[android-developers] Re: Mac or PC for development

[neuromit]

I purchased a MacBookPro 6 months ago and I like it but there are
things I definitely miss about my old thinkpad.

If you think you'll ever want to develop for the iphone or ipad then
you should get the mac.  Otherwise get the PC and save some money.

On May 27, 10:34 am, Marcin Orlowski  wrote:
> On 27 May 2011 16:06, Raghav Sood  wrote:
>
> > I will mainly be using it for development purposes. I will be working
> > on android mainly. Which one should I buy? I will also be working with
> > a lot of the other languages such as python, ruby, java etc.
>
> PC shall be cheaper so you will have some spare bucks for devices
>
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[android-developers] Re: Mac or PC for development

[Doug]

On May 30, 1:24 am, Raghav Sood  wrote:
> Thanks everyone,
>
> I am currently using a PC running Ubuntu 11.04. Money is not a problem so I
> think I'll get a Macbook Pro and dual boot OS X and Ubuntu 11.04 on it.

How are you going to dual boot with Linux on a MacBook?  Boot Camp
only supports Windows products.

If you want to run any kind of Linux on a MacBook, then you'll need to
get a product such as VMWare or Parallels to run some Linux in a VM
hosted within OS X.

I've been doing all my Android dev on OS X for two years and haven't
needed Linux for anything, even NDK work.  And I have never had to
find and and install device drivers like my peers using Windows.  One
major exception is with Samsung Galaxy S products -- if you want to
install a new firmware on those devices, you need Windows to run
Samsung's crappy Kies software.

Doug

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[android-developers] Re: Mac or PC for development

[Doug]

On May 30, 8:11 pm, Francisco Dalla Rosa soares 
wrote:
> Funny to see how people still look at Macs like a blackbox.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleIntelInstall...
> Mac OSX and Ubuntu

That document is a little scary.  I'll stick with VMware, thanks.  :-)

Doug

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Re: [android-developers] Re: Mac or PC for development

[Francisco Dalla Rosa soares]

Funny to see how people still look at Macs like a blackbox.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleIntelInstallation#Dual-Boot:
Mac OSX and Ubuntu

2011/5/31 Doug 

> On May 30, 1:24 am, Raghav Sood  wrote:
> > Thanks everyone,
> >
> > I am currently using a PC running Ubuntu 11.04. Money is not a problem so
> I
> > think I'll get a Macbook Pro and dual boot OS X and Ubuntu 11.04 on it.
>
> How are you going to dual boot with Linux on a MacBook?  Boot Camp
> only supports Windows products.
>
> If you want to run any kind of Linux on a MacBook, then you'll need to
> get a product such as VMWare or Parallels to run some Linux in a VM
> hosted within OS X.
>
> I've been doing all my Android dev on OS X for two years and haven't
> needed Linux for anything, even NDK work.  And I have never had to
> find and and install device drivers like my peers using Windows.  One
> major exception is with Samsung Galaxy S products -- if you want to
> install a new firmware on those devices, you need Windows to run
> Samsung's crappy Kies software.
>
> Doug
>
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Re: [android-developers] Re: Mac or PC for development

[Raghav Sood]

Thanks,

I have an LG Otimus P500 device so I suppose I can get away without ubuntu.

Thanks

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Francisco Dalla Rosa soares  wrote:

> Funny to see how people still look at Macs like a blackbox.
>
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleIntelInstallation#Dual-Boot:
> Mac OSX and Ubuntu
>
> 2011/5/31 Doug 
>
>> On May 30, 1:24 am, Raghav Sood  wrote:
>> > Thanks everyone,
>> >
>> > I am currently using a PC running Ubuntu 11.04. Money is not a problem
>> so I
>> > think I'll get a Macbook Pro and dual boot OS X and Ubuntu 11.04 on it.
>>
>> How are you going to dual boot with Linux on a MacBook?  Boot Camp
>> only supports Windows products.
>>
>> If you want to run any kind of Linux on a MacBook, then you'll need to
>> get a product such as VMWare or Parallels to run some Linux in a VM
>> hosted within OS X.
>>
>> I've been doing all my Android dev on OS X for two years and haven't
>> needed Linux for anything, even NDK work.  And I have never had to
>> find and and install device drivers like my peers using Windows.  One
>> major exception is with Samsung Galaxy S products -- if you want to
>> install a new firmware on those devices, you need Windows to run
>> Samsung's crappy Kies software.
>>
>> Doug
>>
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Re: [android-developers] Re: Mac or PC for development

[Jonas Petersson]

On 2011-05-31 02:52, Doug wrote:

On May 30, 1:24 am, Raghav Sood  wrote:

I am currently using a PC running Ubuntu 11.04. Money is not a problem so I
think I'll get a Macbook Pro and dual boot OS X and Ubuntu 11.04 on it.


How are you going to dual boot with Linux on a MacBook?  Boot Camp
only supports Windows products.


Um, I've been running various kinds of Linux on my company provided 
MacBookPros for 5+ years without problems. Theoretically, I guess I'm 
"dual booting" (as I kept a small OSX partition just in case), but in 
reality I don't boot that partition. Remember: pretty much anything that 
boots x86 Windows will also work with Linux. These days it isn't even 
particularly tricky to install - in fact, I consider the way the 
multi-touch pad works in Linux better than how it is used in OSX (YMMV).


The MBP hardware is pretty good in my experience, the only iffy part is 
the BCM wifi.



If you want to run any kind of Linux on a MacBook, then you'll need to
get a product such as VMWare or Parallels to run some Linux in a VM
hosted within OS X.


Nope. You certainly can if you like, though.


I've been doing all my Android dev on OS X for two years and haven't
needed Linux for anything, even NDK work.  And I have never had to
find and and install device drivers like my peers using Windows.  One
major exception is with Samsung Galaxy S products -- if you want to
install a new firmware on those devices, you need Windows to run
Samsung's crappy Kies software.


Oh, I have a vbox with Windows on my MacBookPro (currently running 
Ubuntu 11.04) for the odd Windows-only stuff I need to do. Upgraded my 
Milestone that way for instance. So of the three OSes, OSX is actually 
used the least.


Don't get me wrong, these days I could get used to OSX if I had to (I 
selected Linux when OSX still didn't exist), but for various reasons I 
still prefer Linux (comparing uptime with my colleagues - identical 
hardware - I have better uptimes) and Linux is also the target platform 
of my day job.


Best / Jonas

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