Re: MBPro M3 Pro?
On using Mac for Office work:
1. Note that Windows Office and Mac Office are very nearly but not quite feature-parity. Outlook in particular is weak on Mac. I live and breathe Outlook because my job is customer-oriented, and they all use Outlook (because Office is the standard for small businesses outside the tech sector)
2. Your Mac will shit “__MacOSX” folders into every zip file you make, and there’s no way to turn this off.
3. Fonts are, like on Windows, a complete shitshow. I hope you like seeing all those fonts for encodings and scripts outside your locale, because, like Windows, the feature to hide them DUNT FUCKIN WERK.
4. Without external assistance, things like controlling the volume on an HDMI device, splitting the scroll direction between mouse and trackpad, and a smorgasbord of other tiny things are all very hit/miss.
5. Window management on straight macOS is crap. Get Rectangle or Magnet to fix this.
Overall, it’s pretty seamless. No OS is free from annoyances and macOS will find ways to annoy you where Windows did not, and vice versa.
ETA: if you use SharePoint, use Safari. I have found that Chrome makes you re-authenticate a lot, Edge makes you re-authenticate a bit, and Arc makes you re-authenticate ALL THE FUCKING TIME. Safari just lets me do my work.
1. Note that Windows Office and Mac Office are very nearly but not quite feature-parity. Outlook in particular is weak on Mac. I live and breathe Outlook because my job is customer-oriented, and they all use Outlook (because Office is the standard for small businesses outside the tech sector)
2. Your Mac will shit “__MacOSX” folders into every zip file you make, and there’s no way to turn this off.
3. Fonts are, like on Windows, a complete shitshow. I hope you like seeing all those fonts for encodings and scripts outside your locale, because, like Windows, the feature to hide them DUNT FUCKIN WERK.
4. Without external assistance, things like controlling the volume on an HDMI device, splitting the scroll direction between mouse and trackpad, and a smorgasbord of other tiny things are all very hit/miss.
5. Window management on straight macOS is crap. Get Rectangle or Magnet to fix this.
Overall, it’s pretty seamless. No OS is free from annoyances and macOS will find ways to annoy you where Windows did not, and vice versa.
ETA: if you use SharePoint, use Safari. I have found that Chrome makes you re-authenticate a lot, Edge makes you re-authenticate a bit, and Arc makes you re-authenticate ALL THE FUCKING TIME. Safari just lets me do my work.
