I'll second Kenneth on OSX == BSD and that you don't really need Linux. I've been developing on OSX since '08 for software that is deployed to Linux servers with no problems. It's as good as a BSD box, but with better user experience and it's also the finest hardware you can buy in that form factor. It's expensive, though, but since I earn my livelihood off it *and* use it for personal stuff, I find that it was well worth the investment. I wouldn't at this point choose anything else if I had to get a new machine.
You may want to purchase it in the US as that works out about 20% cheaper and the warranty is global anyway. Remember to add the cost of AppleCare to the price of the laptop while budgeting. Also, apple branded hardware upgrades and accessories (mini-DVI to VGA adapter for projectors for example) are expensive. You're allowed to upgrade RAM without voiding warranty, and you can get a superb 8GB upgrade pack for $85 in the US as opposed to Apple's $200 or so for a similar upgrade. Watch out for Apple support in India - all your requests will be rejected and you're forced to escalate to customer relations to get any replacements. HTH, Sidu Ponnappa. http://sidu.in "A truly wise man never plays leapfrog with a unicorn." - `fortune -o` On 18 August 2011 15:52, kenneth gonsalves <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2011-08-18 at 12:57 +0530, Manokaran K wrote: >> Am planning to go in for a new laptop. I have done some research and >> to me >> it seems the new MacBook Air (i5, 4GB, 13", 1.35Kgs, 128GB SSD) is a >> good >> buy! Am going to use it for web development and am considering the >> following >> options: >> >> 1. Make it a dual boot OSX and Ubuntu system >> 2. Use VirtualBox to run Ubuntu (and maybe even Win7) >> >> Anyone here, who has gone through this, > > I had an ibook for three years. It is basically BSD - so no need even > for dual boot. All open source software including open office ran on it. > I never used all the fancy mac stuff on it so cannot comment. They have > something called (I think) parallels which one can run any number of OSs > at the same time. Fortunately for me, it got broken accidently so I was > able to get back to the wonderful world of linux. > -- > regards > Kenneth Gonsalves > > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
