Comment by AdamN

6 months ago

they use Windows because it's ostensibly cheap and there's momentum. I don't think any modern tech company is majority Windows.

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user_7832  6 months ago

One of my previous companies gave top of the line workstations with 4k touchscreens and i9s to literally everyone junior and below a particular grade. I'm quite sure they could've saved 1000s of dollars per laptop by going with a reasonable MacBook.

(Ironically, windows 11 + corporate bloatware made the laptops super laggy. Go figure.)

pjmlp  6 months ago

It surely is outside US, and countries with similar income level.

https://www.accio.com/business/operating-system-market-share...

  • AdamN  6 months ago

    That's overall market share. Agree Windows use is high but in general the more tech-forward the company is the less Windows there is at it.

    • pjmlp  6 months ago

      So only 13% of the world desktop users might be employeed at a tech-forward company.

      Might, because the number is even less, when we differenciate between companies and home use.

    • wolvesechoes  6 months ago

      > more tech-forward

      That may be surprising for people here, but technology is not synonymous with software.

    • jack_tripper  6 months ago

      >but in general the more tech-forward the company is the less Windows there is at it. reply

      Only if you count food delivery apps, crypto Ponzi scheme unicorns, Ad-services and SaaS start-ups as "tech-forward" exclusively, because you're omitting a lot of other tech companies your daily life in the civilized world depends on, which operate mainly on Windows, like where I work now.

      Is designing and building semiconductors not "technology"? Or MRI machines? Or jets? Or car engines?