This seems like a strange standard to me. I can’t think of an OS across any and all I have had to use over a multi-decade career that didn’t benefit from some third-party app to improve some “stock” feature of the OS.
With the great attention to detail of macOS third-party developers, you can be sure those apps will give you a seamless experience.
If you're using multiple monitors and you're not using the rectangle app... that's kinda on you. I switched to Mac after using windows for decades and in less than a week I solved my windows management issues with this extension.
This attitude strikes me as snobbery. People aren't born knowing the best 3rd party alternative to their OS's shortcomings, and some have no control over what apps they can run.
Windows 10 has pretty good built in window management. IMO better than MacOS. I say this as a Mac and Rectangle user. (Though only Mac because of Safari exclusively working on it. I prefer Linux.)
This seems to come up with every argument about operating systems. People say it sucks if you have to use third-party applications, but I vehemently disagree. The fact that you CAN use third-party applications, the fact that they have sufficient access to make the experience better, the fact that the community exists to make them... I think that's a major pro in favor of an OS.
It’s free and involves approximately 2 minutes of effort. Heck, that’s probably less time than it took you to write your comment.
I'm a long time Mac user with an 25" 21:9 ultra-wide display that constitutes two regular office displays. A single ultradwide display is way superior to a couple of displays. Performance wise for your workstation and config wise as well.
Nothing is blurry to me. To manage windows with keyboard or mouse I use moom[0].
I've worked on Windows for 2 years at a large corp, and the blurriness of fonts I experienced with mid-range 27" monitors was unprecedented. Having invested considerable time to make the problem go away, I gave up.
Even modern Ubuntu does better job at font rendering with displays made by the same manufacturer.
The key is that with macOS, you don’t really manage windows. Just let windows be where they will, like papers on a desk, and then manage desktops. While I’m working I’m constantly flipping between desktops on both my primary and secondary displays, with the primary display being set up with desktops of primary windows and the secondary display being set up with desktops of secondary and tertiary windows. The ability to mix and match sets between displays is powerful and way more natural to me than cobbling together some kind of overcomplicated window snapping setup or something like that.
I've tried multi-monitor setups before with both Windows and OS X, and I just don't like them. I moved to a 43" 4K TV, and I like it much better, especially with a window manager like Rectangle. If I need extra screen real estate, OS X has pretty good support for virtual desktops, but I haven't felt the need yet.
One of these days, I might feel cramped by my setup, but I suspect that I'd rather go up to 50" than get multiple monitors. Especially if I could go 8K by then.