Why is the Mac the developers platform of choice?

[opethdisciple]

When I say developer I mean content creators, developers and professional video and photo editing etc....

I'm a DevOps and have been using a windows laptop with a Ubuntu VM for years but it causes me a plethora of issues so work have switched me to a M4 Mac Book Pro.

Its looks nice etc... but why is Mac the developers/content creators platform of choice?

Why is windows not able to replicate?

 

[OspreyO]

Maybe run Windows as VM on an Ubuntu Laptop.

Windows is software not hardware. Mac is hardware the software is MacOS.

The technical reasons why Apple was dominant in certain creative industries is long gone. You can get most of the software on either platform. But the habit of creative industries using Macs remains. Ironically most of my creative work/jobs have used PCs though I've used Macs from time to time. I think people just find something they like or get familiar with and stick with it.

 

[bloodiedathame]

Content creation is an interesting one. I have it on fairly good authority that socials favour content uploaded from iPhones.

I'm a professional video editor and animator by trade. My 5800X 3080 Windows PC got replaced with an M1 Pro Max as I needed something portable, which has been utterly rock solid since I got it, and I barely use the Windows machine now unless I've got a heavy render to leave.