▲ 1619 ▼ Thinkpad for the win (feddit.org) submitted 1 year ago by cows_are_underrated@feddit.org to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 156 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 child) Out here in Silicon Valley, the big driver is a) you need MacOS to develop for iOS, and b) people prefer the UX over Windows / Linux. Also, the hardware tends be well supported and performant for many years…. As long as you’re not gaming. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 year ago I work at a big tech company in Silicon Valley and maybe 80% of employees use MacBooks... I was using Windows for a while, but I switched to Linux around a year ago. AFAIK there were only a few dozen people like me (running Linux, using Firefox as default browser) until we were all forced to switch to Chrome because of some security features in Chrome enterprise. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 year ago I work at a big tech company in Silicon Valley and maybe 80% of employees use MacBooks... I was using Windows for a while, but I switched to Linux around a year ago. AFAIK there were only a few dozen people like me (running Linux, using Firefox as default browser) until we were all forced to switch to Chrome because of some security features in Chrome enterprise. permalink fedilink source parent
