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I recently switched to an XPS 15 9570 from my Macbook Air. I'm giving windows a shot for my secondary dev machine (python, docker, php, etc...), while being fully aware of the persistent Windows 10 issues. So far, the hardest part was adjusting my keyboard workflow from Mac to Windows.

For the time being, I'm extremely happy with the hardware and satisfied with Windows. I'll give dual boot a shot in my spare time.

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Same here, except I bought a precision 5530, after 12 years on Mac (2 MBP, then a MBA). It’s been a few months and I like it, I don’t regret it. I don’t mind Windows 10 at all, it feels a bit more customizable than MacOS actually. I do find the way it puts all the files that makes an app work all over the place. But a lot of people are experts in this. My Linux need is limited so I run the Ubuntu installed from the Microsoft App Store. Rest of my time is splitted between Firefox, Conda and Office. I am not doing any serious CAD, so I didn’t really need the Quadro or the 4K screen, but I have none of the problems that some are complaining about the XPS and it just looks so great. Onyx case also!

Windows Subsystem for Linux is one of the big reasons why I didn't mind switching.

I tried out a few thinkpads as well, but ultimately went with the XPS

windows for docker & dev box? seems like perfect scenario for Linux here :) Fedora 29 is great tbh - u should give it a try.

There are a few occasions where some images don't work with file syncing between windows shares and docker. MongoDB comes to mind.

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