I would like to add my two cents here as well.
I also use a Mac Laptop. A Mac Book Pro. I purchased it after my Dell
laptop up and died on me.
It took me a bit to get used to only one mouse button but other than
that I love it... what I can't figure out in the GUI I can do from the
command prompt in BASH.
I use Unix on a daily basis at work and it's an easy transition back
and forth.
Jim MacDonald
jim@macdonald.org
On Nov 11, 2008, at 4:49 PM, Christopher Howard wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Nov 2008, Jim Ludwig wrote:
>
>> Michael R. Wolf wrote:
>>>> My laptop PC's motherboard is fatally injured.
>>>> It's time to exercise Washington's newly passed
>>>> right-to-die initiative.
>>>>
>>>> A lot's changed in the 6-8 years since I last
>>>> made this decision. I'd like to consider a Mac
>>>> this time around.
>>>>
>>>> I'd be interested in anyone's Perl-centric (and
>>>> business-owner-centric) pro/con list for both
>>>> sides.
>>
>> I guess I'll weigh in here...
>>
>> I've been developing in a *nix environment ever
>> since I've been developing, BASIC back in middle
>> school notwithstanding.
>>
>> On my home machines I have Debian installs, with
>> an XP boot on one of them for (very very
>> occasional) games.
>>
>> I hear Ubuntu works well for lots of folks -- I
>> gave it a try once, but I still preferred Debian
>> "unstable" -- but I've noticed a fairly, um,
>> noticeable trend the past few years, and that is
>> that many Linux folks are "defecting" to the Mac
>> world, people whom I thought would be running
>> Linux to the death.
>>
>> And that includes myself. I was given a Mac
>> laptop at work 2 weeks ago -- a year-old Macbook
>> Pro -- and, barring mail, I've already
>> transitioned all my day-to-day activities to it,
>> and very quickly. Macs are easy. Once I move
>> mail to it, I may have no more need for my Linux
>> desktop at work.
>>
>> I'll regurgitate the standard hooplah, because it
>> applies: It seems to be the perfect blend of
>> elegant UI and nerdy command-line, where I still
>> find myself spending a fair amount of time. I
>> especially like Quicksilver, which makes launching
>> apps a cinch. The trickiest part about the Mac
>> transition seems to be training my hands about the
>> Apple command key.
>>
>> Were I myself to be purchasing a laptop 2 months
>> ago, it'd've been with Debian in mind. Today, I'd
>> be getting a Mac. I really really like Debian. I
>> just happen, it turns out, to like the Mac more.
>>
>> YMMV,
>> jim
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>
> Debian rules.
>
> My boss forces me to use a Mac at work. But I'll never go over to Mac
> willingly. I've got Debian running on six of my own computers,
> including desktops, gaming machines, servers, and routers, from
> 133Mhz to
> 3 Ghz. Debian Linux equals true freedom and customizability, which
> you'll
> never get in the Mac world.
>
> Take that Apple.
>
> --
> Christopher Howard
> choward@indicium.us
> http://www.indicium.us
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