You will (almost certainly) fall in love with a Mac (compared to Windows, but you will still scream at it)
Forgot - another good option is run Windows and run any kind of VM with Ubuntu or similar on it and you have best of both worlds... just not quite as nice as a Mac still, but better for a lot of people's preferences ;) On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Rosie Williams <budget...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Thankyou to everyone for the replies. :-) You are making me feel better > about the need to fork out for a new Mac. Doing my RoR on Mac sounds like > it will not be something I'll end up regretting down the track so I > appreciate that information. > > > > Rosie Williams BA (Sociology) > ________________________________________ > > NoFibs.com.au <http://nofibs.com.au> - Open Data Reporter > InfoAus.net <http://infoaus.net> - Founder and Developer > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:09:26 +1000 > Subject: Re: [rails-oceania] which operating system to go with for ror jobs > From: jakcharl...@gmail.com > To: rails-oceania@googlegroups.com > > > It's not so much about the development system - for RoR you pretty much > need Linux or OSX - so it comes down to which other apps/games you want to > install too > > Dual boot Windows to Linux of you want a games box, MS Office etc as a > second OS, and an OK range of Linux apps alongside your dev stuff > > Or go OSX if you want Mac apps alongside your development stuff > > > Easy answer is OSX, it's a more "seamless" experience - can always dual > boot to Windows if you really want to on a Mac (though I removed my dual > boot years ago and havent needed since) > > > > > On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Rosie Williams <budgetausro...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I've begun learning RoR but want to know what operating system to continue > with that is most in demand in the market? To date I've done most of my > development on Windows (which dual boots to Linux which I've not really > used). I am considering buying a new Mac for development but wondering > whether I ought to be doing my RoR on Linux? Or does it not really matter? > > thanks > Rosie > InfoAus.net > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rails-oceania@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rails-oceania@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rails-oceania@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rails-oceania@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
