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Originally Posted by pwalker8
MacBook pro, 15 inch 2018.
Microsoft lost me long ago and having used it at work until I retired at the end of 2018, I have zero desire to go back. It's hard to say what the future will bring. My understanding is that porting most software is kind of like going to the universal model for the iPhone/iPad, pretty easy to do. One of the issues with any operating system is orphaned apps no longer working. Windows has that problem as well.
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I hate Windows and MS with a passion too, but I can still easily find plenty of software apps for amateur radio programming, astrophotography post processing, and camera control for Windows. Those are my main passions these days. It is difficult to find those kinds of apps on macOS, especially freeware. The industry software app standards for each of those interests are Windows based apps. All three are niche markets, and niche markets usually don’t get as much support on macOS. Bottom line is that I am retired and primarily need/want to use a computer for those three interests, and macOS is not where the apps are located in any great numbers. Everything else I use a computer for can be done on either Windows or Macs.
I hate MS and Windows, but I kind of like the modern day Bill Gates. Bill and Steve Jobs were both total @#$%s when it came to running a business and dealing with their customers and employees, but at least Bill Gates finally grew a heart after retirement and seems to be doing a lot of good charity work. I cannot imagine Steve Jobs ever giving anyone a dime in his entire life!
BTW, I’m still interested on which MacBook you loaded Big Surr becauase my 2014 MacBook Pro is old and not that robust by today's standards. It has an i7 processor, a smallish 256GB SSD, 16GB RAM and it does well on Mojave, but Big Surr is two OS updates beyond Mojave so it might not run that well on my older MacBook Pro. I’m still running High Sierra on my 2012 Mac mini with an i5, 500GB HDD, and 16GB RAM, but it is rather sluggish at times, though mostly it runs okay.