FWIW, I always buy refurbished Macs. They are a lot cheaper and come
bare-bones. Then I find memory, hard drives, etc and upgrade those
items separately. Last year a refurb macbook (2GHz) cost me $999 +
$~200 for RAM + $200 for 160GB drive. If I had to do it again, I
would have gone for more RAM and a larger HD. A new 320 GB SATA
notebook drive is ~$200 iirc.
-dhs
Dean H. Saxe, CISSP, CEH
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"[T]he people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.
This is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being
attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and
exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country."
--Hermann Goering, Hitler's Reich-Marshall at the Nuremberg Trials
On Dec 28, 2007, at 10:39 AM, Dean H. Saxe wrote:
VMWare baby!
I have a number of VMs which I use for Java, CF, etc. when I need
Windows based services like SQL Server. Any Windows based programs
which I can't find a Mac equivalent of get run under VMWare. Of
course, you could boot into XP with Bootcamp on a separate
partition, but that's no good for me since I use it so infrequently.
Dean H. Saxe, CISSP, CEH
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the
homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of
totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? "
--Gandhi
On Dec 28, 2007, at 10:22 AM, Dusty Hale wrote:
Just curious if you are able to run SQL and/or Oracle on a Mac?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan
Kaufman
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 10:15 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [ACFUG Discuss] CF and Vista
I had the very same “before the year end” dilemma but had after 22
years with Microsoft have decided to GO MAC—cause it just works.
Period.
Best of luck, and I do agree with Dean’s comment “don’t downgrade
to Vista”—unless you’re into horror stories.
Dan K.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dusty
Hale
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 6:46 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [ACFUG Discuss] CF and Vista
Hope everyone had a very merry xmas and wishes for a happy new year.
I am going to buy a new notebook before Dec. 31 or at least try to
get the order in before year end in order to spend the money before
the 2007 tax year ends (for a write off). I was debating with
myself as to what OS to get (XP or Vista). I currently use XP Pro.
These are my questions if anyone has any feedback or wants to
discuss:
1. Should I stay with XP Pro instead of moving to Vista?
2. Are there issues with using Adobe products like CF, DW, or other
tools with Vista.
3. If I move to Vista is there a particular version I need to do CF
work (home, pro, etc.)
4. If I stay with XP, do I really need the Pro version to do CF work?
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Dusty
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