Scoble asks "Why do Bloggers prefer Macs?" and offers a few different ideas.
So, I've theorized a few reasons why BloggerCon attendees overwhelmingly were Mac users.
- Corporate culture. (The early days at Apple and Microsoft and why it matters even today).
- Attendees came from certain self-selected niches. (Press, creatives, academics).
- The "think different" factor (Apple vs. Microsoft marketing).
- Apple's "sharing" culture (donations to schools).
I actually think there's one other factor. The four above are some of it. But there are some other things going on. First, OS X and its Unix roots. This was one of the things that initially attracted me. I come from the Unix world initially and I was really curious about what Apple was doing. At this point I've been immensely happy with what they've done. This is probably the second most stable computer I've owned. The first being an old MSDOS box I had years ago. OS X has attracted other people like me. I know a lot of sysadmins who have them now. It's like having a portable workstation with you that has all the tools you're used to. It's also familiar to anyone who's been doing web stuff on a unix box running Apache. It even comes with apache all set to go.
I think Apple is going to start to turn things around a bit. I don't think they will ever necessarily be as big as MS. I don't think they need to be. But I do think you're going to see more and more people looking at Macs as a real option instead of just something for graphics people.
