oh... hardware and software we "should" use according to some trends? Apple? Google? what happened to Hacker culture?
I am saying you should rather already be using this now, than doing it later, given you'd be doing it anyway. (from PG, above.)
Picture it, self proclaimed 'hackers' all aping each other. All uniform, non distinct from the general population. What would then make them predictors of the future? There would be absolutely nothing unique about what they were doing.
I'm right in assuming at least half of these are designers and not developers. It's particularly doubtful that 'hackers' are going to swarm on to apple hardware over the next ten years given the mac tax and apple's propensity to lock it down.