Yeah, I finally moved to Mac once
they were Intel hardware and BSD
Unix OS. Here's my experience moving to Mac for its Unix CLI, and
moving friends and family members to Mac for its GUI:
ÂÂÂ http://bristle.com/Tips/Mac.htm#getting_started
I've since moved the entire development team at a current client to
Mac for its great Java/Web/FOSS development environment. All very
positive experiences.Â
And yeah, their support is great! I no longer get support calls
from friends/family who've made the switch. I can now go to family
gatherings and NOT have to spend all my time doing computer chores.
I love it!
--Fred
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David Coulson wrote:
I have to admit, I'm a little confused by your post... Either you've
not used a Mac in a long time, or you're going by what the press and
popular blogs have to say about Apple products.
Disclaimer - I own a couple of Macs. I'm a die-hard Linux fan and used
a Linux desktop since 1996. I support a 200+ server Linux, UNIXÂ and
SAN environment for a huge retailer and get a Windows XP laptop
provided by my employer.
Current Macs are Intel CPU based, so you can run Windows, Linux or OS X
on the hardware. Pretty much the guts of it are standard as far as
memory, disk and external connections go (I agree Apple have weird
video ports, but all of my monitors are DVI or HDMI and work just
fine). Apple hardware is more expensive than most PC stuff, but it's
rock solid and Apple stand behind their products - I had a battery fail
on a MacBook pro from 2007 long out of warranty and they replaced it
for free last week at the Apple store next to my office. Totally
painless experience.
OS X is BSD under the hood, so I can SSH into my Mac and do 95% of what
I can do via the GUI. By virtue of it's 'BSD-ness', it has native X11
and most popular Open Source apps are available for OS X as part of
MacPorts. I was working from home over the weekend on an upgrade at
work and needed to be able to read a pcap file. I was able to download,
install and load the pcap into WireShark in about 30s on my Mac using
MacPorts. Many sys admins in my group use eXceed to get into UNIX/Linux
systems and run X applications - I can bring up a terminal window on my
Mac and just run it all via SSH without an additional X app, and it all
integrates into my OS X GUI environment.
Apart from the hardware and MS Office, I've pretty much not paid for
anything on my Mac. If I can do it on Linux, I can do it on my Mac, but
with a nicer and more consistent GUI. I'll be honest, I used a Linux
desktop for 6-7 years, using GNOME/Enlightenment and other window
managers. Having install Ubuntu and FC14 on various systems and VMs,
I'd never drag myself back to a Linux desktop when I've got a Mac -
I've got native MS Office, all the Open Source tools I need, and when I
have to use a Windows app I can bring up Windows7 in VMware Fusion and
off I go.
Trying to avoid sounding like I love to throw my cash at Steve Jobs,
but there is a lot of practical value to Apple products and it's not
just for 'writers' who hang out at Starbucks all day (I actually saw
someone with a Dell at Starbucks a couple of weeks ago... ;-)
David
Sent from my MacBook Pro using Thunderbird
On 1/26/11 5:38 PM, Ron Kaye Jr wrote:
my daughter is almost 30
she wants an apple mac
dad hates apple ( i go back to apple iic!)
proprietary, more expensive, gotta pay for everything (ugh)
i am sure age can be a factor
and it is free bsd
why are you younger folk so enamored with apples.
i will listen- i am a reasonable guy
Ron Kaye Jr
914-7294734
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