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There are two groups where I noticed this to be true: - Ordinary, non-tech people. Pretty much every college-aged student that I know of opts for a MacBook Air

by nkotov 4y ago

There are two groups where I noticed this to be true: - Ordinary, non-tech people. Pretty much every college-aged student that I know of opts for a MacBook Air/Pro if they can afford it. Another segment are older people. My parents are in this group. 99% of what they used their computers for (Checking bank balances, paying bills, printing stuff) can be done with an iPhone now. Nowadays, I suggest they just buy an iPad if they want a “computer”. - Businesses that aren’t heavily relying on Microsoft Office. A lot of SMBs use SaaS apps for their line of business and most businesses like using Apple products because long term, they seem to last longer. There is still a place for Windows, especially in specialized fields like finance or in gaming.

neogodless 4y ago
> every college-aged student that I know I suspect this is often a "self-perpetuating myth." Every college-aged student I know tends to have similar interests to me and my siblings, and we all grew up buying or building PCs and playing PC games, and... they have followed suit. All 9 of my and my spouse's nieces/nephews (all in the 13-19 age range) have a PC. More have Android phones than iPhones, but a few have those. Some of them have asked me for help when choosing what to buy. Similarly, in my group of friends, many of them are PC gamers, and all seem to own PCs. At work, it has been a mix depending on where I worked, but my current contracted employer supplies everyone with a PC laptop, while my direct employer decides based on that kind of development. 3D design or VR environments? You get a gaming PC. API or web app dev? You'll probably get a Macbook Pro. My previous employer of about 300 employees was 100% a PC environment. It's all anecdotal, of course, from just where I sit. I do think, having done work on Windows and macOS, there's cross-platform tools for an increasingly large share of the kinds of work to be done, so the decision is probably made based on someone at a high level either having a preference/comfort level, or perhaps doing some due diligence to compare enterprise level support, hardware capabilities and price, and thinking about how that'll affect the bottom line when distributing hardware to 20, 100, 1000 employees.

by nkotov 4y ago

neogodless 4y ago

> every college-aged student that I know I suspect this is often a "self-perpetuating myth." Every college-aged student I know tends to have similar interests to me and my siblings, and we all grew up buying or building PCs and playing PC games, and... they have followed suit. All 9 of my and my spouse's nieces/nephews (all in the 13-19 age range) have a PC. More have Android phones than iPhones, but a few have those. Some of them have asked me for help when choosing what to buy. Similarly, in my group of friends, many of them are PC gamers, and all seem to own PCs. At work, it has been a mix depending on where I worked, but my current contracted employer supplies everyone with a PC laptop, while my direct employer decides based on that kind of development. 3D design or VR environments? You get a gaming PC. API or web app dev? You'll probably get a Macbook Pro. My previous employer of about 300 employees was 100% a PC environment. It's all anecdotal, of course, from just where I sit. I do think, having done work on Windows and macOS, there's cross-platform tools for an increasingly large share of the kinds of work to be done, so the decision is probably made based on someone at a high level either having a preference/comfort level, or perhaps doing some due diligence to compare enterprise level support, hardware capabilities and price, and thinking about how that'll affect the bottom line when distributing hardware to 20, 100, 1000 employees.