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In support for your first sentence, Macs were very unusual for techs in the valley until OSX. I ran a linux laptop for a long time until I gave in and stopped d
by jboy55 5y ago
In support for your first sentence, Macs were very unusual for techs in the valley until OSX. I ran a linux laptop for a long time until I gave in and stopped doing my own IT and got a Macbook.
- fzzzy 5y agoUm, OS X was 20 years ago
- jboy55 5y agoYup, I've been a mac user at work for the last 18 years. Before that it was linux on laptops.
- short12 5y agoTo be fair at that time macs were extremely niche in every industry. Even graphics was dwindling. Now mac's are still niche just not as tiny as before
- jboy55 5y agoIn the pre-OSX era, Macs were only found in significant numbers in the creative areas. With OSX, Macs became the defacto standard in software development.
- short12 5y agoDefacto standard? Lol not even close
- short12 5y agoIn fact it comes in third place behind windows and linux
- jboy55 5y agoSorry, that is wrong, I work at a FAANG (not apple) and have worked at plenty of startups and small to mid-sized companies. I can count the windows users on one hand. I know Walmart and contract engineers have massive office complexes around the US, they probably are all Windows due to the costs. I'd love to see your stats. https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology-_-developers-primary-operating-systems https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology-_-...