Apple was x86 when WoA began.
Depends on who is buying.
In my company, more and more people are switching to Mac. This includes managers, people using their laptop as a terminal to the clusters/cloud, and people doing local development. This has nothing to do with Windows or specific software or bragging, it's just that the alternative machines we can choose from are just incredibly bad (Lenovo pro line), and Apple machines, despite their OS, just work, are fast and have great battery life. I certainly won't make this a generality, perhaps Lenovo is particularly bad, but I doubt Acer or ASUS or whatever x86 company people will name that do great x86 laptops is an option for large companies. So most of my team is slowly switching to Apple, waiting for their Lenovo laptops to get out of maintenance contract.
I guess if battery life is an issue then you have to go with some OEM builder no matter how slapshod or overpriced they are.
I hope Framework with Pop_OS Cosmic will actually bring people to Linux.
is this a joke
I know 🙂 It's still going to be a very small %, but I was thinking business/home users who don't want MS AI spyware, and Linux these days has all essential apps & more.
no one cares.
No one wants Linux in enterprise altogether.
May be those in the Anglosphere don't care. May be they'll begin to care more.
Linux is the enterprise OS already for many engineering needs. Only for large scale enterprises with corporate admin is what you say valid. But not true for small companies if it comes with support. I know companies in Germany, Switzerland who offer robust Linux & Open Source based support. Mac is still the attractive option, but Linux is emerging as a good option for those who don't want vendor lock-in.
No, no one just like, ever cares.
That's the market that matters.
I know, but my point that fleet management on Linux sucks donkey balls still stands.
I mean this in the nicest possible way, but you can count on both hands the people that want what you're saying here and the people who have a need for 50 cores on a mainstream platform. Fun niches, cool, whatever, but not really gonna be sellers
I said it more like a future prospect as a well thought amalgamation of h/w & s/w that is repair/upgrade friendly and offers open source ownership. Not for everyone ofc, but as a valuable differentiation that could spawn a few more brands. Not meant as a big seller at all.
What difference does it make to me? I am happy the option exists. Isn't AT supposed to be the nerd forum to discuss niches?
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These are not esoteric at all in DE, CH. We have quite a reputation for it! 🙂
Good luck with your endeavours! More tech the better. It's just not going to become mainstream, sorry!
Oh, again, I never said it'll be mainstream at all. But just a promising option for a pleasant Linux experience that hopefully more people can try out with no harm, and no cost (for OS), and go from there.
I work in a large engineering company (10k employees). Linux has been supported here at least since I joined 20 years ago. All engineers run Linux or macOS. In upper management, more and more people are switching from Windows to macOS. Agreed that's a single point data, but I'd argue that larger companies have the capacity to dedicate some IT support guys with Linux knowledge.
True. I also had students in mind when I thought of Framework + Pop_OS Cosmic DE. While Mac is now more popular than ever, I know that in Unis in CH, DE, there are student run Linux support groups going on for long now, and many even have dedicated groups in student dorms with one day of the week for walk-in tweaks.
