Jamie Thompson wrote:
You can't deny that when it comes to home users, the majority of Linux
users are technical users, and the majority of Windows and Mac users are
not. There are always exceptions; some people's relatives like and can
deal with Linux (great!), and likewise, some techies like Macs, or
Windows. But the majority of Mac and Windows users are plain old
peck-typing email, web, and basic document editing users.
Not completely sure I agree with you - particularly when you consider
the business world.
Lots of companies mandate (and provide) Windows machines - to techies
and non-techies alike. Universities pretty much require that students
run either Windows or Macs.
A LOT of technical users, in the business and academic worlds, like Macs
(such as myself):
- access to MS Word and Powerpoint (pretty much a requirement in many
communities)
- all the power of Unix (BSD/mach kernal) underneath - for those of us
who need to run servers, develop code, etc.
- nice hardware and support (can't beat AppleCare)
- a lot of scientific visualization software
And then there are all the creative folks - Macs seem to be the platform
of choice for photo, audio, and video editing (which get fairly technical).
Mac laptop, plus Linux servers is a pretty powerful and common
combination (again, that's what I run).
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In<fnord> practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
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