> This is HN, so I'm assuming most of us live in the terminal anyway. I'll never understand why people prefer MacOS for development. I've been a developer for

> This is HN, so I'm assuming most of us live in the terminal anyway. I'll never understand why people prefer MacOS for development. I've been a developer for over 3 decades, doing multiple languages/ecosystems across the full stack. I code in the evenings too. I'm pretty much a stereotypical geek. I also do general, consumer, non-techie stuff too. - If I only did development then yes, Linux is the obvious choice. - If I only did consumer stuff then Windows is the obvious choice. - However MacOS has the best combination for both sides of that equation and second place on both aspects is better for me than the combination of first and last place that both Linux and Windows offer. (I do still maintain a separate laptop with Windows 10 and Linux Mint though).