> On 6/12/04 9:06 PM, "Dick Applebaum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Jun 12, 2004, at 5:16 PM, Jeff wrote:
> > Hey Jeff, welcome to the other side %^)>
> >
> > Actually, you will find quite a few people on this list running on
> Mac
> > OS X.
> >
> > What are the specs of your laptop -- CPU, speed RAM, HD space?
>
> It's a 15" G4/1gHz/512/60G
>
That's plenty -- I started doing CF Development on an old iMac 333MHZ,
256Meg RAM 6 Gig drive.
I then moved to the same config you have -- I gave that to my
son-in-law & now have an early 17" 1GHz plus wireless kb & mouse & 23"
Apple flat panel
> > One of the best sites is at O'Reilly's MacDevCenter at:
> >
> > http://macdevcenter.com/
>
> Awesome. That's exactly what I needed.
Yeah, good site!
>
> > You could do that, but it's prolly not necessary to��conserve
> resources
> > -- Virtual Memory doesn't take Real Memory when the programs are
> > inactive -- there's a little overhead, but not much.
>
> So I can run Apache, Jrun, and CF and it won't eat my resources?
>
Not that you'd notice!
> > BTW, if yor decide to go the way of multiple users, you can set up
> the
> > Mac to 1-click switch from user to user (you will need to enter any
> > required passwords).��This switches to another user without the
> need to
> > logout the current user.
>
> Actually, that's why I was heading that way. I could easily switch
> into
> development mode and have all that stuff attached to that email.
>
> > Yeah! You can do it -- quite well too!
>
> That's great news.
>
> > On the Mac, lots of things are already preinstalled for you (Java,
> > Apache, etc) so you don't need to mess with these installs.
>
> Yeah, I already noticed that. That's why I was heading in that
> direction and
> didn't get
>
> > Prolly the most difficult install you will encounter is whichever
> > databases you choose to use -- Lotsa' choices -- Open Suorce, and/or
> > free developer versions of almost everything except MS-Access and
> > MS-SQL-Server.
>
> What would I do if I wanted to edit sites at work that were using
> Access or
> SQL?
You can connect to SQL-Server with the same Datasource you use from a
PC. Access is a little harder -- it doesn't run as a server. But you
could buy some 3rd-party sw that front-ends access and acts like a
server. ($500).
>
> > Don't worry about the command line -- you'll rapidly pick up what
> you
> > need to know.
> >
> > If you run into snage, post them here, the people on this list are
> > great!
>
> That's what I'm hoping for!
ENJOY!
>
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