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Most devs choosing Macbooks has a lot to do with culture. It's boutique, cool, and all the other successful people have it. Yes, officially it's always for tech
by blauditore 1mo ago
Most devs choosing Macbooks has a lot to do with culture. It's boutique, cool, and all the other successful people have it. Yes, officially it's always for technical reasons, but no one would ever admit to get something just because it's shiny.
- rangestransform 1mo agoI chose a MacBook as my laptop last job because my Nvidia drivers kept breaking on my Linux laptop
- 12_throw_away 1mo agoHmm, you are saying that devs have preferred a POSIX system over whatever Windows 11 is, because it's "boutique"?
- TheBicPen 1mo agoNot OP, but I absolutely know people like this. Devs who don't even know what POSIX is, let alone care whether their OS is compliant.
- blauditore 1mo agoYes, exactly.
- blauditore 1mo agoAnd yes, I'm well aware this embarrasses some folks, hence the negative reaction.
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- 12_throw_away 1mo agoSorry, I didn't realize I was replying to ... a person like this. I hope things get better for you soon.
- blauditore 1mo agoThat's exactly what I mean.
- bonesss 1mo agoA large majority of windows devs choose Apple hardware has to major challenges for MS. If devs just want shiny flashy then MS has failed at providing that directly or through their partners. If devs are able to make credible technical reasons, year after year, that sustain IT & budgetary scrutiny, that also is a failure from MS. Personally “being able to run docker without this bs” was credible for many years, tech that now is a de facto expectation for most .NET dev jobs and well-integrated-ish into windows and WSL.