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A comment on Ask HN: Is it necessary that a developer own an Apple laptop?.

Re:Ask HN: Is it necessary that a developer own an Apple lap... by bbcbasic on Monday February 08, 2016 @02:50AM (#11056847)
I have never owned an Apple laptop or desktop, but I think the reason is a combination of the sleek style, usability of the OS, compatibility with Linux tools (can run Ruby, Haskell, Vim, whatever, etc easily on it) and the battery life.

I am surprised at how many developers I see at meetups with Apple as opposed to x86 + Linux, and I am an oddball running Windows!

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Re:Ask HN: Is it necessary that a developer own an Apple lap... by sabbasb on Monday February 08, 2016 @04:40AM (#11057191)
I use Windows as well but I'm thinking about upgrading :)
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