Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: Typical Mac users Date: 9 Apr 2026 03:43:36 GMT Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <10r65k8$3pmph$1@dont-email.me> <10r667u$3ohtf$3@dont-email.me> <10r6a2j$3r417$1@dont-email.me> <10r6iq0$3td01$2@dont-email.me> <20260408152005.000013df@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net NSL7zgtWz4dADwO+7gQa7g8RCaKDFcz+gGKfmKhwYqlzusbwlu Cancel-Lock: sha1:mTM5BcNefpAPCGWAfT3uzybLLhw= sha256:hH2RL6VthHoqFT13Y8JlyrWIvXW5oF9u4YmEnuSjOkA= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:85594 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:144388 On Wed, 8 Apr 2026 15:20:05 -0700, John Ames wrote: > While you're correct, 34% is, if clearly a minority, a really very > *substantial* minority, much higher than I woulda guesstimated. I'm sure > that's skewed by the fact that iOS development requires ownership of a > Mac (so anyone selling a mobile app on Apple's platform is ipso facto a > Mac user,) but still. I'd be interested to compare with other platforms > (you can cross-develop for both Windows and *nix on either, if you > want,) but I expect it'd be harder to come by reliable numbers... We had a project to develop an iOS app in conjunction with an Android app using Xamarin so we did buy a Mac Mini. The unboxing was interesting with programming and qa poking at it and wondering what to do with the thing. We eventually dropped the iOS attempt as being too much of a hassle for a proprietary, limited distribution app. At least then on Android you could sideload an apk. I did like the form factor of the Mini and bought a Beelink mini to play with. It came with Windows 11 Pro that lasted a couple of days before it became a Linux box. It's worked out really well. I don't know what ever happened to the Mini, probably on a shelf or in a desk drawer someplace.