Should I buy an Apple or Windows
Raghav
I am a programmer, been doing stuff on PC since "whenever". I already
have a Dell Laptop running win-xp, and things are fine.
However, my need is to have have a unix based system to work with.
Needs include :
- a genuine unix like environment to work with
- a reliable system in general. Windows have its own issues.
A rough example of what I intend to do on mac is -
- program with perl, c, java etc..
- play along oracle and related stuff and experiment
- general internet browsing and related usage
I have spoken to two colleagues, who happen to use windows-at-work-
mac-
at-home. They have told me very many "great" things about mac.
Here I am looking for opinions about what i intend to do and whether
mac is any better a choice for that as against PC.
Looking for helping tips...
regards
raghav..
Jolly Roger
who only want to demean Mac users and cause disruptions. I'm afraid
you've come to the wrong place for non-biased feedback.
--
JR
MuahMan
If you want to do all of the above plus use your computer for other things.
Get another Windows machine.
Timberwoof
Raghav <sharma.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I am a programmer, been doing stuff on PC since "whenever". I already
> have a Dell Laptop running win-xp, and things are fine.
>
> However, my need is to have have a unix based system to work with.
> Needs include :
>
> - a genuine unix like environment to work with
Yup. Mac OS X has BSD under the hood. In fact, development of BSD has
picked up again after a lull of a few years now that Apple has started
using it. OS X has rearranged some directories to be more friendly to
Mac users, but there are aliases for the ones you'll be looking for as a
Unix user.
> - a reliable system in general. Windows have its own issues.
Yup. I have used Windows, Linux, and OS X professionally and at home. My
preference is for Mac OS X.
> A rough example of what I intend to do on mac is -
> - program with perl, c, java etc..
Yup. OS X comes with all the gnu developer tools as well as OS X
application development tools.
> - play along oracle and related stuff and experiment
OS X comes with MySQL server, an open-source SQL server.
> - general internet browsing and related usage
Yup. OS X comes with all the stuff you need for that.
> I have spoken to two colleagues, who happen to use windows-at-work-
> mac-
> at-home. They have told me very many "great" things about mac.
>
> Here I am looking for opinions about what i intend to do and whether
> mac is any better a choice for that as against PC.
If you get a PC, then your choices for operating systems are limited to
Windows, Linux, and a few BSDs. If you get a Mac, then you get OS X
(which is what Linux desktop distributions try to be) and you can run
Linux and Windows.
If you're just poking around and experimenting, and you don't need a
whole lot of speed, then get yourself an old G3 or G4 for a coupla
hundred bucks. Make sure you get the OS CDs with it, or buy a set on
eBay, and you're set.
--
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com> http://www.timberwoof.com
Alan Baker
A Mac will let you do everything you want and will run Windows as well
(just in case).
A Dell (or similar) will let your run Windows, but won't do what you
want.
You decide.
--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
gimme_this...@yahoo.com
Personally, I've ended up compiling my own versions of Apache, MySQL,
and Perl.
Ruby and Python are available as well, although I haven't played with
those toys.
But with OS X you get Office, so you can read and write to MS Office
using MacPerl::Applescript. Can't do that in Linux!
gimme_this...@yahoo.com
everyone.
If you want to learn Dot Net, PowerShell programming, ASP, C#, Active
Directory or MS-Office VBA then XP or Vista might be a better choice.
Also, if you're one of those 20 something wipper-snappers who grew up
on Windows and love Eclipse or Visual Studio and your used to *not*
using the command line, then Windows is "better".
OTOH, if you want to focus on Video Production, or Perl, Python, Ruby,
ksh, or Oracle, or MySQL, or do something original with AppleScript -
then the Mac is "better".
Raghav
Hi Guys,
I have now heard views from quite a few people. In person as well as
through discussion forums (including this one).
And I must say this, I did not find a single person who said a
negative thing about macs. But then, isn't it a bit all too nice. Is
it really the case that there is Nothing wrong with mac. Some small
glitch, some issue.. or something that needs a tweak here or there ??
Well, I am just trying to see the flip side as well. If there are so
many good things about mac, why is the world still using windows ? So,
are there no negatives to it.. really ??
Considering the suggestion, buy a mac, if its fine, great. If it
doesn't suit me, run windows using parallel. Sounds great really.
I plan to ask my colleagues to let me use it for a while (I would
assume it to be in minutes, but then you can only know so much in such
a limited time).
Keep flowing ur views....
regards
raghav..
gimme_this...@yahoo.com
their jobs and that's what their employers purchase for them. Most
companies have a legacy investment in Windows software so it's not
practical, or economical for them to switch.
Also, what is the point of an employer giving employees a computer
that is FUN to use? You're there to work.
Some tens of thousands of employers and millions of users are using
OS X. So if you go OS X it's not like you're alone.
As to hidden issues. It depends on what you're working on. Nothing
stands out in the OS itself which is a dream to use. OTOH if you need
Visual Studio to create an DOM application OS X isnt for you.
Mitch
Raghav <sharma.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have now heard views from quite a few people. In person as well as
> through discussion forums (including this one).
>
> And I must say this, I did not find a single person who said a
> negative thing about macs. But then, isn't it a bit all too nice. Is
> it really the case that there is Nothing wrong with mac. Some small
> glitch, some issue.. or something that needs a tweak here or there ??
There are many things that could be better; or at least, different.
There are also several issues that are related to what is offered for
use on Mac OS.
The key difference to understand is that Apple has always been in total
control of what goes in -- and since they have many conscientious and
intelligent and creative types there, that means some great stuff is
done very well.
But where tools have to be provided by third parties, some desirable
ones have not been available in Mac OS.
> Well, I am just trying to see the flip side as well. If there are so
> many good things about mac, why is the world still using windows ?
People don't make buying decisions based on full and informed
knowledge. They choose the lowest-cost which seems to be able to do
what they want. For years, that meant Windows. Once a purchase decision
is made, they support their own decision (even if they don't know
anything) because to do otherwise would mean showing how their own
decision was foolish.
> So, are there no negatives to it.. really ??
Aside from the development ones above, it is different -- and different
is always seen as risky. That also is a principle keeping Windows and
other major apps common in the business world -- anyone wanting to
choose a tool besides the common one has to justify it, personally.
KDT
<gimme_this_gimme_t...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Inspite of the fact that Mac computers are way cool, they are not for
> everyone.
>
> If you want to learn Dot Net, PowerShell programming, ASP, C#,
>Active
> Directory or MS-Office VBA then XP or Vista might be a better choice.
VBA? why would anyone choose to use VBA?
>
> Also, if you're one of those 20 something wipper-snappers who grew up
> on Windows and love Eclipse
http://developer.apple.com/tools/eclipse.html
>or Visual Studio and your used to *not*
> using the command line, then Windows is "better".
The Mac has plenty of GUI development tools.
ed
news:1181442122....@p47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
> On Jun 9, 2:17 pm, "gimme_this_gimme_t...@yahoo.com"
> <gimme_this_gimme_t...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Inspite of the fact that Mac computers are way cool, they are not for
>> everyone.
>>
>> If you want to learn Dot Net, PowerShell programming, ASP, C#,
>
> http://www.mono-project.com
>
>>Active
>> Directory or MS-Office VBA then XP or Vista might be a better choice.
>
> VBA? why would anyone choose to use VBA?
because it's the right tool for some jobs, eh?
<snip>
Bruce Grubb
"gimme_this...@yahoo.com" <gimme_this...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> The world is still using Windows because most Windows users are doing
> their jobs and that's what their employers purchase for them. Most
> companies have a legacy investment in Windows software so it's not
> practical, or economical for them to switch.
The flaw here is unless they use a lot of speciality software that has no
mac equivalent the cost of upgrading to a new version of windows and all
the long out of date (at in 2 to three versions ago) software it just as
high if not higher than going Mac.
> Also, what is the point of an employer giving employees a computer
> that is FUN to use? You're there to work.
It is not so being fun to use but that it is easier to troubleshoot and the
software on the large part is far better designed. The Gartner Studies
have showed for nearly a decade that the Mac costs *less over all* than a
comparative PC (though WIndows has been closing the gap each time the study
is done). Sadly because too many businesses are in a three month cycle
mode you hear more about initial cost rather than TCO
> Some tens of thousands of employers and millions of users are using
> OS X. So if you go OS X it's not like you're alone.
>
> As to hidden issues. It depends on what you're working on. Nothing
> stands out in the OS itself which is a dream to use. OTOH if you need
> Visual Studio to create an DOM application OS X isnt for you.
Problem here is DOM is from the W3C
<http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=DOM&i=41676,00.asp> which
Microsoft and others on the windows side have long ignored-about 90% of the
problems with websites is due to poor to non existent use of W3C guidelines
on HTML, scripting, and about everything else they put out (IE
'compatibility' shares most of the blame here). The remaining 10% is
thanks to crappy or mind numbingly stupid design
<http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/>
Bruce Grubb
"ed" <ne...@no-atwistedweb-spam.com> wrote:
Since Microsoft itself is planing on replacing VBA with VSTA it must not be
the right tool for *any* job-otherwise Microsoft wouldn't be replacing it
now would they? (This is where such simplistic thinking as above leads you
and yes is is dumb)
gimme_this...@yahoo.com
Where you wrote ....
>
> The flaw here is unless they use a lot of speciality software that has no
> mac equivalent the cost of upgrading to a new version of windows and all
> the long out of date (at in 2 to three versions ago) software it just as
> high if not higher than going Mac.
For something like a Dr. or Dentist office, or a small financial
trading company I agree with you.
OTOH, no. You may not be familiar with the latest killer software from
the evil empire, but nothing in the Mac or Linux or Sun world compares
to Sharepoint/ReportServer. For enterprise companies where you have
business anaylsts responsible for the administration of dozens of web
sites, there's nothing there.
Oh yeah, there's Vignette the start of the art UNIX portal solution.
And BEA they have a portal solution too. Sorry, they aren't there yet.
Even if they were, it gets back to the marketshare issue. If only a
few people know BEA portal, how many developers are going to want to
spend their careers supporting it?
Another example:
There isn't a spreadsheet in the UNIX world that has the equivalent to
VBA. There is no there there.
> It is not so being fun to use but that it is easier to troubleshoot and the
> software on the large part is far better designed. The Gartner Studies
> have showed for nearly a decade that the Mac costs *less over all* than a
> comparative PC (though WIndows has been closing the gap each time the study
> is done). Sadly because too many businesses are in a three month cycle
> mode you hear more about initial cost rather than TCO.
It sounds like you love saying that. But it isn't true.
For starters, Enterprise companies have a lot of money and they are
willing to waste money of that means getting the job done. That's it
*get the job done*. One, two million dollars? What's the difference.
If the job gets done and they rake in 30 million what's an extra half
a mill?
Nobody cares about a some Red Hat paid for Gartner study except
Gartner and some Sun or Linux marketing executives.
(Gartner thinks Apple should license OS X to Dell - so they are
obviously wrong at least some of the time. How ridiculous is that?)
The only thing that matters is what's going on at a company right now.
And if you're a former Sun executive and you say "OK Everyone we're
going to stop using XP and we're going to use OS X from now on"....
Well you might be looking for a new job in a few months.
It isn't M$, it isn't blind acceptance. It's the way it is. Thousands
of people just wanting to do their jobs like they're used to doing
them - only better. Job knows that, that's why he moved on to iPods.
gimme_this...@yahoo.com
will be to allow you to use VB, or C#, or dot net language.
BTW, VBA isn't the tool for every job. VBA has problems reading Active
Directory stuctures. But you can do the real work in C# and leave the
presentation to Excel or Excel like reporting tools.
That's the plan.
ed
news:bgrubb-275CC0....@news.zianet.com...
execpt your assumption is wrong- there's been no announced plans to sunset
vba- vsta and vba live together peacefully, and can be integrated in the
same apps.
gimme_this...@yahoo.com
Mac.
We don't even know for certain if AppleScript will be supported.
2008 might be an OpenXML reader, a charting program and a rebranded
Entourage.
Steve Hix
> On Jun 9, 8:17 pm, "gimme_this_gimme_t...@yahoo.com"
> <gimme_this_gimme_t...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Inspite of the fact that Mac computers are way cool, they are not for
> > everyone.
> >
> > If you want to learn Dot Net, PowerShell programming, ASP, C#, Active
> > Directory or MS-Office VBA then XP or Vista might be a better choice.
> >
> > Also, if you're one of those 20 something wipper-snappers who grew up
> > on Windows and love Eclipse or Visual Studio and your used to *not*
> > using the command line, then Windows is "better".
> >
> > OTOH, if you want to focus on Video Production, or Perl, Python, Ruby,
> > ksh, or Oracle, or MySQL, or do something original with AppleScript -
> > then the Mac is "better".
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> I have now heard views from quite a few people. In person as well as
> through discussion forums (including this one).
>
> And I must say this, I did not find a single person who said a
> negative thing about macs.
Oh, give the trolls here a little time to spool up. They'll say
everything un-nice that you might imagine, and then some.
It will mostly be untrue, but what do you expect for free? :}
C Lund
> And I must say this, I did not find a single person who said a
> negative thing about macs.
Guess you haven't heard from the wintrolls yet.. ;)
> But then, isn't it a bit all too nice. Is
> it really the case that there is Nothing wrong with mac. Some small
> glitch, some issue.. or something that needs a tweak here or there ??
There are plenty of glitches and issues with the mac. But they're all
minor stuff I couldn't even be bothered to remember at the moment.
Just keep in mind that the people who work at Apple are mortals and
make mistakes like the rest of us.
> Well, I am just trying to see the flip side as well. If there are so
> many good things about mac, why is the world still using windows ?
That's because 1) MS inherited IBM's monopoly instead of creating heir
own and 2) marketing. Also, Apple has made a few dumb moves in the
past.
> So,
> are there no negatives to it.. really ??
Well, if you're a hard-core gamer then you might want to stick with
Windows. Not that there aren't games on the mac, it's just that there
aren't as many as on Windows, and they're usually ported later.
However, there is one thing you need to keep in mind if/when you start
using a mac:
OS X is not Windows. If you try to use OS X as if it was Windows,
you'll end up being confused and annoyed. The first step of switching
to OS X is to forget everything you know about Windows. Some of the
differences are cosmetic and irrelevant. Others are profound.
Or so I gather by reading the comments from others who've gone from
Windows to OS X.
> Considering the suggestion, buy a mac, if its fine, great. If it
> doesn't suit me, run windows using parallel. Sounds great really.
Yup. B)
--
C Lund, www.notam02.no/~clund
Snit
MULai.17040$C96...@newssvr23.news.prodigy.net on 6/9/07 10:22 PM:
VBA has been called the "predecessor" of VBSA... and comments have been made
that it is understandable that people might not want to jump to VBSA
immediately... implying that VBA just may be on its way out, but not for a
while.
--
€ OS X is partially based on BSD (esp. FreeBSD)
€ OS X users are at far less risk of malware then are XP users
€ Photoshop is an image editing application
ed
news:C290E80A.83005%CS...@gallopinginsanity.com...
largely irrelevant, eh? the og plan was that vsta was going to replace vba,
but that's not currently the case.
> and comments have been made
> that it is understandable that people might not want to jump to VBSA
> immediately... implying that VBA just may be on its way out, but not for a
> while.
microsoft has specifically said there are currently no plans to sunset vba
(on windows) in the foreseeable future.
Raghav
> "Snit" <C...@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote in message
>
> news:C290E80A.83005%CS...@gallopinginsanity.com...
>
>
>
> > "ed" <n...@no-atwistedweb-spam.com> stated in post
> > MULai.17040$C96....@newssvr23.news.prodigy.net on 6/9/07 10:22 PM:
>
> >> "Bruce Grubb" <bgr...@zianet.com> wrote in message
> >>news:bgrubb-275CC0....@news.zianet.com...
> >>> "ed" <n...@no-atwistedweb-spam.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> "KDT" <scarface...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
Hi All,
Not that I dont like the thoughts flowing, I just thought I should
stick to my original question about the buying decision.
Thanks to all of you, now I know a bit more about apple and its own
world then windows.
Just to mention, I am not a hardcore MS technology programmer/
developer anyway. My core area is going to be Oracle and some tools
surrounding it. Which, AFAIK, are either open-source or are ported by
the vendor already, and therefore are available to Mac as much as to
any other OS.
Honestly speaking, I dont really have anything negative about windows,
well, may be some, but not the "hatred" kind of thing. However, I LOVE
Unix and its flavours. I have already been doing experiments with diff
flavors of Linux on one partition of my Dell here. But, now I feel
that those arrangements are limiting in many ways and therefore want a
dedicated box to help me.
And, once I came to know that Mac OS X is FreeBSD based, I immediately
fired up these questions to my colleagues and to forums like this one
here.
For the thoughts mentioned by some of you, I am not really a gamer
(hardly played any games), or any serious stuff to do with active
directory etc. However, after reading your posts, my belief about the
fact that apple is really not catering to enterprises has gone one
step ahead. OTOH, now I believe more and more that its more a computer
for individual rather than for a corporate. ..My view.
Thanks to all for your views and thoughts, please keep flowing.
regards
raghav..
PS: I have just been doing some calculation going from that, the
latest MacBookPro is going to cost me in the range of 3000 CHF (Yeah,
I am in Switzerland), with the following config
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB 065-7020
SuperDrive 8x (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) 065-7025
Apple USB Modem 065-7027
Hintergrundbeleuchtete Tastatur (US) & Mac OS (Englisch,
international) LL065-7034
MacBook Pro 15" Breitformat-Bildschirm mit Hochglanzanzeige 065-7038
Landesspezifisches Kit 065-7036
160GB Serial ATA-Laufwerk (5400U/Min.) 065-7023
2,2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 065-7017
I have seen the posts about Mac prices now being comparable to PC, but
somehow my calculations are going way above my expectations... :(
Jon Harrop
> I am a programmer, been doing stuff on PC since "whenever". I already
> have a Dell Laptop running win-xp, and things are fine.
>
> However, my need is to have have a unix based system to work with.
> Needs include :
>
> - a genuine unix like environment to work with
> - a reliable system in general. Windows have its own issues.
Why don't you just install a Linux distro? No need to buy new hardware. No
need to buy prebuilt machines. Better compatibility. Benefit from primary
releases of all Linux software rather than OSX ports...
--
Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy
OCaml for Scientists
http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists/?usenet
Raghav
> Raghav wrote:
> > I am a programmer, been doing stuff on PC since "whenever". I already
> > have a Dell Laptop running win-xp, and things are fine.
>
> > However, my need is to have have a unix based system to work with.
> > Needs include :
>
> > - a genuine unix like environment to work with
> > - a reliable system in general. Windows have its own issues.
>
> Why don't you just install a Linux distro? No need to buy new hardware. No
> need to buy prebuilt machines. Better compatibility. Benefit from primary
> releases of all Linux software rather than OSX ports...
To be really honest with you (or others who have suggested the same),
I dont really have the bandwidth.
My current laptop has a 40GB HDD and I am not yet hooked up to huge
external hard-disks. Also, I am short on storage space.
It has a P4 of which I have come to be "sick of". Really, there are
many things which prompt me to go for another set of hardware.
Moreover, I have already had some experiments with Linux flavours on a
partition.
thanks for the idea though. :)
regards
raghav..
Jon Harrop
> To be really honest with you (or others who have suggested the same),
> I dont really have the bandwidth.
> My current laptop has a 40GB HDD and I am not yet hooked up to huge
> external hard-disks. Also, I am short on storage space.
You could try a distro that runs off CD like Knoppix but why not just buy a
new HD rather than a whole new computer?
> It has a P4 of which I have come to be "sick of". Really, there are
> many things which prompt me to go for another set of hardware.
If you're after new hardware then I highly recommend the box I'm using now.
I built it for £800 last year and it is better in almost all respects than
a £1,700 Mac Pro:
2x 4400+ Athlon 64
nVidia GF7900GT 512Mb
2Gb RAM
250Gb HD
I also got a Hewlett Packard LP2465 24" 1920x1200 widescreen monitor for
£800, which is superb.
I am not a Mac user but, if you do go for the Mac, it looks like you'll get
a more bangs for your buck if you buy the cheapest Mac Pro and upgrade it
to a decent spec yourself. However, Apple hardware can't handle a decent
graphics card so you're stuck with yesteryear's technology and they'll
charge you twice what its worth. :-(
If I decide to buy a Mac I think it'll be an iMac because I just can't
handle being ripped off for last years technology in a Mac Pro.
> Moreover, I have already had some experiments with Linux flavours on a
> partition.
Debian is fantastic. I'm using AMD64 Debian here and the performance is
incredible and stability is rock solid.
> thanks for the idea though. :)
No worries.
Steve Hix
Jon Harrop <j...@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
> Raghav wrote:
> > I am a programmer, been doing stuff on PC since "whenever". I already
> > have a Dell Laptop running win-xp, and things are fine.
> >
> > However, my need is to have have a unix based system to work with.
> > Needs include :
> >
> > - a genuine unix like environment to work with
> > - a reliable system in general. Windows have its own issues.
>
> Why don't you just install a Linux distro? No need to buy new hardware. No
> need to buy prebuilt machines. Better compatibility. Benefit from primary
> releases of all Linux software rather than OSX ports...
Get the Mac, and along with MacOS X, he can run
Windows/Linux/BSD/Solaris at will.
Linux is fine on its own, but MacOS X is a good deal less fiddly; unless
your goal is to be tweaking it most of the time to get it where you want.
PC Guy
"Raghav" <sharma.r...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1181409119.9...@q69g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> Hi Guys,
>
> I am a programmer, been doing stuff on PC since "whenever". I already
> have a Dell Laptop running win-xp, and things are fine.
>
> However, my need is to have have a unix based system to work with.
> Needs include :
>
> - a genuine unix like environment to work with
> - a reliable system in general. Windows have its own issues.
>
> - program with perl, c, java etc..
> - play along oracle and related stuff and experiment
> - general internet browsing and related usage
>
> I have spoken to two colleagues, who happen to use windows-at-work-
> mac-
> at-home. They have told me very many "great" things about mac.
>
> Here I am looking for opinions about what i intend to do and whether
> mac is any better a choice for that as against PC.
>
> Looking for helping tips...
Might as well just go out and buy a PC because you'll just end up using
Windows on a Mac anyway.
Mitch
Harrop <j...@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
> I am not a Mac user but, if you do go for the Mac, it looks like you'll get
> a more bangs for your buck if you buy the cheapest Mac Pro and upgrade it
> to a decent spec yourself. However, Apple hardware can't handle a decent
> graphics card so you're stuck with yesteryear's technology and they'll
> charge you twice what its worth. :-(
>
> If I decide to buy a Mac I think it'll be an iMac because I just can't
> handle being ripped off for last years technology in a Mac Pro.
Are you still pretending to have an open mind about Mac hardware?
It's been pointed out to you time and again that Mac hardware is both
capable and not more expensive, but you're still criticizing:
you don't have to upgrade it to 'a decent spec' yourself. As you noted,
the only thing it isn't doing as well as you want is the video card.
Everything else _IS_ the best spec available!
Apple hardware certainly CAN handle a decent graphics card. The slots
and abilities are the same as other hardware. It simply isn't already
offering it off-the-shelf. So you do what you would for every other
computer you buy; upgrade that one part.
It is agreed that the original computer maker isn't the best-priced
source; I thought everyone knew that. But you would not get only
'yesteryear's technology' if you didn't want it. Yes, I'm sure Apple
sells a video card that was cutting edge a year ago. That doesn't mean
that's all you get or all you can get!
You would not be getting 'ripped off' for 'last year's technology' if
you bought a Mac Pro. Again, if you are concerned about the video card,
you just buy it from a third party for the best price and install
yourself. Do you criticize every retailer for not offering every single
option possible? Do you criticize every retailer for not offering the
lowest possible price at all times? Get over it!
This has become a VERY tired an old argument -- you resist every
reasonable solution, ignore all the intelligent comments, and seek only
to crticize Apple when you have every option you normally have.
You made your point about getting the highest-performing video card.
You don't like that it isn't already included in a Mac Pro system.
Now, move on, huh?
Jon Harrop
> It's been pointed out to you time and again that Mac hardware is both
> capable
Apparently OSX will not boot if you put an GeForce 8-series in a Mac Pro.
Tim Adams
Jon Harrop <j...@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
> Mitch wrote:
> > It's been pointed out to you time and again that Mac hardware is both
> > capable
>
> Apparently OSX will not boot if you put an GeForce 8-series in a Mac Pro.
do you have a link to back up that statement?
--
regarding Snit "You are not flamed because you speak the truth,
you are flamed because you are a hideous troll and keep disrupting
the newsgroup." Andrew J. Brehm
Megadave
> Might as well just go out and buy a PC because you'll just end up using
> Windows on a Mac anyway.
He might.. but at least he'll have the best of both worlds with the Mac..
where you're still stuck in the dark-ages.
--
The System Has Failed
PC Guy
"Megadave" <megad...@invalidgmail.domaincom> wrote in message
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LOL! Yeah, stuck in the dark ages! Is that why all the Mac "advocates" are
recommending Windows?
Alan Baker
Jon Harrop <j...@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
> Mitch wrote:
> > It's been pointed out to you time and again that Mac hardware is both
> > capable
>
> Apparently OSX will not boot if you put an GeForce 8-series in a Mac Pro.
From where did you get that tidbit?
--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
Patrick Nihill
> Hi Guys,
>
> I am a programmer, been doing stuff on PC since "whenever". I already
> have a Dell Laptop running win-xp, and things are fine.
>
> However, my need is to have have a unix based system to work with.
> Needs include :
>
> - a genuine unix like environment to work with
> - a reliable system in general. Windows have its own issues.
I've found Windows and OS X (the latest version of OS X, anyway) to be
roughly equal in reliability and stability. Both are very solid systems.
> A rough example of what I intend to do on mac is -
> - program with perl, c, java etc..
Programming in Perl on OS X is pretty much identical to using any other
Unix-like system. C depends on what sort of programming you expect to be
doing, really. If you're just learning the language itself, then OS X
will do as well as anything else. If you're planning on developing GUI
applications against a particular API, things become trickier.
Java on OS X is fair-to-good these days. Back when Macs had PowerPC
processors, Java development was something of a nightmare, mainly due to
the crippling slowness of Java on OS X compared to Windows.
Sun don't port their JVM (Hotspot) to OS X, only to Windows, Linux and
Solaris, so Apple create their own. They were typically badly lagging in
both versions and speed. There's been plenty of improvement since then,
however, and on an Intel Mac Java is close enough in speed, and Apple
have a solid build of Java 1.6 for OS X available to download.
> - play along oracle and related stuff and experiment
Oracle 10g is certified on the Mac for all your Oracle needs. If you're
planning on developing Enterprise Java on the Mac, be aware that neither
Weblogic nor Websphere are supported on OS X. Weblogic will install and
run fine though, so you could develop on the Mac and deploy to a Solaris
box. Or you could use JBoss or Glassfish.
Apart from the major stuff mentioned above, it's difficult to know if
the Mac would be a good choice for you without getting an idea of your
workflow and the kinds of tools you're currently using. Some stuff might
not be available on the Mac. For example, you can't run Rational
Clearcase on Mac OS X. Mind you, I can't imagine why anyone with any
shred of sanity left in them would ever want to use Clearcase...
> - general internet browsing and related usage
Yes, OS X has plenty of good apps for all the general sort of stuff.
Megadave
I don't see any "Mac advocates" recommending Windows. Unless you mean that
you are now calling yourself a Mac Advocate.
Jon Harrop
> From where did you get that tidbit?
There are various articles describing failed attempts to get a recent
graphics card to work in a Mac Pro:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=250851
Even if you replace the power supply (the Mac Pro literally isn't powerful
enough), OSX won't boot.
Jon Harrop
> In article <466c4d5b$0$8752$ed26...@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>,
> Jon Harrop <j...@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
>> Apparently OSX will not boot if you put an GeForce 8-series in a Mac Pro.
>
> do you have a link to back up that statement?
Here's another one:
http://blog.aarlabs.com/2007/03/29/mac-pro-woes/
Alan Baker
Jon Harrop <j...@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
> Alan Baker wrote:
> > From where did you get that tidbit?
>
> There are various articles describing failed attempts to get a recent
> graphics card to work in a Mac Pro:
>
> http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=250851
>
> Even if you replace the power supply (the Mac Pro literally isn't powerful
> enough), OSX won't boot.
What you fail to mention is that he was running two other cards in that
machine as well.
When he took them out the machine booted.
Alan Baker
Jon Harrop <j...@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
> Tim Adams wrote:
> > In article <466c4d5b$0$8752$ed26...@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>,
> > Jon Harrop <j...@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
> >> Apparently OSX will not boot if you put an GeForce 8-series in a Mac Pro.
> >
> > do you have a link to back up that statement?
>
> Here's another one:
>
> http://blog.aarlabs.com/2007/03/29/mac-pro-woes/
Sorry, but that link contains no text that supports your statement.
Tim Murray
> What you fail to mention is that he was running two other cards in that
> machine as well.
This Harrop fellow is taking quite the troll-like literary license in this
thread, isn't he?
Steve Hix
Jon Harrop <j...@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
> Mitch wrote:
> > It's been pointed out to you time and again that Mac hardware is both
> > capable
>
> Apparently OSX will not boot if you put an GeForce 8-series in a Mac Pro.
Cite?
Steve Hix
Alan Baker <alang...@telus.net> wrote:
> In article <466c8191$0$8733$ed26...@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>,
> Jon Harrop <j...@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
>
> > Alan Baker wrote:
> > > From where did you get that tidbit?
> >
> > There are various articles describing failed attempts to get a recent
> > graphics card to work in a Mac Pro:
> >
> > http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=250851
> >
> > Even if you replace the power supply (the Mac Pro literally isn't powerful
> > enough), OSX won't boot.
>
> What you fail to mention is that he was running two other cards in that
> machine as well.
I don't know of many machines that would be expected to operate normally
if you install enough add-on hardware to sink more current than the
power supply can provide.
> When he took them out the machine booted.
In which case "OSX will not boot if you put an GeForce 8-series in a Mac
Pro" isn't quite true, is it Jon?
Jon Harrop
> > Even if you replace the power supply (the Mac Pro literally isn't
> > powerful enough), OSX won't boot.
>
Only into Windows. As I understood it, he could not boot into OSX.
Raghav
Dear Dr,
Taking cue from your advice, I have managed to find some free space on
my hard disk to install VMWare-Ubuntu 7.
Its only been a few hours and I would take some time to get the hang
of it.
Though I am a bit cautious about this, since MAC OS X sounds
(hopefully is) a lot more mature than any given Freely available Linux
distribution for real life daily usage. Please see, the developers of
linux will be just fine with tweaks, but with my focus probably
somewhere else, I would not love it so much.
Having said that, I like linux in general. The very idea that there is
a desktop OS option available other than windows excites me somewhere
inside.
OTOH, I would also want to use my box as a desktop user when not doing
my "default" experimentation/programming stuff... like browsing, voip
chats etc... I am still not sure how mature applications are available
on Linux for that purpose... A voip tool I use regularly on my
current windows env, already defaulted, they dont have a client for
non windows environment. :( I guess skype would work, but its twice
as costly...
thanks for everybody's time and energy. Kindly continue flowing
thoughts...
regards
raghav..
MuahMan
"Steve Hix" <se...@NOSPAMspeakeasy.netINVALID> wrote in message
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Duh, You need a 800-1000 watt Power Supply. Not the cheesy 250 what cheapo
Chinese shit they put into a Crapple!
ZnU
"MuahMan" <mua...@aol.com> wrote:
The Mac Pro has a 900W power supply, of course.
--
"That's George Washington, the first president, of course. The interesting thing
about him is that I read three--three or four books about him last year. Isn't
that interesting?"
- George W. Bush to reporter Kai Diekmann, May 5, 2006
MuahMan
"ZnU" <z...@fake.invalid> wrote in message
news:znu-C2CF0B.1...@individual.net...
> In article <WbudnSu5R_kpH_Db...@comcast.com>,
> "MuahMan" <mua...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> "Steve Hix" <se...@NOSPAMspeakeasy.netINVALID> wrote in message
>> news:sehix-2FDD19....@news.speakeasy.net...
>> > In article <466c4d5b$0$8752$ed26...@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>,
>> > Jon Harrop <j...@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Mitch wrote:
>> >> > It's been pointed out to you time and again that Mac hardware is
>> >> > both
>> >> > capable
>> >>
>> >> Apparently OSX will not boot if you put an GeForce 8-series in a Mac
>> >> Pro.
>> >
>> > Cite?
>>
>>
>> Duh, You need a 800-1000 watt Power Supply. Not the cheesy 250 what
>> cheapo
>> Chinese shit they put into a Crapple!
>
> The Mac Pro has a 900W power supply, of course.
How many 12v rails? The high-end video cards are incredibly picky. Even I
had to upgrade my PSU when I SLI'ed the 8800 GTXs.