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I think I am actually a little less productive on a Mac than I was on Linux. However, if you are developing web applications that will be hosted on a *nix server, OS X is much better than Windows.
I'd only be more efficient on Linux because it doesn't support WoW.
actually one thing i forgot to ask was, was there anything "bad" about your Dell system?? If you were satisfied with the Dell, why ceven onsider the Mac? Dont get me wrong I am not anti mac (you could even say I am jealous of mac users out there), just asking because i will need to be upgrading my dell in about 6 months... so seeing if there is a clear pain point that i am in denial about that could be totally allevi…
My Dell Dimension system is about 4 years old (Pentium 4/3.2Ghz running Windows XP) and has required a new power supply, RAM and the HD seems to be next. The power supply failed at around 14 months (I only had a one year warranty -- bad move in hindsight) and Dell support sent me around in circles for a month to get a replacement. I ended up finding one on eBay. If I ever purchase another Dell, it would be from their business division (OptiPlex or Precision) which seems to offer much better support and use standard parts.
Why doesn't anyone ever mention andLinux as an option? I have it installed on my over-a-year-old vista laptop with 2 gigs of ram and it runs great (I have a bash terminal window, photoshop cs3, dreamweaver, intype, and firefox open right now). I program with Rails nearly every day on this machine, using the terminal for all of my scripting needs and have never run into a problem. All I really need from Linux is the c…
I switched from Windows to Mac about 2 years ago and never looked back. My main reason for going to OSX instead of Linux at the time was because Photoshop wasn't available on Linux and GIMP makes me cry. I used Photoshop a lot. Still, I'd do it again at this point. I found the adjustment period to be quite short, but then again I had been working on both Windows and Linux for quite a long time so I was already used t…
I recently switched from linux to mac, and I would not pay the apple tax again. I force myself to use the fisher price os they call osx, to justify the apple tax i payed for the hardware. But being a windows to mac user may be a better transition. For those that say use Vmware.. why not just buy the cheaper hardware and run windows. The hardware is all commodity, and you are not getting any benefits from the hardware…
it sounds like you're trying to use your pinky to hit the command key. it's a lot more comfortable if you use your thumb to hit the command key. it's a lot more natural to hit the command key for me, since i only have to curl my thumb in a little bit to hit the command key, whereas i can't reach the control key with my pinky unless I shift my hand.
The same applies to Q, E, W, and all other keys on the right side of the board. Switch it the other way around (pinky on the left Ctrl) if you're hitting P, O, K or any other keys on the right side.
That's the "proper" way of typing, but it's not always easy to remember, especially when you're holding the mouse on the other hand and copy/pasting on the fly.
Also, I'm not sure how this properly translates on a mac (i have a mac at home but i'm on my work PC right now ...)
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Any mention of Apple sure gets your dander up, doesn't it?
yes, i get particularly pissed by so-called counter-culture hipsters pissing all over the unwashed masses yet slavishly dedicated to the hypocrisy of crass consumerism when they think its "cool". the appletards go miles beyond any shopping-zombie i can think of in their pursuit of buying shit. and yes, it is shit. its stunning that there are morons buying the new macbooks for $2k!!!...i mean, you have to be braindead…
> its stunning that there are morons buying the new macbooks for $2k!!!...i mean, you have to be braindead.
Do you have a car? By your logic - if you drive anything above a Geo Metro you must be braindead. If you don't, do you pay for the bus? You could walk - you must be braindead. Do everything yourself, pay for nothing! Don't put money into making yourself happy with the things you use most of your waking life! What a weakling!
Since you mention eclipse I would say "proceed with caution". There are two issues: a) Eclipse itself is less usable and less stable. I have colleagues who are unable to debug, experience crashes etc. which I never see on Linux / Windows. b) probably you are doing java development. Java itself has very weak commitment on the Mac and often lags years behind the latest releases and even then may have issues. If you mak…
MochaCode [http://syntori.com/mochacode/] is good but nowhere near the level of eclipse, but then again I haven't used it in many months.
For work I use character terminals, remote screen sessions and web browsers for everything that matters which leaves me free to use just about any laptop/desktop/os combination I want. Although in theory I'm free to go with whatever I like, I find in practice that using the same working environment as my co-workers helps everyone on the team be more productive because everyone quickly learns how to help each other solve unanticipated problems. As a consequence I did the dual-boot windows/linux thing for several years and later switched to OSX because that's what my fellow developers were doing at the time.
At home where my role is different (I'm pretty much the sole source of technical support for my family), we all have Mac laptops running OSX because our time is important to us and I've found keeping several OSX laptops working properly is trivial compared to other operating systems.
I was in your position recently and decided to switch. 3 months later and I'm back with Windows - it is simply more efficient for me . I'm really big on productivity, so I really tried to customize every tool I've listed below. To give some background, the main programs I use are: 1. ( http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/04/09/launchers.h... "Launchers - SlickRun vs QuickSilver + Butler/Launchbar") a) Ported a…
Did not read you comment yet, but does this markup have to break the layout of the page? Makes the discussion not so nice to follow with too long rows. I remember someone else also complaining about this lately... Why is the PRE-tag used here and how can I get around this?
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yeah its amazing that apple touts themselves as pro-user but their external keyboards are without a doubt the most craptastic worthless keyboards on the market. they look cool but are utterly useless for prolonged use and yes apple takes your freedom and will slowly turn you into an idiot. we're software developers damnit, we're supposed to be interested in how the computer works under the hood, not looking to put a…
A good deal of OS X is open source, but that's beside the point. I don't really care that XNU, etc, are open source, because I don't want to develop an OS -- I want to develop for that OS. If you're so bothered about everything being open, then I suppose you are using OpenBSD, not Linux or anything else, because it doesn't contain binary blobs? Seriously, I don't understand why you're so bothered about things being o…