I echo Ken's statement. Life is great with a MacBook Pro with 4GB of RAM. On top of that, VMWare Fusion (like Parallels) allows me to run WIn XP and Linux with ease. The only downside to a Mac is that Apple with its ingenuity, decided to have 4 modifier keys (Fn, Control, Alt/Option, Command).
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Ken Ryall <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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