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they use Windows because it's ostensibly cheap and there's momentum. I don't think any modern tech company is majority Windows.
by AdamN 1y ago
they use Windows because it's ostensibly cheap and there's momentum. I don't think any modern tech company is majority Windows.
- pjmlp 1y agoIt surely is outside US, and countries with similar income level. https://www.accio.com/business/operating-system-market-share-trend https://www.accio.com/business/operating-system-market-share...
- AdamN 1y agoThat's overall market share. Agree Windows use is high but in general the more tech-forward the company is the less Windows there is at it.
- wolvesechoes 1y ago> more tech-forward That may be surprising for people here, but technology is not synonymous with software.
- pjmlp 1y agoSo only 13% of the world desktop users might be employeed at a tech-forward company. Might, because the number is even less, when we differenciate between companies and home use.
- jack_tripper 1y ago>but in general the more tech-forward the company is the less Windows there is at it. reply Only if you count food delivery apps, crypto Ponzi scheme unicorns, Ad-services and SaaS start-ups as "tech-forward" exclusively, because you're omitting a lot of other tech companies your daily life in the civilized world depends on, which operate mainly on Windows, like where I work now. Is designing and building semiconductors not "technology"? Or MRI machines? Or jets? Or car engines?
- user_7832 1y agoOne of my previous companies gave top of the line workstations with 4k touchscreens and i9s to literally everyone junior and below a particular grade. I'm quite sure they could've saved 1000s of dollars per laptop by going with a reasonable MacBook. (Ironically, windows 11 + corporate bloatware made the laptops super laggy. Go figure.)
- Yeul 1y agoThe whole world does not consist of the tech industry.