On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 10:37 AM Deepak Misra <[email protected]> wrote:
> I observe that there is a statistically significant proportion of > silklisters using Mac machines. Anything to read into ? > As in do <ahem> smarter people use Macs ? Is it a style statement? Or do > Macs provide additional features which justify the premium. > I cannot speak for the others, but in my case, I used to use Linux on servers, desktops and laptops almost exclusively for 10 years. I continue to use Linux on servers and desktops to this day. About 10 years ago i moved to Mac on my laptop. I became sick and tired to patching kernels to get them to support suspending the laptop, bluetooth crappiness, wifi issues, etc on Linux on the laptop. A Macbook, while apparently more expensive, is pretty solid in terms of specs, construction and aesthetics. A PC of similar specs, construction and aesthetics costs about the same as a Macbook. IME, macbooks last a solid 4 years or so. OSX is quite good. Best of all, I have access to all my favorite command line tools through Homebrew and the ports collection. My main use case for the laptop is to edit and process photos. The tools available to do this are the best in the world. By comparison, my options for photo processing is very limited on Linux. If I were a gamer, I'd probably go with Windows. If I did more coding day to day, I'd go with Linux. Thaths
