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Re:Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler by Nullabillity on Thursday April 03, 2014 @05:22PM (#7526846)
> A buddy of mine is working on *nix software at IBM and they asked if he wanted a Thinkpad or an MBP; that blew my mind.

Except, you know, IBM doesn't have anything to do with Thinkpad anymore, and hasn't for years.

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Re:Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler by eropple on Thursday April 03, 2014 @05:27PM (#7526900)
"Except, you know," that it's a highly conservative company and offering a line developer a Mac is, in my experience, kind of weird.
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Re:Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler by 72deluxe on Friday April 04, 2014 @06:28AM (#7530388)
True, but I wonder if it is because they are both seen as "high end" laptops? I know that you can go to PC World and buy a £500 device or cheaper models but MacBooks and high-end Thinkpads have always commanded a higher location in the market. If I were to sell my MacBook and get another laptop, I think the only other option would be Thinkpads.
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