am currently suffering through a case study for a corp dev associate position without an alt key, shortcuts, or anything in the Microsoft Office suite that makes your life easier. I stg if you're not in graphic design these things are about as useful as a Chromebook. Please do yourself a favor and upgrade to a real laptop before recruiting season hits. Rant over.

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You can reassign keys on mac or just use an external keyboard also.

In fact, it is generally a good idea to just have a mechanical keyboard for any computing device you are using.

But if you are using Windows products all the time, and want the natural UI of a windows machine and if that is the most comfortable to a user... yeah, better get a Windows laptop.

 

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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

I hate macs too - I’m never going to get one.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

I am currently looking for windows laptops and if that's the OS you want, I would probably consider Dell XPS 15 and Lenono Thinkpad X1. At $2500 you should be able to get i7 (i9 has heating problems on thinner laptops), 32GB ram, 1TB SSD. I assume you're not looking for gaming laptops and don't require much GPU power. I prefer gaming laptops just because of how well they handle heat which is a much bigger problem on Windows than M1 Macs.

 

I have a gaming laptop - the Lenovo Legion.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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