On 2016-08-24 09:05, Anon Anon wrote:
I have a MacBook pro I use at work. It's a Mac. It'll work. It's a
bastardized bsd box.
I haven't turned mine off in months. If you need a Mac, buy it.
Why not try running mac os in a virtual box machine to try it out
before hand?
Interesting though. Is there a free download?
On Aug 24, 2016 08:54, "Keith Smith" <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi,
I'm strongly considering buying a Macbook pro.
I'm a LAMP (PHP) developer. Currently I use Mint on a Dell. Both
laptop and desktop. I do have a Dell laptop that runs M$ 10. Was a
bad move upgrading from M$7 to M$10... another story for another
day.
The reason for my desired move is I want something that just works.
I do not have the time nor do I have the expertise to maintain
Linux Mint when there is an issue. For instance Dropbox does not
launch correctly. I have a work around, but do not want to have to
figure this stuff out. JoinMe.com does no work completely on my
Linux desktop and I need it so I use my Windows laptop. I can watch
but I cannot become the presenter.
Moving to Mac is purely a business decision.
Up to this point I have bought cheap on sale Dell.
I also need Virtualbox because I need to develop using PHP 5.6 and
PHP 7.
In doing my research I have narrowed my search to the Macbook Pro
13.3 or 15.4 inch models. I'm leaning towards the 15.4 since it has
16GB of RAM. I suspect with the SSD drives these Macs have to sing.
My shock is the $2000 price tag. Yikes. I'm used to cheap dell
hardware that I pay $300 to $400 for on sale. I can see Best Buy is
selling the MacBook at a slightly discounted price.
If I can be just a little more productive the Mac will pay for
itself in no time.
The other thing I like about the Pro is it allows for driving two
external monitors. At the resolution the Pro provides that should
be a lot of real estate give the laptop monitor makes 3. The only
downside I am aware of is with the external monitors the refresh
rate drops to 30Hz. I think someone on this list brought that up
and they did not like that low of a refresh rate.
I think I would find iMovie and Pages useful. And I could add an
iPhone to the mix and utilize those benefits.
If I buy the Mackbook pro 15.4 inch with 16GB of RAM what would be
a reasonable life expectancy in a production environment? What
would I be able to reasonably expect working it 12+ hours a day, day
in day?
Any and every thought is much appreciated.
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Keith Smith
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