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I'm in the midwest and pretty much every dev group that is cloud focused based is Mac based. The transitions from onsite to cloud and the switch to mac seem to go hand and hand.

Doing lots of web work with open source software is painful on a corporate (ie very locked down) Windows machine.

Once everybody has the same Macbook model you really need the stickers just so you know whose laptop is whose.

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I'm in the Midwest and none of the groups I've worked with use Mac unless an individual requested it. This seems highly anecdotal. Actually, it seems the Mac users tend to form their own bubbles and shun anyone using PC

Or stickers so you don't mistake your personal MacBook for your work one (or worse - your spouse's).

Pair this with a long commute and stickers become a key identifying factor and stress reducer.

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