On: Windows needs a change in priorities

[andrewmcwatters]

Not only that, but shipping Microsoft Office onto the Mac makes it so much easier to leave if you're not playing video games.

[nyanpasu64 → andrewmcwatters]

Sadly I found out that Macs are filled with telemetry as well: https://mspoweruser.com/macos-big-sur-has-its-own-telemetry-... (2020)

[flatiron → andrewmcwatters]

Office on the Mac is awful.

When I worked at apple I wasnt the only person who ran office in a windows vm. It was a supported config.

[hattar → flatiron]

It is awful, but so is office on windows. I get so many weird lockups, crashes, and file desynchronizations. Office is one of the worst pieces of software I have to run in windows.

[wildrhythms → flatiron]

This was years ago now, but I got thru college with a Macbook Air using the "Office Online" apps because the native apps were so unbelievably sluggish and resource hungry. Somehow the web apps were more performant.