Using Rails on Mac is a rather good experience in my subjective opinion. Also, there's no any problem with running some kind of linux distro on any modern mac laptop. Regarding most of the software there exist plenty of ports and analogs of corresponding PC versions. There also exist Microsoft Office for Mac and OpenOffice, NeoOffice and iWork are pretty good alternatives. Spyware and viruses are not a problem, in place of them Mac OS has Software Updates which rarely may cause some weird system crashes, so the rule No. 1 for me is to make System Update only after 3-4 weeks period after it was tested by other users :)
So, I think If you're experienced in *nix console programs, the switch to Rails dev on Mac will be a simple one while promising a better experience. Also you can run Win on Mac, but I'll call that a perversion :) 2008/12/26 [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > I am thinking of getting a new laptop. I noticed the cheapest mac was > about $1000, whereas I can get a cheap HP for about $550. The cheaper > machine is kind of appealing, but the idea of a linux type system for > a mac appeals to me however. I've always liked working on unix/linux > at various companies, but I've always owned IBM clone PC and have > never owned a mac. > > I have a HP laptop that is not quite 3 years old. I've downloaded > alot of stuff, and the machine seems to run alot slower than it used > to. It takes along time to boot, and it's gotten really bad, though I > do have AVG. I get the impression that spyware on a mac would be less > of a problem and that type of degradation might not happen as fast on > a mac or that I could more easily figure out what the heck was running > on the machine ? > > I also hear that there is less software for macs, I might like to use > winscp, a graphical SVN or such that is not to hard to install. I'm > not sure what else ofhand .. OpenOffice must work on a mac I might > guess .. > > Right now my ITunes library is on an external USB drive, I assume if > I started up ITunes on a mac it would import stuff from my IPod to > itself as this happened when I first moved my lib to an external > drive. > > I get the impression that Rails development on a mac might be > somewhat better, but I'm curious what people have to say on that ? > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
