Hi, I have a few arguments (some philosophical, some practical), for you to THIMK about.
1- I'm a Windows user. Why? phy - I think I'm just in the middle: not so open like Linux (which pretend to run and work with everywhere), and not so closed as OS/X which is TOTALLY platform dependent. pra - I'm an AMD fan regular user (they are cheaper), a Mac costs twice here then everywhere else, thanks to government taxes. 2 - I'm a happy windows user for years, with a few tries on Linux, but always back to Windows. phy - Laziness pra - Things simply don't work on Linux out of the box: once I need to buy 3 web cams, to get one working (Ubuntu), and I couldn't use it on the "Messenger like" Linux software. Another one: where in the hell things you download and install goes? I need to download the stuff i choose again and again (OK it is laziness)... Look, I'm using Windows XP SP 3, installed for more then a year and man believe me I' download a LOT. My Win-AMD station still working fine. Most of the time the problem is on the software around and people blame Windows ! Firefox 3 is driving me crazy for instance. I think I will be back to 2, or give Opera a try. 3 - About iTunes, well... Sorry for you. phy - there is a Zillion of open stuff to do the same (OK may not so cute). pra - iAnything costs a LOT. 4 - Better developing on Mac then Windows ? Well, it is like the old question: Which is the best text processor? which leads to the ancient answer: It is the one that bast feet you! phy - I don't buy it pra - If you are an IDE guy? Use Netbeans. If you are a Command line + editor guy use Console + Komodo edit, and be happy The only draw back on Rails World with Windows is that most of the time, Rails developers (which unfortunately most of the time are Mac users) tend to ignore 90% of the market (don't ask me why), so, there are somethings that you will need to wait a few months to get working good on Windows (recent experiences: Merb, which was not Rails but now it is and they fixed that before the "merge"; and CouchDB, which I'm still waiting a decent Windows version which I don't need to do by myself from sources, to give it a try). Good look with your decision ! All the best. On Dec 26, 7:35 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
