And! you'd probably find that a good portion of the non-Mac laptops at those conferences were running an o/s other than Windows.
It's similar to the reason that Graphic Designers are more likely to have Macs. The platform has a better environment, better tools for the actual work that matters. -Rob Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com r...@agileconsultingllc.com On Dec 4, 2009, at 2:49 PM, eric7...@gmail.com wrote: > the short answer is because they're smart :-). > > You have to remember that OS X is Unix with the best GUI. The Unix > platform is far more mature than the Window core therefore more > stable. Also, Unix was originate by programmers for programmers > > Hope that help. Also, if you'd ever spend some quality time use OS X > you'd never go back to Windows & I used Windows since 3.0 until > about 6 months ago. I'll never run another Windows PC > > > ------Original Message------ > From: Jim Knowlton > To: Ruby on Rails: Talk > ReplyTo: rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com > Subject: [Rails] Why do so many Ruby/Rails developers use Macs? > Sent: Dec 4, 2009 11:33 AM > > I am a QA engineer who works in Ruby quite a bit, and I've never been > able to figure out...why is there a disproportionately large > contingent of Mac users among Ruby developers? Macs are probably 10 > percent of the computer market, but every time I go to a Ruby > conference, probably 80 percent of the laptops there are Macs. > > Any thoughts? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
