No, not at all. Do you think Facebook would have gone so far into implementing all the current features since the launch if the whole site was written in Perl? Same thing with YouTube and Twitter...
> I have been a Mac user for over 15 years and those that say Mac's are only good for iOS and Mac specific stuff are sort of naive.
Well, are you going to back up your statement?
> You can run Windows or Linux as well. There are also Virtual Machine possibilities.
I'd rather build a Linux box if virtual machines are the "attracting" features of Macs.
> I think that good tools help productivity and a MacBook Pro is a GREAT tool..
Again, define "good tools." I've never owned a Mac, but I find it hard to believe its hardware is the main reason for success. I thought the software takes much of the credit.
Not many prototype elements to make it a special product. Several prints of an empty browser's window and a few bucks worth of white post-it notes seem to do the same trick.
I'd gladly take a pay cut if that's what it takes to increase the thank you's and make the place more enjoyable--especially if I have to spend most of my day among the same strangers.