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		zelly on May 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Swift 5.3 Will Be Supported on Windows and Additio... This will never happen. Part of the reason programmers or aspiring programmers buy MacBooks is they think they will be working on iApps at some point in time. This is an example of the most intolerant minority winning[1]. I may have to use Windows to make games, but I can install Windows on a MacBook. I cannot install MacOS on a laptop with Windows or Linux pre-installed. [1] https://medium.com/incerto/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dict...

saagarjha on May 16, 2020 [–]

> Part of the reason programmers or aspiring programmers buy MacBooks is they think they will be working on iApps at some point in time.

Or perhaps they like the hardware or OS and have no intention to work on apps?

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