Macs Among Developers

Discussions debate the prevalence and reasons for developers using Macs, including hardware appeal, ecosystem compatibility, and comparisons to Linux and Windows in various work environments.

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Sample Comments

chistev Nov 16, 2025 View on HN

Are you sure that developers mainly use Macs?

stjohnswarts Jul 14, 2021 View on HN

mac is extremely common in the developer world I don't know why you would think that it's "weird"

swyx Oct 8, 2025 View on HN

what do you mean, all developers only use macs!(/s)

tpush Jan 25, 2017 View on HN

Well, think of all the devs who do not work on a Mac.

ssalka May 14, 2024 View on HN

Because all the devs are probably using Macbooks?

yazzku May 10, 2024 View on HN

You are very much living in a bubble. Real developers don't use macs.

octix Dec 3, 2013 View on HN

Yeah, next thing you'll tell me that real developers use only Macbooks :)

thejosh Jun 16, 2022 View on HN

Loved by developers how? Because they own Macbooks?

valuearb Mar 23, 2020 View on HN

Didn’t you mean Macs are the very best development environment?

yurishimo Dec 18, 2022 View on HN

Most devs don't develop on/for Apple platforms. HN has a huge amount of SV developers though and FAANG which lean Apple anyway. If you work at Google, you need to make sure your products work on Apple devices, so you probably use a Mac since the dev environment is locked to the platform.If you work for a shop in Omaha Nebraska making software for surrounding businesses, you probably use Windows.