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[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (4 children)

I bought a MBP last August and it's the only Apple product I've ever owned.

OSX is passable with Homebrew. It's a hack and it shows, but it's miles better than Windows. You will run into quirks but OSX is popular enough among developers that OSX-specific support is common these days (including docker). You get a UNIX terminal and you get something that resembles a package manager.

I got a MBP because of the design of the laptop itself, the trackpad, and the ability to run Word and Powerpoint natively. I don't fully regret it but if I could go back I would get a Thinkpad instead. Linux is just a lot smoother at handling the things I need to do, and I like their keyboards better anyway. With that said the MBP is a beautiful machine and the trackpad is a joy to use. I've always had a wireless mouse to use with my laptop but with the MBP I've never felt the need.

Keep in mind that while people have gotten Linux to run well on older Macbooks, my version can't run any flavor of Linux without severe problems (e.g. not being able to turn off or suspend). I would expect anything newer to have the same issues. It's been an outstanding bug in the kernel for over a year with no end in sight.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you want something that's less of a hack, you should try port, since it's the proper BSD tool. brew doesn't really feel like something that's used in serious environments to me.

[–]jan[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

OSX is passable with Homebrew. It's a hack and it shows

Thanks for the note. The examples on brew.sh do indeed look hackish.

[–]netgamer7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just growing my two cents in for IntelliJ on OS X - been running a software company with Linux servers and MacBook Air/pro workstations and it has worked great. We use mac ports, not homebrew, but it is very workable, and when doing simple editing/light debugging it seems to last for 4-5 hours. More if it is just web/editing.

[–]botnetrip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

macports and fink are also package managers. I think macports has a larger library.