Firefox renders pretty close on both systems, but you may find more
differences between other browsers. A browser testing grid is helpful
but not as helpful as few instances of XP with different browsers
running in virtualisation.
But don't get a mac just for testing sites on a mac, that you can do
with emulators to some degree, get a mac for it's user interface,
good free apps, ease of installing a full LAMP web server on, cross
platform compatibility (using parallels or VMWare Fusion), ease of
connectivity, tighter intelligent security, user-centred engineering,
etc.
In the past two years we have had several developers, business
specialists and music freaks through the office carting their dells,
IBMs, and Vaios through the office. With out any coercion or prodding
from any of us in the mac-centric office they _always_ end up buying
a mac for themselves and loving the one we give them to work with,
including die-hard Ubuntu and XP users. You can buy an OEM XP licence
when getting you mac for less than £100 (a mac and a windows box in
the same case for less than an extra £100, great!) and with Parallels
you can install your LAMP environment as a separate OS, mimicking
your live server closely.
I have yet to see as good a reason as the one for developers and web
designers. But as others have said, it is up to you and how you work
and how fast you can get your head round the mac way of working. I DO
know that one of our contractors swapped over to a macbook white,
maxed out with 4GB ram and a 320GB HD, and managed the transition in
about a week. Familiarity with Unix got him halfway there and a few
mac-friendly friends and acquaintances helped him out with other
questions. Now he is already forgetting his XP shortcuts!
But definitely talk o others who made the transition so you feel
fully informed. As someone who works in a Mac-XP- server 2004 - Linux
- redhat - ubuntu environment, and has to support all of them, I know
where I'd put my money!
Joe
On Jan 13 2008, at 05:51, Peter Mount wrote:
Is there a difference between Mac versions of browsers like Firefox
and Safari or can I safely develop in non Mac versions and expect
my web sites to behave the same on the Mac?
Currently my main OS is Kubuntu but I'll soon be trialling Red Hat
Desktop 5 Multi OS.
Joe Ortenzi
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