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Pavilion
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I want to know which one is the best for a web developer I used both of them but I still can't find any major difference except that the Mac UI is a little bit nicer and cleaner. 

 

What do you prefer and why?

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The one that you prefer is the better one. 

 

Anyway, I prefer MacOS since I get a lot of the linux tools while using a much more friendly OS, and best of all, I don't have to use Windows. (I run Linux in a VM for the times when what I need isn't on MacOS)

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I think Windows is better for programming in general because there is a lot more software supported on it. As long as they both have the software that you need, they'll both work fine and you should pick the one that you feel more comfortable with.

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If it's front-end stuff, whatever you want. Though make sure you test it on Firefox, Chrome, and yes, Internet Explorer (or Edge).

 

If it's full-stack, I'd argue development of server end stuff is better on a POSIX-like system. You could run it a VM if you'd like.

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18 hours ago, Erik Sieghart said:

Just don't use Safari as a baseline of what a browser should do.

To be fair, I developed this site against Chrome and Firefox, and had no issues with it working in Safari. Edge on the other hand...

 

That is one argument for Windows - if you need to support Edge and/or IE, you will need to test and debug your site in those browsers, so you would need at least a windows VM (though in my experience Windows 10 is very slow in Virtual Box). In general though, for web development there is no difference - all software of note that you would use is available on both platforms or has viable alternatives, so use whichever you prefer, already have, is cheaper, or whatever.

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