Hm sounds interesting. I think from the comments my next machine (why I really asked this) will still be a Thinkpad as planned. I've always wanted a Thinkpad with Ubuntu installed on it, but I did think to myself there might be a few benefits of the Macs which apply to me.
I guess it all depends on your situation. Personally all I need to do my job is a terminal emulator and a web browser. I've tried GUI text editors and I just end up splattering my code with "dd", ":w" and "VPPP". Ah well. On the Vaio front, I had to use one of those over the last few days for a business trip. The screen IS awesome, but the rest of it really bugs me - I can't stand the mouse buttons and the trackpad, well.. I'm a nipple man myself. I'm personally of the opinion that the hardware interface to a computer is much more important than what's inside it, which is why my keyboard and mouse cost more than just about any other component in my computer at home.. Cheers for the help -Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ok, I'll stick my hand up - I don't use a Mac. > > Mac usage seems to be an emergent trend in web development. > > Generally I use: > > Sony VAIO laptop (most of the time develop on this), have two desktop PC's - > one running windows, one running Linux Debian Sarge. All wireless networked. > > The quality of the VAIO is amazing - screen is the best I've seen. One > difference between PC and Mac is cost - PC's generally cheaper for more > processing power. Mac is a great 'whole' product though. > > Software: PSPro Editor, Cygwin (for bash and other Unix flavoured goodies) > and of course latest Python. > > I've been tempted to buy a Mac on a number of occasions but I can't justify > it on style alone. They're quite expensive (in the UK at least) and my > current setup is doing everything I need it to. > > Biggest difference for me with regards to Mac is being able to test on Safari > - not just css/html issues either but interactive Javascript testing. > > Luckily there's Mac emulation which should be good enough to run Safari. > Also for Mac's you can get PC emulators (you Mac developers *are* testing on > IE6 at least? :-) ) > > Justin > > >>From: Robin Haswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Date: 2006/03/24 Fri AM 09:33:01 GMT >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [TurboGears] [OT] What is it with Macs? >> >> >>I'm genuinely interested, why is it that nearly every developer for TG >>(that produces a video at least) seems to own a Mac? In fact I'm yet to >>see any evidence of anyone NOT using a Mac! Why is that? Is there a >>genuine programmer's reason why I should consider one? >> >>Cheers >> >>-Rob >> >> >> > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
