Hi Davy, True, but as I recall the Mac Mini doesn't come with a monitor etc. That still needs to be purchased separately so right there when you add the cost of a monitor and whatever else you want we are looking at $800 to $1000 to outfit yourself with a Mac.
I can't speak as to VMWare Workstation, because I don't have it, but I did try someone's Mac OS X disc on VMWare Player and got nowhere with it. So add that to the legal issues and it is a pain in the butt for a Windows developer to develop anything for Mac. As far as Java and Linux goes it does depend on JVM. You can have the official Oracle JRE, or you can get the stock open source JRE. Both work, but I tend to trust the official Oracle JRE more for development and testing. Cheers! On 12/14/13, Davy Kager <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > To be perfectly fair, one can have a Mac mini for $600, which should lower > the barrier somewhat. > I don't know to what extent running Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware is legal, > but I do know that it works using VMware Workstation, even on AMD > processors. Not that you'd gain much in the financial area, VMware > Workstation is far from cheap. Not to mention those legal problems (which I > haven't researched). > > Personally I'd probably not use a MacBook as my main system. The keyboard > misses some important keys, and I'd almost certainly Boot Camp it all the > time except when developing. That type of use versus the $1200 or more for > a MacBook makes it clear that they are not for me (yet). > I would like to get a stable Linux desktop up and running, though. I'd > probably use a virtual machine or discarded old computer for that, but > still. It will be interesting to see how Java handles itself on these > systems. > > Davy --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
