A 13" MacBook Pro should be great for on-the-go with a Mac Mini for home/office. This is my setup and it works well. I use Coda heavily. If you were busy on the graphics side, the scenario would be much different but database work for small business sites won't require much more than this.
Roj -- Jutera, Inc http://www.jutera.com 713.834.2724 (direct) 888.427.5177 (toll-free) 888.856.5087 (fax) [email protected] (email) On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Holly Fortenberry < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've been a web hobbyist since 1997 and have finally decided to bite the > bullet and start a 1-woman web shop. I plan on staying small, perhaps never > growing larger than 5 employees. Over the years, I've designed on pc's and > macs (I stuck with the mac), I've used at least 10 different editors and > ended up mostly hand-coding or using Coda or Dreamweaver. I am passionate > about web standards and progressive enhancement. I am also really getting > into database work and am looking forward to building small business sites > for the folks in my moderately-size town. > > So, for those of you who have been where I am now, do you have any > suggestions on the best Mac hardware to buy? My laptop won't cut it > anymore. I'd like a tower but perhaps that's overkill when you can get > those little boxes more cheaply. > Then I wonder how to handle separating the development from production > environments. That is one of my biggest concerns. What software do you > recommend for that? > > And, what about versioning, billing and accounting software? I'm thinking > about going with Quickbooks but using Billings to track my time. Any > thoughts about that? > > Finally, any other advice you want to give would be welcome. I'll take > advice on any aspect of this. > > Thanks! > Holly > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<refresh-austin%[email protected]> > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
