On Wednesday 16 Jan 2008, Abyss Knight wrote: > Macs are not expensive. Sure, you pay a premium for design if you buy > the higher end stuff but a Mac Mini can be had quite inexpensively.
The Mac Mini is too slow to develop on, but, to compare apples with apples, I could buy a Shuttle mini-pc for much less than a Mac mini... > Not to mention the countless used and refurbished machines on sale in > many outlets. <shrug> I can buy a cheap 2nd hand PC too, spec-for-spec it'll be cheaper than a 2nd hand Mac. > honestly say it was the best decision I made regarding OS switches. I > still use Windows at work for compatibility reasons, but any and all > freelance I do is on my Mac. I run Flex Builder 3, Photoshop, If I was rich enough I would have replaced my Tosh. with a MacBook pro, as it was http://rachaelandtom.info/node/1492 ... > I don't mean to come off as an evangelist, as I strongly believe > anything with a text editor and a FTP client is equal, but to count > the Mac out on account of price is rather invalid. Depends on how much cash you have to spend really. If I can get the same performance on a cheaper Linux box, with a similar level of user experience, why not do that ? > Adobe folks and most of the attendees had Macs. ;) Trendy artist scum :-) -- Tom Chiverton Helping to professionally reinvent exceptional functionalities on: http://thefalken.livejournal.com **************************************************** This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by The Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
