Well, as I previously posted on this thread, I've been developing primarily on PC laptop with cygwin etc.
However at the weekend I splashed out on a MacBook Pro dual core Intel Mac laptop. I've never had a Mac before but I'm absolutely over the moon with it. To complete my dev move to the Apple side I downloaded TextMate, tried it for half an hour, and then bought that as well. I managed to get TurboGears and Postgres installed and move all my project over in about an evening. The system has FreeBSD Unix at it's core so you get real Unix power with all the really nice UI/Desktop stuff - it's a great combination. It's really fast too. The CLI (bash by default) is certainly better than cygwin although pretty much the same as Linux. Not sure about integrating with windows network, maybe samba would work? So far I seem to be managing nicely without the right mouse button. On the laptop ctrl+button does the same thing. Something that did get me was getting used to a different keyboard layout but I'm pretty much there with that. Justin > > From: "Ed Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/03/28 Tue PM 02:57:51 BST > To: [email protected] > Subject: [TurboGears] Re: [OT] What is it with Macs? > > > On 24/03/06, Robin Haswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm genuinely interested, why is it that nearly every developer for TG > > (that produces a video at least) seems to own a Mac? In fact I'm yet to > > see any evidence of anyone NOT using a Mac! Why is that? Is there a > > genuine programmer's reason why I should consider one? > > I'm also genuinely interested in this, not least because I have an > opportunity to get a new work laptop and have considered getting a Mac > (instead of Windows). However I can't decide if the benefits will > outweigh the cost of switching, particularly as I am in an entirely > Windows Office. > > Does anyone have any info on what is better about Mac for Python/Web > development (any particular Mac only tools?). > > Is the Mac CLI significantly better than (for example) cygwin or a > standard Linux shell? > > How easy is it to integrate a Mac into a Windows office network? > > How do you cope without a right-mouse button? > > Any and all answers appreciated... > > Thanks > > Ed > > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" 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/turbogears -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
