My first computer I bought was an apple IIc in 1985 and I loved it. It was beautiful, was very functional and had a lot of programs that I copied. (Back then EVERYBODY copied programs) Then my dad who was a computer programmer bought me a PC in 1989. It didnt have a lot of programs and was harder to use than the apple. But all the jobs I got after used PC's and I learned how to use them. Now everyone who is NOT a computer/techie person uses MACs so I thought only non technical people today use apple and the technical people use PC's.
Then the last few years Ive started noticing a strange thing.... that all the really smart and cool programmers I work with all .....own MACS!!!! WTF?!?! Seriously, almost all the genius programmers I know own macs and prefer them over PC's. Maybe Im missing something?!? I know that the operating system is easy to use, but there are so few people working on the apple os that it MUST be full of bugs and security holes... Shouldnt it??? Im confused as to why so many of my programmer friends prefer macs. And im not talking about the mediocre tech or programmers....Im talking the best programmers in the companies ive worked at. I still wont use MACs simply because I just dont want to learn yet another operating system, not because I have some vendetta against apple. After all I started with apple...
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