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I 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 documentat

I 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 ago
When 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 ago
    The i5 ones were quite tame. The top of the line ones had a hidden “hair drier mode” that engaged every time I started IntelliJ