Il giorno martedì 25 febbraio 2014 23:00:14 UTC+1, Jason Hsu, Rubyist ha scritto: > > I realize this is off-topic, but I understand that an overwhelming > majority of Rubyists use Mac computers and not PCs. I currently use > Linux-powered PCs. Yes, I ditched Windows years ago just like many of you. > Using Linux on a used PC is the cheapest way to compute. (I've been able to > buy a 4 or 5-year-old PC that works for as little as $40-$50.) > > I'm interested in purchasing a Mac to put myself on the same page as other > software developers. (I'm used to Linux distros that provide the look and > feel of Windows XP.) I will use the Mac for software development projects, > but I intend to stick with my Linux-powered PCs for general computing. (I > don't want to get locked into the Mac world, because it's so much more > expensive. Also, there is a case to be made for being versatile.) > > I'm thinking of buying a new mini (starts at $600), a new MacBook (starts > at $1000), or a refurbished MacBook (starts at $850). > > Some questions: > 1. How much has OS X changed over the past several versions? Is something > from 5 years ago obsolete? Linux, on the other hand, is free. Any current > Linux distro will work very well on a 5-year-old PC, and there are even > some Linux distros (like Puppy Linux and antiX Linux) that work well on PCs > that are 10 or more years old. > 2. Is it just me, or are used Macs so exorbitantly expensive as to defeat > the point of buying a used computer in the first place? I looked at > Craigslist and found a number of used Mac laptops selling for as much as a > new one. Most of the Macs selling for a few hundred dollars or less were > very old, such as G4s. (I understand that those are 10-15 years old. Good > luck getting even $100 or even $50 from a 10-year-old PC.) >
the natural garden of Rails and Ruby is Linux on a PC (RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu or Debian are my choices), OSX is a beautiful exotic and very expensive os, but if you don't mind IOS development, for a posix-like developer a Mac is just a waste of money -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/4b7876cc-805f-48cc-8370-5291176e6263%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
