Hi Malcolm, I¹m using a Mac Mini but would offer the following based on my experience:
Magic Mouse is blooming excellent. I have a trackpad and I keep going backwards.. The mouse is definitely the best I have used.. The next best is Microsofts arc mouse IMHO 16GB you will not regret it. Parallels it works well with windows 8.1 and linux and is the only one that will run my old fox2.6 app under XPŠ works well and has a good porting facility to clone you existing laptop Only thing I hate about the Mac is the lack of windows explorer.. I cannot find anything as good as it and often load XP just to use it on the Mac - If anyone knows a good alternative please let me know.. Regards, Adam. On 11/11/2013 08:12, "Dave Crozier" <[email protected]> wrote: >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/cea64e7d.139aa%[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.
