Is the author suggesting using Macs is a new trend? Or is the main point that a new desktop focused on using cloud hosted services would become popular?
Nine years ago Paul Graham wrote about hackers returning to the Mac (http://paulgraham.com/mac.html), where he concluded that his dad, who had not taken Paul's suggestion to buy Sun stock 10 years prior, should buy Apple stock (it turned out to be a good bet but for slightly different reasons).
A developer-targeted desktop environment that is better optimized for most developer's workflow, and that has native integration to Github and the like sounds nice, but considering the effort needed to coordinate an effort, wouldn't it be better to advocate a cloud-based IDE and use a Chromebook or iPad?
Separately, it's interesting how little argument there is about which OS is better in this thread. It could be the sort of people that comment here, or it's an indication about how much people care about and identify with an OS nowadays.
Nine years ago Paul Graham wrote about hackers returning to the Mac (http://paulgraham.com/mac.html), where he concluded that his dad, who had not taken Paul's suggestion to buy Sun stock 10 years prior, should buy Apple stock (it turned out to be a good bet but for slightly different reasons).
A developer-targeted desktop environment that is better optimized for most developer's workflow, and that has native integration to Github and the like sounds nice, but considering the effort needed to coordinate an effort, wouldn't it be better to advocate a cloud-based IDE and use a Chromebook or iPad?
Separately, it's interesting how little argument there is about which OS is better in this thread. It could be the sort of people that comment here, or it's an indication about how much people care about and identify with an OS nowadays.