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If Windows is required for work then you've already lost. Seriously I'm unable to be productive in Windows (or Mac, I tried). I don't know what the stats are

by ldarby 3y ago

If Windows is required for work then you've already lost. Seriously I'm unable to be productive in Windows (or Mac, I tried). I don't know what the stats are on employers requiring Windows but my current one doesn't (mainly because of a sizable chunk of Mac users, not that there's any support for Linux).

bmurray7jhu 3y ago
Lots of semiconductor design tools are Windows only.
- rkagerer 3y ago
  So are CAD design tools.
SoftTalker 3y ago
Where I work pretty much everyone who's not a developer or system admin uses Windows. Most of them never leave the confines of Edge, Teams, Sharepoint, Outlook, and MS Office with maybe the exception being Zoom. It's an enterprise config of some sort so it more or less stays out of their way. Windows Home sounds absolutely horrific and I can't imagine why anyone uses it, other than they don't know anything else.
cyber_kinetist 3y ago
Then how are you going to do the majority of native desktop app/game development (where most of your users use Windows)?
- Kamq 3y ago
  I would bet the majority of gamers are actually on console by raw numbers. Appliances are super useful for normies. And native desktop development is, like, 2% of enterprise development. Tops. And all the paying users are over on the mac side.
- ldarby 3y ago
  I don't develop or support anything on Windows. Sure that excludes 99.9% (I guess) of career options involving a computer, but I've still found employment that doesn't require Windows. But once either Microsoft finally succeeds at banning Linux from running on desktop PCs (which is basically what this is about), or every single employer requires everyone to run Windows, then I guess I'll switch careers to farming or something.
throwaway2990 3y ago
So you’re used to Linux. But there are people who can do your job faster than you who use windows or macOS. Just like there are people who will work slower and be limited compared to you. Use what you prefer. I can use any and get my job done. All 3 have their own pros and cons.

by ldarby 3y ago

bmurray7jhu 3y ago

Lots of semiconductor design tools are Windows only.

rkagerer 3y ago
So are CAD design tools.

SoftTalker 3y ago

Where I work pretty much everyone who's not a developer or system admin uses Windows. Most of them never leave the confines of Edge, Teams, Sharepoint, Outlook, and MS Office with maybe the exception being Zoom. It's an enterprise config of some sort so it more or less stays out of their way. Windows Home sounds absolutely horrific and I can't imagine why anyone uses it, other than they don't know anything else.

cyber_kinetist 3y ago

Then how are you going to do the majority of native desktop app/game development (where most of your users use Windows)?

Kamq 3y ago
I would bet the majority of gamers are actually on console by raw numbers. Appliances are super useful for normies. And native desktop development is, like, 2% of enterprise development. Tops. And all the paying users are over on the mac side.
ldarby 3y ago
I don't develop or support anything on Windows. Sure that excludes 99.9% (I guess) of career options involving a computer, but I've still found employment that doesn't require Windows. But once either Microsoft finally succeeds at banning Linux from running on desktop PCs (which is basically what this is about), or every single employer requires everyone to run Windows, then I guess I'll switch careers to farming or something.

throwaway2990 3y ago

So you’re used to Linux. But there are people who can do your job faster than you who use windows or macOS. Just like there are people who will work slower and be limited compared to you. Use what you prefer. I can use any and get my job done. All 3 have their own pros and cons.