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I can say the same thing (open-source stacks) about Linux, and not many Linux demos are out there
Almost no-one uses Linux as their desktop. A lot of the UI tools don't work as well on Linux, or have no Linux versions at all.
Why the hell are all app demos done using Macs?
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Re: Why the hell are all app demos done using Macs?
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I can say the same thing (open-source stacks) about Linux, and not many Linux demos are out there
Almost no-one uses Linux as their desktop. A lot of the UI tools don't work as well on Linux, or have no Linux versions at all.
Re: Why the hell are all app demos done using Macs?
#15I think a lot of hackers are using macs, and a lot of startups are using them too. It's part of the new "uniform" for startups.
edit: and actually, I think the whole "uniform" mentality is exactly the way that apple wants people to see its products, whereas that kind of thinking makes Linux users' skin crawl (at least this linux user's - coming on HN is making it harder and harder to make myself buy that mbp...)
Re: Why the hell are all app demos done using Macs?
#16If you want to be really funky, create your demos on Haiku (BeOS work-alike) !