On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Yiannis <istoseli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well this was something that I found also a bit weird when I began > learning rails. I generally don't like apple because they obligate you > to buy also the hardware for having their OS, programs and the like... > > I have heard this argument so many times. Apple has been operating like this from the beginning and I bet there's a lot less code bloat in their OS because they do not have to work with so many different configurations. Next, I can say the same thing about a cars like Ferrari, Porche, or Lamborghini in that many people want one but they want it at half the price. In short, you buy what you can afford and move on. > Except from all of that and most importantly, as a web developer I > need many versions of internet explorer to check how my sites are and > I don't enjoy to have a virtual machine with windows to check them. Yes, I tend to do the same with VMWare Fusion but I'm not concerned with working with every browser but a subset of browsers that support the functionality that I need for my application. For example, you'll see on many sites something like this: This website is best supported by using Firefox 3.x, Safari 4.x, ... Just my 2 cents, -Conrad > So > in one corner stands rails installation in windows which isn't that > difficult, and in the other stands a virtual machine installation with > windows and all the internet explorer versions to check the sites. > Internet explorer is the most used browser (unfortunately) so it is > necessary to check your site there and it is easy with windows to have > all the versions and generally all the popular browsers. So windows > and rails is ok I think and I personally prefer it from OS X :). > > > -- > > 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 rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rubyonrails-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > > -- 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 rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
