Comment by esseph 14 days ago I wished I believed this, but it feels closer to 50% Apple, 35% Windows, 15% Linux. 5 comments esseph Reply nottorp 14 days ago You also need to define "use".No one or almost no one specifies whether they use $OS at work or for their own stuff, or whether the work $OS is mandatory for the organization.And at home... the IT HNer probably has everything. I'd bet everyone who says they use Mac OS on the desktop also has Linux boxes. theshackleford 14 days ago > I'd bet everyone who says they use Mac OS on the desktop also has Linux boxes.Guilty. sph 14 days ago It's probably more like 85% Apple, 10% Linux, 5% Windows. leptons 11 days ago Considering Apple's always-low market share worldwide on desktop and mobile, I find those ratios hard to believe, even on a niche website like HN. lostlogin 14 days ago We could do with a poll.
nottorp 14 days ago You also need to define "use".No one or almost no one specifies whether they use $OS at work or for their own stuff, or whether the work $OS is mandatory for the organization.And at home... the IT HNer probably has everything. I'd bet everyone who says they use Mac OS on the desktop also has Linux boxes. theshackleford 14 days ago > I'd bet everyone who says they use Mac OS on the desktop also has Linux boxes.Guilty.
theshackleford 14 days ago > I'd bet everyone who says they use Mac OS on the desktop also has Linux boxes.Guilty.
sph 14 days ago It's probably more like 85% Apple, 10% Linux, 5% Windows. leptons 11 days ago Considering Apple's always-low market share worldwide on desktop and mobile, I find those ratios hard to believe, even on a niche website like HN.
leptons 11 days ago Considering Apple's always-low market share worldwide on desktop and mobile, I find those ratios hard to believe, even on a niche website like HN.
You also need to define "use".
No one or almost no one specifies whether they use $OS at work or for their own stuff, or whether the work $OS is mandatory for the organization.
And at home... the IT HNer probably has everything. I'd bet everyone who says they use Mac OS on the desktop also has Linux boxes.
> I'd bet everyone who says they use Mac OS on the desktop also has Linux boxes.
Guilty.
It's probably more like 85% Apple, 10% Linux, 5% Windows.
Considering Apple's always-low market share worldwide on desktop and mobile, I find those ratios hard to believe, even on a niche website like HN.
We could do with a poll.