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"There's a reason most people in tech use Macs: most open source tools and frameworks were developed for OSX, then ported to Windows or Linux. "

What cloud does this guy live on?

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Thanks for your feedback. I have no quantitative evidence to back up this statement so I will amend it. There are many reasons most developers (certainly in the Bay Area) prefer OSX to Windows or desktop Linux.

How would you feel about: "Macs combine the user-friendliness of Windows with the Unix environment necessary to run most tools and frameworks."

There is a whole range of essential tools not available for OS X. For example, none of Xilinx or Altera tools runs on OS X.

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