How many people out there are doing Rails development on a Mac Mini? I''ve been eyeing up the MacBook as well as the new MacMini trying to decide if I want to splurge. I''ve been doing very little Rails development thus far which makes the investment a little hard to justify. The Free Mini Mac ( http://minimacs.freepay.com/?r=16778073) offer seems like the best route but I''m not sure I can wait long enough for that to pan out :) So for those of you doing Rails development on a Mac Mini....how is it? What processor would you recommend, how much RAM should I go for? Will I run into any problems with the newer Intel Core chipset? Thanks, Steve -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060305/ef7af8a8/attachment.html
On 5 Mar 2006, at 03:41, Steve Eichert wrote:> The Free Mini Mac ( http://minimacs.freepay.com/?r=1677x8073) offer > seems like the best route but I''m not sure I can wait long enough > for that to pan out :)Can we assume that is your referral code in that URL? Maybe you''ll get one sooner than you think if enough listers click on it ;) David Smalley w: http://davidsmalley.com/blog -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060305/f8d5f1e5/attachment.html
> > Can we assume that is your referral code in that URL? Maybe you''ll get one > sooner than you think if enough listers click on it ;) >Um...well....of course it is :) Merely clicking on it doesn''t do anything though. :( I''ve been hearing a lot of buzz lately from "Railers" about the MacBook and was wondering if people are as excited about the new Mac Mini. It looks pretty sweet but I''m wondering if the baseline mini is decent enough for Rails development? I''ve been doing my Rails dev on my windows box since my wife always hogs the only mac in the house so I''m curious how much RAM + processing power people find adequate for development in Rails (with TextMate). Cheers, Steve (aka: the MacMini schemer) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060305/99fe77ce/attachment.html
Steve Eichert wrote:> How many people out there are doing Rails development on a Mac Mini? > I''ve > been eyeing up the MacBook as well as the new MacMini trying to decide > if I > want to splurge.I''d go for a mac laptop - ibook or powerbook. The reason ? - You can take it to meetups and get input on your code from fellow rails heads. _tony -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
That''s the way I''ve been leaning. I''ve been thinking about the Mini since I could put it up in my office and host little personal apps on it as well as use it as a media server. Plus it wouldn''t hurt the bank account as much. I''m a big fan of plopping down on the couch getting comfy and writing code though so it''d be a little tough to do that with the mini :) On 3/5/06, Anthony Green <email@acgreen.co.uk> wrote:> > Steve Eichert wrote: > > How many people out there are doing Rails development on a Mac Mini? > > I''ve > > been eyeing up the MacBook as well as the new MacMini trying to decide > > if I > > want to splurge. > > I''d go for a mac laptop - ibook or powerbook. > The reason ? - You can take it to meetups and get input on your code > from fellow rails heads. > > _tony > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060305/b9d0fa35/attachment.html
> I''m a big fan of plopping down on the couch getting comfy and writing > code > though so it''d be a little tough to do that with the mini :)And i like to spend Sunday afternoon in a country pub with wifi coding and relaxing. ;-) _tony -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
On 5 Mar 2006, at 13:17, Steve Eichert wrote:> That''s the way I''ve been leaning. > > I''ve been thinking about the Mini since I could put it up in my > office and host little personal apps on it as well as use it as a > media server. Plus it wouldn''t hurt the bank account as much. > > I''m a big fan of plopping down on the couch getting comfy and > writing code though so it''d be a little tough to do that with the > mini :) >Go for an iBook. I''m at this very moment working on a G3 900mhz iBook with 640mb of RAM. I''m running MySQL, Apache (with 3 rails apps running 5 FCGI processes each), Textmate, Mail, Camino and NetNewsWire all at the same time! Obviously I can''t do much else and ram is pretty tight but I''m not noticing any real slow down. I''d imagine one of the new G4 iBooks would work really well. FYI you can probably run on sqlite and cut down on memory usage, but I was in a hurry and couldn''t be bothered to learn it. Don''t get anything lower than 512mb of Ram. David Smalley w: http://davidsmalley.com/blog
On Sun, 5 Mar 2006, David Smalley wrote:> Go for an iBook.My guess is the Intel-replacement iBook will be out before September. Why September? The iBook is marketed for the back-to-school crowd, and so they''d want to have the new ones ready for the BTS sales. Of course, I have no crystal ball, this is pure conjecture. --Jim
I''m using a Mini at home for Rails development, it''s an absolute joy. Couldn''t be easier, either; open the box, plug it in, and two downloads later -- Locomotive (http://locomotive.raaum.org) and RadRails -- you''ve got everything you need to start developing. Obviously, like others have said, an iBook/MacBook would provide more mobility which is kind of nice. Although the Mini is small/portable enough to transport from place to place with a minimum of fuss. On Saturday, March 04, 2006, at 10:41 PM, Steve Eichert wrote:>How many people out there are doing Rails development on a Mac Mini? I''ve >been eyeing up the MacBook as well as the new MacMini trying to decide if I >want to splurge. I''ve been doing very little Rails development thus far >which makes the investment a little hard to justify. The Free Mini Mac ( >http://minimacs.freepay.com/?r=16778073) offer seems like the best >route but >I''m not sure I can wait long enough for that to pan out :) > >So for those of you doing Rails development on a Mac Mini....how is it? >What processor would you recommend, how much RAM should I go for? Will I >run into any problems with the newer Intel Core chipset? > >Thanks, >Steve > > >_______________________________________________ >Rails mailing list >Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Posted with http://DevLists.com. Sign up and save your time!