One other thing that I am curious about is if I could put together text to speech utilities on a Mac using free stuff or what's already there ? I bought the book 'practical ruby projects' and from some stuff in there I did a simple utility that just runs from a dos shell. Anytime you highlight text and copy it into the past buffer it reads the text using some text to speech .dll .. so I can have it read email, stuff on the web, whatever ..
I'd also be curious about free speech to text stuff on a MAC ? I never got that far on windows, though I played around with some stuff, it was a bit more complicated ... On Dec 31, 5:40 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's some other thoughts I had on macs after looking at this page > and browsing around some sections on the > bottom:http://developer.apple.com/macosx/architecture/index.html > > I think it might be cool sometime to maybe do some programming with > ITunes if I could think of some cool projects. I never download all of > my podcasts automatically, but sometimes I might be interested in > knowing which of my favorite podcasts have updated as I am more > interested in some than others and looking at each one individually is > time consuming, maybe there's some other things I might think of at > some point. > > I like the idea that MAC OS probably comes with a linux C++ compiler > and maybe I could write some ruby gems in C++. > > If the MAC has some decent free API's for audio, video, or other > peripherals, I might want to play around with stuff of that sort. > > All that kind of stuff could potentially help me build my resume up a > bit and be interesting .. > > I looked at the MAC laptop that has 2 gig of memory for a round $1300 > that looked interesting .. > > On Dec 27, 2:54 pm, Conrad Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 27, 2008, at 10:04 AM, "[email protected]" > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hey, that's really interesting. I found dell laptops with ubuntu > > > starting at > > > $500.http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&;... > > > > I assume that they could read from my external drive as well ? Can > > > ITunes run on ubuntu ? Is installation of software involve more steps > > > and complexity on ubuntu ? > > > You should be able to if it is properly configured. iTunes is only > > available for Mac and Windows. Lastly, it really depends on the > > package management system you're using. In general, it's fairly easy > > to perform software installs. > > > > anyway, that's a good price, what advantages do you think a mac has ? > > > Again, this really depends on your personal preference. Also, please > > feel free to visit your local Apple Store and test drive the Mac OS > > X. It's like buying a car where you try before you buy. > > > > I know it was mentioned textmate IDE for rails ... > > > I wish that you don't purchase a Mac to only use Textmate. You should > > have bigger goals for investing in a Mac or at least using it more > > than to run Textmate. In short, you should evaluate your goals as > > well as your budget constraints in making your purchasing decision. > > > Good luck, > > > -Conrad > > > > On Dec 27, 12:26 pm, "Hassan Schroeder" <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > >> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 9:10 AM, [email protected] > > > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> At any rate, the unsolved question fro me is if I would want to go > > >>> the route of linux on an IBM PC laptop or consider getting a Mac > > >>> laptop. The first option would involve me researching what I would > > >>> need to do or learn in order to install linux myself, which distro I > > >>> should select, which laptop I would need etc, > > > >> Or just buy one -- I believe both Lenovo and Dell sell systems with > > >> Linux installed; if not, you can probably find someone local selling > > >> pre-configured systems. > > > >> But as I said, try the Mac and see what you think. There are things > > >> I dislike about mine, but overall I think it's the best solution > > >> for a > > >> mobile Web developer. YMMV! > > > >> -- > > >> Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
