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Discussion on: What's development like with a Surface laptop? Worth switching from OSX?

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Bunal • Edited

Well, i recently got a windows 10 notebook for urgent fixes and system checks. I have considered a windows notebook cause of the budget and i did not want to spend $$$$ to a notebook i would be using in rare cases. In the first few days i was about to throw it from the window... but getting used to it. Bash would satisfy your needs if you use git-bash or use "Windows Subsystem for Linux" on Ubuntu for examle. More info on this: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/w...

For docker support you need to have Windows Pro version. This is required for the latest docker version. If you want to use previous one "Home" would be ok. I prefer using Vagrant for the dev environment and it is OK too.

The most important part to know is how windows app developers sees the world and their vision. The design and vision of the Mac apps are mostly absent in Windows apps. When you compare a website for an app that is for Mac and Windows you'll get the idea i am trying to explain. Transmit vs Filezilla and etc.

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Sten

Thanks, I'm definitely wary of losing the seamless app experience that I have on my Macbook. I really have unpleasant memories from the whole install/uninstall app cycle under Windows.

When I think of my development experience needs it's pretty basic. If I can get bash, VS Code and Docker running I'm all set. Might need to find a good Git client and switch to Figma.

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Bunal

Np. GitTower has recently released Windows version.