One is for DevOps, accessing production systems, servers. That's where my ssh keys will reside. This will run qubes or maybe NixOS. Not sure yet.

The Mac will be left for casual daily use, development (but no production keys), graphics design, fun, general browsing, chat, and whatnot.

I'm still in the process of splitting all my tasks into what should be secure and what shouldn't.

A nice side effect is that I won't be just as afraid of running a random "brew install" or install an app to check it out, since the Mac is anyway going to be low-security.

Of course it's annoying to carry around two laptops, but completely switching to Linux just means I won't make it happen. Maybe some time...

So far it really has been the best of both worlds.. For my particular work, I haven't missed my Mac at all.. The developer experience has been basically identical.

Unfortunately this setup will not always work with the mobility requirement. May be some small linux box instead ? But which one ?

You know , actually after similar mileage with Macs I consider exactly the same solution. I started with Mac as escape from windows. It was fine for some time when Jobs was around and some time after that, but since 2015 I cannot choose Mac Book Pro that would just fit for work with all that idiocy with touch bars, malfunctioning keyboards and idiotic dongles, instead of working horse that has everything you need and makes things simpler.

>I'm sure Apple will continue to sell tons of Macs and that's fine...

And now as MBP 2015 had gracefully died after I provided the best care for it you can possibly imagine, I wish to move away from Macs even more. I do not wish to pay premium money for shitty equipment.

This 2015 model have just fallen apart, starting with screws that by some unknown to me reason where unscrewing themselves and you could not tight them back because some idiot made them non standard to make sure you really cannot do it, not even with the knife. Then I discovered that screen has traces of buttons after closing the lid. Then I discovered those small traces are unremovable. Then battery even with a proper care died anyway after third of cycles it suppose to have. Then screen have stopped working and then this shit have stopped booting completely ( even with external display). I should also mention power cord ( with cheap plastic) that became yellow and was not always connecting , while it was carefully kept from banding too much. HDMI that in critical situation did not work, with the best cable you can get. OS that was constantly confusing where the main screen is, forgetting the ‘mirror’ option at will and I can go on and on ....

Overall the experience is horrible. I have other models from previous years and nothing like that had happened.

And I am told MBP2015 is considered to be a best model, as after mid 2015 models are even worse, not mentioning connectivity that renders them useless for mobility I need.

So looking at the way Mac is made these days I am not at all convinced they would continue to sell ‘tons of Macs’ in the following years.

Only inertia saves in such situation but for how long? In my case I cannot move from the platform because I’ve decided to write a proper File Manager for Mac. It is almost complete and I simply cannot live without it. I also cannot leave it unfinished as this would be a huge waste of effort. So I’ll have to finish it, start selling it, and then port to other platforms.

>Obviously that's a personal choice, but for me losing that level of control of my desktop operating system - and seeing this as the start of a trend that will only get worse - is not acceptable.

For me too. Anyway, I’ve been exploring gnu/linux for some time now and it appears as the next step. Since Mac is dead I’ll have to stick with linux for a while. I have no other options available.