On Jan 8, 2014, at 7:37 AM, Malcolm Greene <pro...@bdurham.com> wrote:
> 1. Text editor: Textmate, BBEdit, or Emacs/VI? If you know emacs or vi, stick with them - they're free and run great on Macs. You might also check out MacVim, which adds mouse support to the normal vim commands. If you want a good pure-GUI editor, check out TextWrangler, the free little brother of BBEdit. > 2. Multiple external monitors: I think I can drive 2 or 3 off this > machine using the Thunderbolt-2 interfaces and/or the HDMI port. Any > recommendations on monitor specs (brand/size/model) to consider or > avoid? Apple has some gorgeous monitors starting at $1000 - that's a > little too pricey for me. I have a Dell 23" monitor that I bought a few years ago for a couple of hundred bucks, and it works perfectly. Be sure to run the 'Calibrate' function on the Display Preferences Pane for whatever monitor you get - without it everything looked kind of washed out and flat, but after running that, the display looks great. > Any other "gotta have" apps, utilities, or hardware accessories you > would recommend? LaunchBar - I can't work without it. App switching, clipboard history, file inspection, calculator, ... http://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/index.html TextExpander - auto-expand shortcuts into customizable text. http://www.smilesoftware.com/TextExpander/index.html If you get an external keyboard/mouse, I'd recommend trying the Magic Trackpad. Once you learn the gestures, it makes working so much more fluid than with a mouse. -- Ed Leafe _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/f5a6e4a4-a7b0-4a69-b1b5-e11718253...@rackspace.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
