I switched about 10 months ago, and I'll still tell anyone who is interested how happy I am about it. I do all of my work, comfortably and happily, on a 15" MBP.
The overall positive impact on my productivity is more than worth the 5x pricetag. But, on top of that, my working life is so much less stressful, it's just ridiculous. And, that of course, also makes me more productive (which in turn reduces stress). --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Cole Joplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have made the switch to Mac, and wanted to chime in. I have developed on Windows for most of my career, but I'm moving everything to Mac. I am more than satisfied with FB3 on the Mac. In fact, I've been slowly moving to Mac for practically everything for a year now. Development is better, and overall stress is way down. It's a little different, just like Linux is different. Everything just works, all the time, as far as tools goes. That is my experience anyway. I'm not alone. One by one, my co-workers are running necessary Windows programs from > VMWare Fusion, with no complaints. In fact, our office is just > buying new Macs. Linux seems to be the fate of all our Windows PCs nowadays, especially if it says Dell. That's working out extremely well also. The bottom line is we are more productive on Macs. Isn't that the point? > > I am fortunate to have a MacBook Pro, with 4GB and 8MB of L2 cache. So, there's a lot to be said for good hardware and memory. But since this a general Mac statement, I say yes, it's great. Scared of Vista? It's okay, you can say it, we all know. Thinking now's a good time to switch? Definitely consider it. With people scavenging for unused XP licenses, because they are tired of rebuilding Vista, it's good timing. I was fine with XP, but that's not a real choice for the future. Vista is a big step backwards, in our experience. Who knows when a new Windows is coming out. We can't wait a few years for them to get their act together. > > Macs have never been so good. It's not just the new and shiny, as has been suggested previously. Mac makes a solid case for productivity, now and the next few years. I'm sure Adobe would agree. Right now, I can't image not having a Mac to develop on. > > -- Cole > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Gustavo Duenas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 7:53:10 AM > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Do you use a Mac? > > welcome to the mac family :) > > On Oct 24, 2008, at 1:52 PM, Jatin Nanda wrote: > > I still use both forms extensively. I have a development PC, which I am slowly de-commissioning and a dell laptop that is primarily used for off-site work. > > My new development machine is actually a 2Gb 24" iMac (am awaiting delivery of the additional 2Gb). Apart from the big screen, the main reason why i bought this is the lact of wires. It has a single power cable, i have an Ethernet cable & an additional DVI cable for a 2nd screen. But no other wires (keyboard and mouse are wireless). Its got a built in cam for video conferencing, and built in speakers. Where my development pc had upto 15 different cables (power, additional monitors, speakers, keyboard mouse) the iMac makes my desk tidier. Oh yes and it looks good too. > > As a development experience, I am slowly beginning to lean towards the mac. Eclipse does not look as good/polish as it does on a PC. Expose & Spaces is very useful. But since I still need a lot of windows apps, which are installed in VMs. I could do with more RAM though > > Regards, > > J > > > > > > 2008/10/24 john fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED] net> > > yeah, thanks, have that. Its much better than a couple of years ago. > Probably plenty good enough for a bushwhacker like me if I just took > some time with it. > J > > > Guy Morton wrote: > > Inkscape is a reasonable Illustrator- replacement, and it's free. > > > > > > > > > > > Gustavo A. Duenas > Creative DirectorLEFT AND RIGHT SOLUTIONS > 904. 265 0330 - 904. 386 7958 > www.leftandrightsolutions.com > Jacksonville - Florida >
