2020: Year of the Desktop

No sacrifices for portability
Customization options
More power per dollar

You're not going anywhere.

Macs Are Great

Choice Is Great

What are our not-Mac options?

Desktop Hardware For Software

CPU - More and faster cores = more stuff simultaneously
Memory - More and faster RAM = more stuff simultaneously
Dedicated GPU - The big one and the most impactful weakness in laptops. Graphics processing is extremely important for multi-monitor, UI rendering, and video conferencing.
Cooling - All this heat needs to go somewhere. "LOL my laptop fan is about to lift off."

We operate in a world where huge numbers of open Chrome tabs, IDE files, Docker containers, chat applications all need to run perfectly while ALSO sharing screens and live audio/video.

Why Windows?

It's free-ish*.

It's compatible with everything.

And it has real Linux built in.

WSL2

"Windows Subsystem For Linux"

Microsoft put Ubuntu Linux into Windows to finally provide a "real" command line.

WSL2 means any *nix command that works on a Mac now works on Windows.

Installation

You're not here to watch me install stuff,

so just follow this:

https://pureinfotech.com/install-windows-subsystem-linux-2-windows-10/

Windows Terminal (Preview)

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-terminal-preview/9n8g5rfz9xk3

Docker Desktop (edge)

https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/edge-release-notes/

Docksal

Everything works!

IT'S ALIVE!!!!

Except host DNS resolution :(

3. Then this powershell script:
https://github.com/docksal/docksal/issues/1055#issuecomment-550149547

1. Edit your hosts file (oldschool)

2. Run this command:
netsh http add iplisten 127.0.0.1

Have You Considered Windows?