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Is that why every tech company uses Macbooks? People who can't afford Apple laptops (and gamers and certain other use cases) buy cheaper laptops. The brand app

Is that why every tech company uses Macbooks? People who can't afford Apple laptops (and gamers and certain other use cases) buy cheaper laptops. The brand appeal draws all the wealthy people towards Apple devices.

shaklee3 5y ago
I've worked at many tech companies and apple are by far the minority. And that's a biased sample size of really the largest market they have.
darksaints 5y ago
I work at one of those tech companies, and have been issued a brand new $4000 MacBook pro. It sucks. Constantly crashing, requires multiple restarts to get networking to function properly if the battery dies while in sleep mode, and it has an extremely slow file system even with the best SSD they have available, and there are always 30 different things that break whenever I have to install OS updates. Tech companies buy Apple products because they try to cater to expensive tech workers, and there is a massive subset of tech workers that are brand-obsessed culty shitnoggins.
- onion2k 5y ago
  That is not a typical experience with a Macbook Pro. Have you considered that maybe there's something wrong with yours?
- vincnetas 5y ago
  could it be that your corporate laptop is loaded with pile of monitoring, management and antivirus crapware? i have one, and it annoys the hell out of me.
- jamil7 5y ago
  It sounds like you need to get your laptop fixed?
nly 5y ago
A lot of tech companies let their engineers choose between something like an X1 Carbon or a Macbook. Lots of tech workers, in my experience, actually choose a Macbook for work because they really want to use a slick, luxury device and can't justify the cost for personal use... particularly given how many of them actually use their work laptops for personal tasks in off hours. I think HN underestimates how many SWE's actually don't do much programming or use their personal computers for much at all. Particularly those with families.
- krzyk 5y ago
  > I think HN underestimates how many SWE's actually don't do much programming or use their personal computers for much at all. Particularly those with families. This. I haven't owned personal computer for 10 years now, always use laptop I get from work.
  - jsjohnst 5y ago
    > This. I haven't owned personal computer for 10 years now, always use laptop I get from work. While a lot of folks do this, it’s such a terrible practice from your perspective (the company essentially owns your personal data) and the company’s (way higher risk). It’s not something I’d do, let alone brag about as if it’s a good thing, if I were you.

shaklee3 5y ago

I've worked at many tech companies and apple are by far the minority. And that's a biased sample size of really the largest market they have.

darksaints 5y ago

I work at one of those tech companies, and have been issued a brand new $4000 MacBook pro. It sucks. Constantly crashing, requires multiple restarts to get networking to function properly if the battery dies while in sleep mode, and it has an extremely slow file system even with the best SSD they have available, and there are always 30 different things that break whenever I have to install OS updates. Tech companies buy Apple products because they try to cater to expensive tech workers, and there is a massive subset of tech workers that are brand-obsessed culty shitnoggins.

onion2k 5y ago
That is not a typical experience with a Macbook Pro. Have you considered that maybe there's something wrong with yours?
vincnetas 5y ago
could it be that your corporate laptop is loaded with pile of monitoring, management and antivirus crapware? i have one, and it annoys the hell out of me.
jamil7 5y ago
It sounds like you need to get your laptop fixed?

nly 5y ago

A lot of tech companies let their engineers choose between something like an X1 Carbon or a Macbook. Lots of tech workers, in my experience, actually choose a Macbook for work because they really want to use a slick, luxury device and can't justify the cost for personal use... particularly given how many of them actually use their work laptops for personal tasks in off hours. I think HN underestimates how many SWE's actually don't do much programming or use their personal computers for much at all. Particularly those with families.

krzyk 5y ago
> I think HN underestimates how many SWE's actually don't do much programming or use their personal computers for much at all. Particularly those with families. This. I haven't owned personal computer for 10 years now, always use laptop I get from work.
- jsjohnst 5y ago
  > This. I haven't owned personal computer for 10 years now, always use laptop I get from work. While a lot of folks do this, it’s such a terrible practice from your perspective (the company essentially owns your personal data) and the company’s (way higher risk). It’s not something I’d do, let alone brag about as if it’s a good thing, if I were you.