4-5 years ago, a friend was entering the CS program at the University of Washington (AKA Microsoft's back yard). He picked up a spiffy new dell laptop. A mont

4-5 years ago, a friend was entering the CS program at the University of Washington (AKA Microsoft's back yard). He picked up a spiffy new dell laptop. A month or so later, he sold it and bought a powerbook. A disproportionate number of the CS students used Macs back then, perhaps even the majority. So, I'm guessing, yeah, they are pretty popular in SV too.