I used to use a ThinkPad but now I use a MacBook Pro with Parallels. I can easily do Eclipse development on Mac OS X, Win XP, Vista, and Linux. It's a great experience.
- Ken > From: ext Hallvard Trætteberg <[email protected]> > Reply-To: E4 Project developer mailing list <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:10:23 +0100 > To: E4 Project developer mailing list <[email protected]> > Subject: [e4-dev] The ideal Eclipse developer computer > > Hi all and Happy New Year! > > I hope it's not considered abuse of the list to ask a question of the proper > equipment to do Eclipse development. If so, I apologize and you just ignore > the > rest. > > I'm looking for a replacement for my 3 year old 14-inch (wide format) > ThinkPad. > I noticed that many of you had a ThinkPad (not strange considering IBM's > dominance) at ESE, but I also noticed that many also had a MacBook (Pro I > guess). I've read several comments that the MacBook has become one of the best > Eclipse development machines: > - the usability is in general great > - SWT is becoming better on MacOSX > - the Unix foundation makes it a good server (SVN, Tomcat, Geronimo, Axis...) > and allows old-fashioned scripting > - it handles memory-intensive applications better than Windows > - runs Windows programs well in BootCamp or using virtualization software like > Fusion of Parallel. > > While I don't hate Windows (although Vista has made it easier), it has served > me > well for many years, I've concluded that I'd rather have a Unix-based laptop > due > to better scaling, robustness, scripting etc. What I don't know is how MacOSX > compares to Linux when it comes to hosting Eclipse and web server-based > applications. After having seen the announcement of the new 17-inch MacBook > Pro > (I think I can afford it), I know what my heart wants, but the experience of > others count a lot. E.g. how important is the screen size, how does MacOSX > compare to Linux (Unix foundation, administration/installation and Window > Management), Java support etc. > > Hallvard > _______________________________________________ > e4-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/e4-dev _______________________________________________ e4-dev mailing list [email protected] https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/e4-dev
