I've noticed that, too. I watch presentations by Google engineers from time to time. Google runs on Linux, but their engineers pretty much all use Macs.
Google engineer Brad Neuberg gives talk on the future of the Web |
While that may have been true at one time, MAC has come a LONG WAY, and its because MAC OSX is basically Linux with a nice GUI on top of it.
Last year I went to one of the biggest developer conferences in the world, and not one presenter, not a single one, had a windows machine, all were Mac, and at least 1/2 the audience was using macs.... (And no this wasn’t an apple conference and it had nothing to do with apple).... While I do agree Apple’s markup is insane on their products, there is no doubt that professional development is moving away from PCs. I can recall not all that long ago you might have seen a few macs at best at a serious developers conference that was not Apple Specific.... That’s definitely not the case anymore.
and by PC I mean WINDOWS
BSD variant. Not Linux. Close, but not quite the same. /nitpick
I've noticed that, too. I watch presentations by Google engineers from time to time. Google runs on Linux, but their engineers pretty much all use Macs.
Google engineer Brad Neuberg gives talk on the future of the Web |
I love ignorance on parade. Mac OSX is NOT Linux... it is one of the four trademarked and POSIX certified UNIX operating systems. No Linux is certified. They cannot be. Far more robust than the clean room rip off of Unix called Linux. There is a REASON for the cost of a Mac and it is not insanity. You need to do more research before opening your mouth.