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I think about a decade ago or so MacBooks covered a nice sweet spot in terms of programming work. My bet is that this coincided with the growing world of web de

I think about a decade ago or so MacBooks covered a nice sweet spot in terms of programming work. My bet is that this coincided with the growing world of web development too. It was a commercially-supported Unix laptop with decent hardware and a sturdy unibody shell. They came in a variety of sizes and a good number of ports for peripherals. A Linux or BSD laptop in the same capacity can require a little more work to source or configure. I use Windows at work and both macOS and Linux at home for making games. I don't think I'll buy another MacBook in its current state, but I do think a lot of the Apple environment has been nice for programming, personally.

itronitron 8y ago
I'm a long time windows user, but have been on Linux full time at work for over two years (not by choice), and have been using a Mac at home for one year in the hopes of being won over. That hasn't happened though as the key-bindings on Mac are two different from what I am used to, so I'm switching back to Windows at home now that the Windows Subsystem for Linux is a thing.
- danbolt 8y ago
  The key bindings are definitely a thing to deal with when switching between keyboards. My brain had gotten used to the differences between an Apple keyboard and my ThinkPad, but I recently Lubuntu on an old MacBook and that was a mental fiasco to get things right. I’m looking to either configure or find keybindings to get around this personally. I think the WSL has been a great boon for developing on Windows machines, and I hope it gains more traction among developers.