What MacOS can do that Windows can't?

Question

Microsoft

I want to understand why many designers sit on MacOS? I myself used MacOS for about a week, then I did not understand what the joke was. Many programs do not exist for MacOS at all, installing a virtual machine with Windows to run the necessary software is nonsense. In general, what can MacOS do that Windows can't?
p.s. there is no MacOS tag =)

Answer 1

I can say as a Linuxoid. If the transition is your own initiative, it takes about a month (two weeks were enough for me) to deal with the OS and start working, and not look for "how to do this or that?".
After this trial period, you will either return or stay. I stayed on Linux, because for web development it's just a paradise, there are also more games on Steam than I have time.
The same distribution of software through repositories, which Windows does not have, no painful OS updates (including endless reboots, they are almost never needed here), virtual desktops (I can’t imagine how you can even work with a dozen windows on one desktop), a powerful terminal, in which one logical and simple command can replace several, or even dozens of clicks, and there are no commands that cannot be done through the terminal, the system does not tend to clutter up over time (remember the winsxs folder and updates).
Specific examples are common to Mac OS X, and not available as a class on Windows.
You just need to try, but not with the feeling of "it's still shit", but really try to understand the system.
PS There are very few people who migrated from Mac OS X/Linux back to Windows, and that's saying something.

Answer 2

I poke with alt on the taskbar, and there:
Do you know how I made these screenshots?)
In general, because of such trifles that are found at every step, one feels respect for the user.

Answer 3

MacOS doesn't do much. macOS is part of Apple's mature ecosystem. That is, MacOS, iOS, iTunes and a cloud of software that is made for this ecosystem. A lot of people spit on iTunes because they haven't seen it under MacOS - that's a completely different thing. Close integration with finder, which sometimes literally reads minds, incredible buns from the interface (Aero nervously smokes on the sidelines) and the overall organicity of the system with software and hard allows you to abstract from these tasks on Windows. In general, there are a huge number of designers on Windows, in vain you just (I noticed it myself) MacOS is more popular in the IT community (and not only among designers).
Well, here is a list of what comes to mind:
+ MacOS is actually Unix; not even unix-like, just Unix. The evolution of that very unix. From here, all the consequences - technically the system is much more organic, although MacOS is not as flexible as Linux systems, after all, it is much more flexible than the same Windows. This is mount (immediately fuse), and the best "multi-user", and the lack of a graphics core (there are rumors that Windows still got rid of the integrated graphics in the core, but since it often crashed into a BSOD due to crooked Win7 drivers, I dare to assume that these are false arguments) and other goodies. And in general, in Unix, a huge number of kernel functions are "taken out" in user-space (separate software), which allows you to expand it unimaginably.
+ Thoughtful UI. No seriously. The multitouch of the touchpad is 100% implemented: a friend of mine uses a Magic Trackpad instead of a mouse for an Apple monoblock. Although it is more subjective here, on a qualitative level, Apple has a lot more chips and for some reason you almost guess them yourself, they are so organic and intuitive.
+ Much more stability, due to the same graphics rendered in user-space and, in general, a better hardware maintenance system (it’s easier and harder with drivers here, a simpler system, harder because they often don’t exist, period).
+ Purely outwardly higher performance. It's funny, but it's even higher because of the rendered graphics: OpenGL works in full here, and in user-space it communicates directly with the video card... In general, MacOS draws molds faster than Windows, since the path is shorter.
+ More beautiful. Indeed, MacOS looks chic. Partly it's a re-engineered UI, partly it's because designers at Apple get paid more... Just kidding, but there's some truth in every joke.
In general, here is a good description of "what is" in MacOS.

Answer 4

If it is very exaggerated, then OS X is user-friendly * nix. If you are an ardent supporter of Win, there are no minuses for you in it, then there is not much point in changing something.
I am loyal to Win, as an everyday OS (watch a movie, listen to music, read the Internet), any one suits me (Windows, Linux, OS X). But Win is unsuitable for work (more precisely, it's just painful at times), which is why I'm nowhere without Linux. With all this, the transition to OS X was absolutely painless: on the one hand, it is a convenient and understandable OS for housewives, and on the other, a powerful tool for those who know how to use it.
Also, it's much harder to break something in OS X. As for the software, from what is available under Windows, there is often what is available under OS X, but not under Linux. The same software from Adobe. In addition, the absence of the same software does not mean the absence of analogues.
In fact, there are not so many tasks tied to Windows. This is some kind of .Net development (in some situations it will save Mono), 1C.

Answer 5

Answer 6

Knows how to do beautiful things.

Answer 7

Pros of macos
1. Most often, your hardware is top-end or close to it
2. Battery life
3. Less viruses
4. Ecosystem
Cons
1. Price, + shh .. you can just download Windows
2. There is no such a large set of games and various software

Answer 8

Windows doesn't know how to upload iOS apps to the App Store.
What I like more about Mac OS:
1. No Metro interface.
2. Easy installation and removal of applications on Windows is a complete nightmare.
3. More reliable file system.
4. OS update takes less time and is much painless for the user.
5. Application store, centralized distribution.
6. Almost no viruses, on Mac OS I feel calmer than on Windows.
7. Nice appearance.
8. CONSOLE!!!!!
9. Much closer in spirit to a Linux user than a Windows user.
10. Installing drivers - hahaha.
11. No registry. You can install multiple versions of the same application.
12. The ecosystem as a whole is more pleasant.
13. The number of games is sufficient, there are many games in the incentive that support Mac OS.
14. Overall system performance feels much better than Windows on the same hardware.

Answer 9

Makos is buggy, hangs, reboots, etc. no worse than the seventh Windows. This is so, by the way.
But the brain can be turned on less when working with it. Programs are installed on the fly, you don't have to think too much about where and what to look for. This is very convenient.
In general, I am much more satisfied with the Eplovskaya axis than with iron.

Answer 10

Here is the Apple WWDC 2014 presentation. There are many answers to your question. Set it to 720p right away.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w87fOAG8fjk