I really love Linux but lately I've been disappointed because of the lackluster support for high dpi screens. This only matters for laptops really so maybe I should just buy a desktop. And I should qualify this further by saying I've only tried various versions and flavors of Ubuntu.
I tried a Dell XPS 13 and I now have a Lenovo Flex 15. The XPS 13 had a number of build quality issues so I ended up returning it but it had all the same screen resolution and DPI problems I am having with the Flex 15. I can't remember exactly what resolution is the "native" anymore or what DPI it actually uses. It worked fine in Windows 10 but as is documented elsewhere I just hate Windows 10 (I could probably get used to it if they'd let me turn off telemetry completely and also forced updates, oh and also all that crap where they add advertisements/apps to the menu bars, notifications, login window, etc. [yes I know you can turn all that stuff off in various places but as soon as you add a new user to the machine it all turns back on for them] -- gah here I go again, ok back to Linux).
I can set everything up reasonably well for either the laptop screen or an external (1080) monitor, but not both/either. When I say "not either" I mean I can't have it work properly when I'm using the laptop screen and then have it also work properly when I switch to the external monitor. The act of switching means I have to go back in and configure the display settings and various application-specific settings. There's no global setting that just scales everything. It's really annoying. And only certain display managers and desktop environments even try; for example XFCE, which I've used for so long I can't even remember, doesn't seem to try at all, whereas cinnamon, which I am relatively happy with, does seem to "auto" detect what type of display it's outputting to, but that doesn't take care of the app-specific settings.
These issues don't seem to affect either mac or windows. Maybe next decade linux will catch up? Or maybe I have to switch to KDE? Ugh. Or Fedora??? Double-Ugh.
I do use a mac for work and it's just ok. I'm not convinced about their big PR push for "privacy." I do appreciate that more people are supposedly thinking about it now but Apple still collects way too much information, and they're not transparent about it at all, and there's no way to opt out of it in most cases (if you still want to be semi-functional anyway).
Just for a simple example, take the app store. The first time you try to use it they tell you that they're going to track everything you do, including every search and every click and how long you stay reading each app and everything. In order to "improve" their service. Sure. How about just give me the option to opt out of that? How about don't record every single little thing I do ever? Sure, they're 100x better than google and microsoft and whoever else because they don't turn around and sell that information to whoever wants it (supposedly), but how about don't collect it in the first place.
Also, does anyone know how much information is shared with app developers when you purchase an app? Download a free app? Do an in-app purchase? Name/address/email/phone number?