[aklug] Re: Mac laptops and reliability

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 05:43:25PM -0800, Tim Gibney wrote:
> I am thinking of Adobe Dreamweaver for website creation mixed with
> PostgreSQL and a few free Javascript debuggers. Most of the jobs in
> Anchorage require experience in it or Microsoft's Sharepoint thingie. I
> chose Java as my electives in my undergraduate years so starting with .NET
> will be a burden.

My web pages are so simple (and no flash or java eavuh!) that ViM itself
is overkill. If you want there is an old copy of DreamWeaver (circa 2002)
in a box somewhere at my home. When we get back I'd be willing to ship it
to you (with the box and book) and transfer the ownership if you'd pay the
shipping from China. That version might be too old for even a cheap
upgrade ... ask someone who uses such tools.

PostgreSQL and Javascript debuggers scream for a Linux OS, eh?

Mickey$oft apps still run best on Windoze, which would come with a laptop
if it weren't an Apple. Get Win7 and save yourself a lot of grief. It's
really the best of their poorly coded OSes.

> How is MacOSX not a Unix or a Linux? My intention was to replace Linux with
> a well integrated OS with the hardware and still have the benefits. Linux is

Am packing to travel and don't have time for a long explanation. You
wrote, "A true Unix OS", which OS-X (and all other Apple OSes) is not.
Look up OS (operating system) for a definition. In a Linux OS, there is
the Linux kernel and apps built to run on it ... iirc OS-X uses a kernel
based upon Linux called darwin or some such. Some tools which come from
the Linux and GNU camp, but it's still an Apple OS.

> a cool toy to play with but I just want to play World of Warcraft and run
> Office and a few tools. Windows might be a requirement for some classes.

Sounds like your need is for Windows, to run apps built for Windows (WoW
and M$ Office), so just buy a laptop with Windows for that, and install
Linux for it's tools and your particular use.

You have not shown why you should spend so much money for a Mac, but you
have shown why it would be prudent in your situation not to buy a Mac.

And as for your comment about custom built computers, if they have
reliablitiy issues such as you mentioned, the builder is at fault. I'm not
the best in the world, but have built PCs since the mid 90s and don't have
issues like that at all with what I've sold or built for personal use.

Bruce Hill

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