I like to rehash Jons' responses :) On 1/6/02 3:27 PM, "Paulo Gaspar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> -----Original Message----- >> From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 6:25 PM >> >> Jon might have already addressed this, but I want to inflict violence upon >> the expired equine. >> >>> >>>> I don't think so. I am using the same tools that I have been >> using since >>>> August... >>> >>> But maybe some other stuff came from a Mac. >>> >>> I mean: we have the Windows + Linux for a long time but the Mac only got >>> really interesting for Java stuff recently. Even if it did not come from >>> you, maybe it came from some other Mac. >> >> What other mac? :) > > Besides yours and Jon's! As Jon noted, Jason. And Eric Ridge from WebMacro land is also a convert. > > I am just guessing here. That crazy "new line" sequence must have started > somewhere and the PC and Mac "new line" sequences seem to be made just to > mess up each other. "When in doubt, blame Bill Gates." :) (only a joke, put down the flamethrowers...) > >>> As a Mac guy, can you take a look at the possibilities? >>> Mac CVS tools? Mac Editors? >> >> The CVS tools are a direct port of the usual cvs tools. It's UNIX. The >> stuff was ported right over.... >> >> The editor I was using was a pure-java IDE, IDEA. > > But a Java editor might be using the native OS "new line" sequence!!! It might - but it didn't. Note I fixed the VelViewServlet... > >> ... >>> >>> P.S.: I am following the Mac evolution with growing interest... I am >>> already 10% on buying a Mac instead of a PC this year and 80% on buying >>> a Mac next year (after getting a PC this year). >> >> I won't tell you to go either way (as I hate when people are >> disappointed by >> things I suggest), but I can only lead by example :) > > I am reading a lot of reports from both Windoz and Linux users that made > the move and there are NO regrets with any of them. Nope. And now that apple gave up with their stupid video cards and got real ones, I can get quake III on my G4 at > 40 frames a sec (I think) > >> I really enjoy my macs, I just bought a new desktop, and I love >> it. I still >> think that the Apple hardware is more expensive than PC hardware on a >> checkpoint basis (i.e. USB (check), firewire (check), 1.5GB Ram (check), >> etc...) >> >> But there is an amazing design sense that still comes from apple >> and I think is worth the money. > > I worked with Macs a long time ago (Windows 3.1 had just been released) and > I am familiar with that feeling. > =:o) > > From what I understand, that just improved. It seems that some long-time Mac users despise the Aqua interface... > >> For example, to transfer data from my laptop to my desktop, I can bring up >> the ibook as a firewire drive - it doesn't boot to the OS, but just acts >> like an external drive. >> >> So I hook it to my desktop with a firewire cable, and automatically the >> partitions of the ibook drive appear as drives on my mac desktop. Very >> cool. Very transparent. Very simple. Very fast :) > > Typical Mac. Just like with the old SCSI external disks. (You would plug > the disk and just get some more icons on your desktop.) :/ Really? Wasn't my recollection that you could plug into a live scsi bus. Of course, there was that removable disk system (I don't remember the name) where you could pop 40M disks in and out... >> Also, the desktop machine (which is MP) is able to go into *deep* sleep to >> save energy, and still come back near instantly. I walk into the room, >> touch the spacebar, and before I am firmly seated and ready to >> work, the mac has woken up and is ready. > > Well, my Windows 2000 Dell PC does that. > =:o) > > > Have fun, > Paulo > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting "He who throws mud only loses ground." - Fat Albert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
