However, once I realized I wasn’t using any MacOS-specific software anymore, I decided to instead use BootCamp to do a clean, native install of Windows as my primary OS on the machine.īootCamp comes preinstalled in MacOS and allows you to partition your hard-drive and install Windows in parallel to MacOS as a native OS (rather than inside a VM). I had previously been using VMWare Fusion to occasionally run Windows applications on my Mac in a virtual machine, and that had worked really well for casual usage from time to time.
Looking at the available options for new Windows laptops, I found that they were not really superior to the laptop I already had, so I wanted to see if I could use Windows 10 on my MacBook Pro instead. While I began to realize that I didn’t need to use MacOS anymore, I still wasn’t ready to give up my favorite laptop hardware. In fact, I expect this migration to produce some productivity increases due to keyboard shortcuts finally being the same across all my devices. So I came to the conclusion that switching back and forth between using MacOS at home and Windows in the office was no longer giving me any tangible benefits. 1Password (for generating and keeping track of randomly generated passwords).Boxcryptor (for encrypting sensitive information that I store in Google Drive).Google Drive (for synchronizing my main file storage across all devices).Evernote (for sharing of notes and travel documents across all devices).
MobaXTerm (for all my terminal/ssh needs to connect to Linux boxes, Raspberry Pis, etc.).Altova MissionKit (mostly XMLSpy, MapForce, DatabaseSpy, and DiffDog).