Re: [Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac

2008-10-22 Thread eric e. dolecki
I am hearing the Mac Mini might be discontinued (as of right now). Not sure if that change your mind about one. On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Weyert de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, you can also consider to buy a Mac and use VMWare Fusion to test under > Windows etc. > >

Re: [Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac

2008-10-22 Thread Weyert de Boer
Yes, you can also consider to buy a Mac and use VMWare Fusion to test under Windows etc. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac

2008-10-22 Thread David Benman
rom: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: 17 October 2008 15:17 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 2:09 PM, David Benman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I agree with Ian, though I&#

Re: [Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac

2008-10-17 Thread eric e. dolecki
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas > Sent: 17 October 2008 15:17 > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 2:09 PM, David Benman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

RE: [Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac

2008-10-17 Thread Paul Steven
too old to be of any use for my needs. Cheers Paul -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: 17 October 2008 15:17 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 2

Re: [Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac

2008-10-17 Thread Ian Thomas
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 2:09 PM, David Benman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with Ian, though I'd caution going to low-end for testing because > then you can get too focused on slowness issues that don't affect your > average, target machine. Sorry - I meant slowest of the current crop, by w

Re: [Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac

2008-10-17 Thread Matt S.
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:09 AM, David Benman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you want to be thorough and have extra money, then you can consider > getting older slower macs such as a PPC. We tend to have them laying around, > but you might check with friends to test or to sell you a cheap old mach

Re: [Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac

2008-10-17 Thread David Benman
I agree with Ian, though I'd caution going to low-end for testing because then you can get too focused on slowness issues that don't affect your average, target machine. If you are looking at one machine, I'd recommend an average speed Intel Mac which would could be used and save you money.

RE: [Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac

2008-10-17 Thread Paul Steven
wireless keyboard to surf the net in the living room. Cheers Paul -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: 17 October 2008 13:25 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac I suspect

Re: [Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac

2008-10-17 Thread Ian Thomas
I suspect it depends how many pixels you're throwing around! We create fairly straightforward educational 'games' for young kids, and the Mac Mini (which is Intel these days, by the way) has been perfectly adequate as a testbed for our software. What's more, if you're actually authoring on the PC

[Flashcoders] Recommendation for budget development mac

2008-10-17 Thread Paul Steven
Up until now I have never needed to develop anything for the Mac, however I have been asked to develop a series of games for Mac and PC so need to get a Mac to enable me to do so. The games will be delivered as downloadable executables. I would therefore appreciate any advice on what to get. I cur