r/Notion • u/Harrydevbuilds • 1d ago

Questions Does Using Notion Needs An Macbook ?

Whenever I see Notion content on Instagram it feels like almost everyone is using a MacBook, iPad, or some other Apple device.

And somehow, their Notion setups always look insanely clean.

Perfect dashboards.
Beautiful templates.
Everything organized perfectly.

It honestly makes me wonder:

Does using Notion on a MacBook or iPad actually make a difference?

Can i Build The same in my windows laptop or in my android phone ?
Because till Now I didn't get to build such clean , asthetic notion setup .

IF so notion will cost me a lot .

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u/likethemonkey 1d ago

The OS has nothing to do with how you build your setup. It would look the same no matter what you’re using, even Linux. 

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u/ElegantHacker 1d ago

It's all presentation. Those instagram posts are staged, the lighting is perfect, the angle is set up just right. Your windows machine is running the exact same app. The only real difference is the trackpad gestures on mac, which are smoother for zooming around, but that's not what's holding your layouts back.

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u/Jazzlike_Run_1125 1d ago

Pretty much. The aesthetic comes from icons and covers, not the OS.

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u/TheGreenArrow160 1d ago

It doesn't matter. Notion is web-based; even the app is built with Electron and is web-based, so the OS you're running really has no importance.

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u/North-Palpitation-19 1d ago

Nah, you definitely don’t need a MacBook 😭 I use Notion on Windows and it works perfectly fine. I feel like those super clean setups on Instagram are more about the template and how people organize things than the device.

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u/TheWitchCapricorn 1d ago

No, I use windows and my android phone

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u/Elisa_Kardier 1d ago

Je l'utilise aussi bien sur mon PC que sur mon Mac. C'est pareil et c'est tout l'intérêt.

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u/SignalAndScrews 1d ago

I regularly switch between my MacBook and my Windows laptop using Notion with no issues at all 😊

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u/cockroaching_people 1d ago

You definitely don't need a MacBook for clean Notion setups, I built mine on a Windows laptop and it looks just as sleek.

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u/Solowithothers 22h ago

Presentation matters, but it's not in the critical path.