the short answer is because they're smart :-). You have to remember that OS X is Unix with the best GUI. The Unix platform is far more mature than the Window core therefore more stable. Also, Unix was originate by programmers for programmers
Hope that help. Also, if you'd ever spend some quality time use OS X you'd never go back to Windows & I used Windows since 3.0 until about 6 months ago. I'll never run another Windows PC ------Original Message------ From: Jim Knowlton To: Ruby on Rails: Talk ReplyTo: rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com Subject: [Rails] Why do so many Ruby/Rails developers use Macs? Sent: Dec 4, 2009 11:33 AM I am a QA engineer who works in Ruby quite a bit, and I've never been able to figure out...why is there a disproportionately large contingent of Mac users among Ruby developers? Macs are probably 10 percent of the computer market, but every time I go to a Ruby conference, probably 80 percent of the laptops there are Macs. Any thoughts? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
