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Real engineers use macOS: not a manifesto, just a casual thought
- WhereIsTheTruth 3y agoI moved away from both macOS/windows, but I noticed this as well, an increasing amount of people using macOS, you notice it a lot in various projects documentation, usually it's full of screenshots of a macOS desktop
- rbanffy 3y agoWhen you price a Mac and a comparable Dell/Lenovo running Linux, the Mac is often a more attractive option - it's more expensive, but it's also well built, faster, quieter, lighter, has longer battery life, and has excellent support (professionals buy AppleCare). The other day someone mentioned how expensive a fully loaded MacPro is. Turns out, if it solves your problem, a fully loaded MacPro is around €100 (of, IIRC, ~20K) more expensive than a Dell tower server, and, I'm sure, a lot quieter.
- scrum-treats 3y ago> quieter ... except 2013 Macbooks. Nothing like sitting in meetings, opening up the shared document for review, and having that fan turn on.
- rbanffy 3y agoThe i5 ones were quite tame. The top of the line ones had a hidden “hair drier mode” that engaged every time I started IntelliJ
- rbanffy 3y ago> Because I’m lazy and I don’t have 10 hours a week to configure the distro. This? Again? I get it. I also like Macs, but it's been a long, long time since I had to do more than "dnf -y upgrade" or "apt -y dist-upgrade", and one of my home servers has logs dating back to 2015. I never lost data, and I've never had any major issues since, at least, the mid 2000's. This trope is a tired one. Besides, no competent engineer would have to spend 10 hours a week configuring their workstation.
- ankurdhama 3y agoThe article mentions "Real engineers" and the bio of the author says "I have now quit engineering".....so the questions is are you really a "Real engineer" or not.