• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    My favorite part about the Microsoft translation is that MS reportedly had to go out and buy a bunch of MacOS machines for the Open AI folks because they didn’t want to use the operating system that their future employer made.

    I wonder if Apple’s two week return policy works for enterprise purchases of hundreds of machines.

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      11 months ago

      I can assure you that Microsoft already purchases a ton of Macs. They develop software for Mac and iOS, after all.

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        11 months ago

        Do they just hand them out though to developers?

        Edit: it’s a question, why the downvotes? Can I ask a question? Y’all are a tough crowd.

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          11 months ago

          Yup they do, I worked there. Had 2 macs and an iPhone for development. Many employees use Mac laptops over surfaces as well

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            11 months ago

            Were you working specifically on Mac or iPhone related software? If I’m an Azure developer, can I use a Mac?

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              11 months ago

              I worked on an app team, PowerPoint. After Balmer left, policies changed such that any new office app features had to ship on both windows and Mac at the same time. (Or least try to)

              So I think that definitely helped and allowed people to request macs as thier laptops. For azure, I’m not sure…

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          11 months ago

          Maybe not MacBooks, but some OSX device is needed if you want to develop for iOS. And I don’t see why they wouldn’t do that, a Mac is not that expensive from a business point of view.

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          11 months ago

          No they don’t. Microsoft makes software. Outsourcing making software makes no sense.

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        11 months ago

        That’s wild. I can’t dev for shit on a MacBook. I usually have to install Parallels or something if that’s the case.

        Or use Linux (when possible).

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        11 months ago

        It makes sense. You can develop for Windows and Linux on Mac, but you can’t develop for Mac or iOS anywhere else but on Mac; at least not easily. In my job, I develop full stack web but also device code for Windows, Mac, and ChromeOS. It’s way more convenient for me to use a Mac with VMware running Windows and ChromeOS than trying to cobble together a device lab.