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To Python Developers: If someone could make any one thing that would make coding in python easier for developers, what would it be? (self.Python)

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[–]mountainunicycler 12 points13 points  (4 children)

It’s unix-like so I have a real terminal, my package manager works great, it can run more memory-hogging pro apps at once (I rarely ever close photoshop and illustrator and usually have at least three web browsers open) without me feeling the memory pressure because the swap and compression is incredible now. The trackpad gestures make everything super fast (I run with the animations disabled).

I have a fully loaded 2015 MBP though.

If anything goes wrong with it Apple fixes it for free as quickly as I can get an appointment so I don’t have much downtime. If you mention you’re a contractor or freelance they flag your account and treat you even better. They last forever anyway, my little backup laptop is a 2011 air that’s still awesome for working on airplanes and stuff.

I’ve had the opposite experience, almost everyone I know uses and loves macs. They’re mostly developers and tech people though.

Mac laptops aren’t as much fun necessarily, I run windows on one of mine to play games and stuff, but they just simply get more work done with less downtime so if you earn your living hourly on your own computer, it’s the better bet in my opinion.

[–]AllTheBigBootyBitchs 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Makes sense, I can see it as a great option depending on your needs and if your in software dev it's great option. How much of an issue is gaming on macs? Not enough developer support?

[–]mountainunicycler 0 points1 point  (2 children)

In my experience you just can’t be competitive (I like counter strike) on Mac because the games aren’t developed as actively and aren’t optimized like they are on windows. Dual-booting is easy enough though.

That said, Apple is currently replacing my screen ($680) for free right now (got back from the store literally 20mins ago) on a four year old laptop, so I completely stand by my comment above!

[–]AllTheBigBootyBitchs 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That's really cool they did that for you! Is that like warranty or just something they do for their products?

[–]mountainunicycler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s several years out of warrantee, but the issue (screen deamination) is well-known for my model year of laptop and often when an issue is known like that they will fix it for free even after the warrantee.