If we're sharing annecdata: Almost every programmer I know owns a Mac and loves it, and prefers working on them.
Except me. My employer doesn't let me use my own computer and refuses to buy me one.
Re:Linux on the Mac – state of the union
by kagamine on Monday December 12, 2016 @02:44AM
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> My employer doesn't let me use my own computer and refuses to buy me one.
? Then what are you using?
Re:Linux on the Mac – state of the union
by coldtea on Monday December 12, 2016 @03:11AM
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Refuses to buy them a Mac obviously. As in "doesn't let me use my own mac and refuses to buy me a mac of his own".
So, parent is using the computer the employer doesn't refuse to buy them, a PC.
Re:Linux on the Mac – state of the union
by kagamine on Monday December 12, 2016 @04:10AM
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Now it makes sense. I really wondered.
Here in my little corner in Europe, I hardly know anyone, other than management and colleagues doing iOS/Appstore projects, having one.
At my company they belong to a pool for iOS projects.
What would be the alternative anyway? Imagine a DJ playing a set and suddenly having Windows force an update on them. Linux during some periods barely played audio for regular use cases.
If you want good hardware and a reliable operating system, you go with a Mac. A few annoyances with adapters it might require won't change that at all.
Anecdotally the surprising answer might be rather old BeOS based systems. At least that's what I saw once and apparently some people still use some old tools that are BeOS only for audio (from talking to the DJ) :D
That covers several DJs, Producers, VO Artists, Audio Editors, and quite a few Sound Designers...