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I've never met a person that thinks Numbers is better than Excel. Word, too. Keynote is popular, of course, for Mac OS X. I made a poor definition of "personal

I've never met a person that thinks Numbers is better than Excel. Word, too. Keynote is popular, of course, for Mac OS X. I made a poor definition of "personal machine". It did not include development. Developing software at home and for fun is, of course, a relatively niche hobby; but, I will grant you that Linux is a very, very good development environment. Mac OS X is pretty great for photographers and cinematographers, etc. At least as of 2020 (https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share...), Windows had 87% market share, Mac OS had about 10.7, and Linux had 1.7. IT looks like it was based around UserAgent checking? Which means it would include software developer's worker machines when they log into random websites, as well. You're using the words "better experience", etc; but, perhaps the problem here is that we're not using the same definition of "hobbyist". Product quality had nothing to do with hobbyist in my definition. It was more "support expectations".

smallerfish 5y ago
Excel ships on mac too, you know. > Developing software at home and for fun is, of course, a relatively niche hobby My multiple decade tech career is not exactly a hobby. Developing software, perhaps relatively niche among white collar workers. > perhaps the problem here is that we're not using the same definition of "hobbyist" I don't know what you're trying to prove, but smaller market share does not equate to hobby status. That's like saying that driving a Volvo is a hobby. Anyway, it's been a discussion but not particularly profitable, so have fun in another thread :)
- edeion 5y ago
  Excel for macOS is filled with awful bugs and limitations. I'm sorry I don't have a list at the top of my mind. The same goes for Word and PowerPoint.

smallerfish 5y ago

Excel ships on mac too, you know. > Developing software at home and for fun is, of course, a relatively niche hobby My multiple decade tech career is not exactly a hobby. Developing software, perhaps relatively niche among white collar workers. > perhaps the problem here is that we're not using the same definition of "hobbyist" I don't know what you're trying to prove, but smaller market share does not equate to hobby status. That's like saying that driving a Volvo is a hobby. Anyway, it's been a discussion but not particularly profitable, so have fun in another thread :)

edeion 5y ago
Excel for macOS is filled with awful bugs and limitations. I'm sorry I don't have a list at the top of my mind. The same goes for Word and PowerPoint.