On Thursday 18 August 2011 06:31 PM, Sidu Ponnappa wrote: > 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.
I was just going to suggest Mano to post in the Chennai.rb/BangaloreRUG lists, as there are more converts there :). I think you can take Sidu at his words, but personally, I never got the Mac religion. I've used a few Macs and they're beautiful machines for sure, but they don't excite me in the same way that most 'hackable' devices do (I use an Android phone though I can very well afford an iPhone and hate my Kindle with a passion, so take my views with a pinch of salt) and I have problems with Apple's worldview delivering (admittedly beautiful) computing experience on what are essentially closed systems. If you'd give me the same money, I'd buy a ThinkPad X220 with SSD option and run Ubuntu (or Arch, if you're hard core :D) and run VirtualBox for Win7/Mac OSX needs, etc. But that's just me, so the best option would be to borrow a Mac for a while (and setup your work environment on it) and see if you like the experience, and then spring for whatever you like. Vamsee. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
