When I see demos of web apps (videos, screenshots), I can't help but notice that they are all almost exclusively done using Macs.<p>Is there some secret to why everyone's doing this?
Why am I not seeing more demos on Windows? Or Linux for that matter?
I think there are a few reasons<p>1. Mac UI looks good, browser fonts look good there too
2. A lot of open source stack developers use OSX as their dev machines, so the code has already been tested there
3. Since OSX is BSD, a lot of the same server code runs, and runs well on OSX, so demos can run well with everything hosted on the same machine without needing VMs or other tricks.<p>Windows can do all of this too, but some stuff doesn't work as easily on Window. Microsoft server stack runs great on Windows, but 'the cool kids' are all running open source stacks.
Chances are, that's what the developers are using to build the product. Same with the people making the screencast, if this is a different party than the developer(s) themselve(s).
The fidelity seems to be better on OS X than on Windows, and therefore the site justs looks more crisp. Its something that I noticed testing websites on both Windows and OS X.