The fact that Windows is a massive train wreck. You could not pay me to go back there. MacOS does everything I need and does it well.
It’s my opinion, but I believe every word of it.
Windows 10 is actually very solid. I’ve been using and developing hardware and software since before the Apple II and IBM PC existed. And I’ve used, worked on, modified, coded for, and troubleshooted every iteration of said PC and Apple market ever since (including more other platforms than I could even begin to count - tons of other platforms over the years that most don’t even know about today).
That said... obviously I am intimately familiar with the underpinnings of every version of Microsoft’s operating systems, as well as Mac / Apple operating systems.
The Microsoft vs. Apple bashing is unfounded. It’s simply preference. I have a preference for “using” Mac OS.
Often over the years, my preference got in my way. I was determined to use Mac OS because I preferred it. But... often it was very problematic to get my task done. And after wasting days trying to get my Mac to do the task, I’d concede and go to my PC and be done with the project in an hour.
Personal preference does not make your preferred tool the right tool for the job.
I still deal with that today. I often wish to use my Mac. But I end up turning on the PC to get it done.
Windows 10 is actually a very solid and robust operating system. And I haven’t had it crash on me yet. And that’s over literally hundreds of Windows 10 machines that I’ve had to manage since release date.
The networking capabilities of Windows 10 desktop combined with a Windows Server 2012 or later are beyond the capabilities of anything you could accomplish with a strictly Mac based network. Though Windows Server can manage a Mac client desktop.
Beyond that, even on a home network, the integration level that I can get between my home desktops in Windows is amazing. Yet sadly my Macs sit there on the network with very little ability to achieve the same tasks. I have to do a ton of manual tweaking on the Mac to trick it into doing what I want it to do. It’s more like using exploits in the operating system to make it do something it wasn’t ever a thought to integrate into Mac OS.
I do like the Mac. And I use it for my daily tasks. But when I start doing serious work (aside from audio and video production), I find myself on the PC.
As for audio and video, both platforms are equally capable. I simply prefer the Mac for those tasks. But it makes no real difference.
Windows has gone through its growing pains. But so has the Mac. I can remember using Mac OS 8.5 through 9.2.2 (prior versions were more stable). And I remember sitting there literally praying before every click of the mouse that this click wasn’t going to be the click that crashed the computer. Unfortunately the design tool I needed was only available for the Mac, and it had one feature I needed that didn’t exist in any other design tool at the time.
Regardless of what task I was doing (even if no programs were running). it was literally known to me that every single click I made could be the one that crashed the computer. A very unpleasant experience.
Once OS X came out, that machine got a lot more stable.
But even OS X versions have had their problems.
So blaming Microsoft for their growing pains while forgiving Apple’s growing pains, is really very biased.
At this point, Windows has become an incredible tool. I don’t like it. But really the reason I don’t like it, is because the things I’m used to clicking on in the Mac OS are organized differently in Windows. So I have a moment of pause as I translate my intended action to the machine in front of me.
It’s not the machines fault. It’s simply a learned behavior that’s in my way.
I run into the same situation when I use different brands of power tools. One drill has a keyless chuck that works this way. The other works that way. I have to look at the tool, pause, then say oh it’s this design, so I need to do it this way. But that isn’t the drill’s fault, and it isn’t a bad design. It’s just that when I switch drills, I need to remember which tool is in my hand, and do the task the right way for that drill. But both drills make the hole the same. And both drills do it just as well. I do prefer one of them, but only because I use it more often and can perform the task without the pause to remember which way to change the drill bit. But that doesn’t make my preferred drill to be superior to the other drill.
Oh...And Resolve is free.
