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Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward by gabeio on Friday January 21, 2022 @01:51AM (#30020075)
> Globally you probably have to go out of your way to hire a designer that wasn't Windows based.

That, likely, highly depends on your industry. Designers doing mobile application design, as well as web design from my limited experience tend to steer towards Macs. Even within my college the entire graphics design department was Macs. Of course if you are working on a Windows based product you'd in theory expect the designers to use or be familiar enough with Windows but you may be surprised.

I'd be curious to know if there are regional (country) differences in this.

Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward by zarzavat on Friday January 21, 2022 @02:44AM (#30020409)
The key word is ‘globally’. MacBooks are expensive, and because they are hardware they cannot be pirated. I’ve worked with Eastern European designers who were excellent but could not afford Apple hardware. You only have to look outside North America and Western Europe.

It’s tragic that because of elitism Microsoft does not hire those designers and instead hires designers who don’t care about their product.

Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward by neoberg on Friday January 21, 2022 @03:51AM (#30020899)
Which country is that you are referring as Eastern Europe? I live in Eastern Europe and every designer + most of the devs I know are using Macs. I am not originally from here and my home country currently is economically worse than most Eastern Europe countries. Even there majority of designers use Macs.