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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Are you sure that developers mainly use Macs?
mac is extremely common in the developer world I don't know why you would think that it's "weird"
what do you mean, all developers only use macs!(/s)
Well, think of all the devs who do not work on a Mac.
Because all the devs are probably using Macbooks?
You are very much living in a bubble. Real developers don't use macs.
Yeah, next thing you'll tell me that real developers use only Macbooks :)
Loved by developers how? Because they own Macbooks?
Didn’t you mean Macs are the very best development environment?
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.