- The author's experiment switching from Mac to Windows PC was somewhat productive but overall painful, citing keyboard bindings and app availability as major issues, and ultimately they returned to using a used M1 MacBook Air.
- Windows 11 has strengths like a better file explorer (Windows Explorer), package manager (Winget), customizability, good window management, gaming support, and WSL for Linux integration, but these are overshadowed by many bugs and poor design choices.
- Key Windows pain points include forced Microsoft account login during installation, messy keyboard layout management, inconsistent UI with multiple old frameworks, display scaling and brightness problems, and font rendering issues.
- macOS is not perfect either, with problems like wireless mouse stuttering, sleep issues, SMB share reliability, Time Machine failures, Finder delays, and the disliked Tahoe design, but the author still prefers it due to superior keyboard shortcuts and apps like Things 3.
- The author's attempt to remap Windows keyboard shortcuts to match macOS was finicky and ultimately unsuccessful, leading to wasted time tinkering instead of being productive.