Why This Longtime Mac User Is Leaving Apple for Linux or Windows 11

Why I Left macOS After 39 Years — and Landed on Windows 11 (Not Linux) Longtime Mac user since 1987. I still have my original Macintosh SE. After years of dongles, soldered RAM, tiny SSDs, and hitting storage limits with 4K video and large photo libraries, I sold the Mac and bought a used ThinkPad E16 Gen 2 (AMD Ryzen 5) for about half the new price. This video covers the full journey: Why PC hardware won (upgradable RAM/storage, real ports, dual-drive slots, no dongle life) Trying Ubuntu, Linux Mint, CachyOS, then Fedora KDE Plasma The apps that actually mattered: Firefox, LibreOffice, Obsidian, Spotify, DaVinci Resolve (free), GIMP, Darktable vs DxO PhotoLab, Cubase, Roland Cloud, Yamaha MODX plugin Why two macOS and Windows-only apps (DxO PhotoLab + my main DAW Cubase) ended the Linux experiment Clean Windows 11 install, turning off telemetry/privacy settings by hand (no scripts), ~3.5 GB idle RAM, no Copilot/OneDrive/365 popups after nearly two months Window snapping, taskbar behavior, and Settings that I actually prefer over macOS If you’re a Mac user tired of locked hardware, or a Linux switcher who still needs specific pro software, this is the honest middle-ground take. Gear in this video ThinkPad E16 Gen 2 AMD • Fedora KDE (tried) • Windows 11 • DaVinci Resolve • DxO PhotoLab • Cubase • Obsidian If this helped, like the video and subscribe to Uncommon Sense. Questions about the ThinkPad, Fedora, or the Windows privacy pass? Drop them in the comments. #Windows11 #LeavingMac #ThinkPad #LinuxToWindows #macOS #Fedora #DaVinciResolve #DxOPhotoLab #PCHardware #UncommonSense