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I am also completely spoiled by Mac's now. I don't know how I could go back, especially the trackpad.

Well, I know it's unpopular, but I could never manage the transition from Linux to MacOS (and this from someone that was excited about OpenSTEP returning to the limelight). Way too much effort required to work around idiotic design decisions and iFads and central policy forced down my throat and outdated userland and broken Motif. Life is just so much easier on debian/ubuntu even with a windows sidekick VM for when absolutely necessary. And honestly, I like the direction Windows has been going overall when forced to use it. It at least seems to be getting lower maintenance. Not the "run it from a live-cd" sort of low maintenance, but still getting closer.

"I could never manage the transition from Linux to MacOS"

I feel the same way. I recently started using a MacBook at work. It's a mid-2014 MacBook Pro w/Retina display and there is a lot I like about using it.

But it seems rather hostile to developers. The keyboard shortcuts don't make a lot of sense -- most of it really is just about what I'm used to, but for example ⌘+SHIFT+3/4 to take a screenshot? And the CTRL+SHIFT+POWER KEY combination to lock the screen is a very odd choice.

⌘+C and ⌘+V work on files/folders, but not ⌘+X?

I only had to setup MAMP here so far, but it wasn't quite as smooth as LAMP on my Ubuntu machine.

I am in the market for a new laptop -- I considered everything from Chromebooks to even getting my own MacBook. But I keep going back to a Ubuntu/Windows dual-boot setup. There are just too many little annoyances with OSX for me.

I'm probably in the minority, but while I hate Apple's trackpad less than the ones on its competitors, I still hate it.

I constantly struggle with right clicking items on Apple trackpads (and the PC trackpads that attempt to copy Apple's).

I would prefer to have two distinct buttons below the pad. To me, the new trend of pivoting pads as buttons don't work for my clumsy hands.

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