Malcolm, 1. The Magic Mouse is a good offering if you like mice but I would definitely go for the Apple Magic Trackpad. I have both but rarely if ever use the mouse. Once you use the Magic Trackpad and/or the standard Apple touchpad you never want to go back to a mouse. Also the external keyboard that goes with the Magic Trackpad is great.
2. As I said earlier 16Gb definitely. 3. Vmware Fusion V6 - definitely streets ahead of Parallels at the moment even though they do leapfrog each other. VMWare have Windows 8.(1) emulation down to a fine art and you can seamlessly merge it into OSX using "Unity" which is in the product. 4. -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Malcolm Greene Sent: 10 November 2013 15:35 To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] Considering a MacBook Air or Pro - looking for advice Hi to all my old comrades, I'm considering a MacBook Air or Pro and looking for some advice. My use case these days is software design, project management, with limited Python, HTML5/CSS3 development. Ideally I would like to run a small Linux and/or Windows VM on my machine when needed. I move around a lot during the day - from meeting to meeting so portability and battery life are important. I'm currently using an old Sony laptop with Win 7 Pro, 4 Gb RAM, and a 320 Gb hard drive. I'm biased to the Air because of the weight, but wondering if I'm going to regret not sucking it up and buying a slightly heavier/larger MacBook Pro with more RAM and a larger display? My questions relative to the Apple world and my use case: 1. Memory: 8 or 16 Gb of RAM? I think the latter forces my hand on the MacBook Pro vs. Air? I'm thinking 8 Gb min in order to run the occasional VM. 2. CPU: i5 or i7: For my use case am I really going to benefit from an i7 upgrade? 3. VM software: Parallels, VMware, other? Ideally I would like to virtualize my existing Win 7 environment and have it available on a limited use basis. 4. Text editor: TextMate, BBBedit, open source EMACS or VI, other? 5. Carrying case and mouse recommendations? 6. Anything else? Thanks! Malcolm --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
