Well, I was about to buy a new Mac and that purchase has just been put on hold... Looks like a MicroSoft specified machine is in my future. Too bad 'cos MS specifications have really inhibited innovation. And the mix of UI with UNIX is nice. I've still not found a Linux distro that comes close that also comes with everything I need.
Kirk On Oct 21, 2010, at 5:37 PM, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pity, really, Apple has (had?) really won over Java developers with their > > recent Macs. > > Yeah but wasn't that driven mostly by "my enemy's enemy is my friend"? > > I don't think so, I think Macs hit the right balance between the comfort of > UNIX (which Java developers usually enjoy) and a sensical UI (something Linux > never figured out, and most likely never will). > > Having said that, I think the Mac UI looks quite antiquated compared to > Windows 7 and it's also full of inconsistencies that irritate me on a daily > basis (for example, I can create a new folder from the Finder but I can't do > so from an Open File dialog, even though the two look exactly the same). > > I like my Mac but I don't think I would mind it that much if my next work > laptop was running Windows (the odds of which seem to have increased after > this morning's announcement). > > I can also tell you that this announcement is causing quite a stir at my > employer (and probably many others) and I wouldn't be surprised if Java based > tech companies would start reconsidering their future Mac purchases as > developer machines in the near future. > > -- > Cédric > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
