Rails - Jan 2006 - Why Macs instead of AMD or Intel ? Just curious

My first computer was a Mac (SE30) but it was also my last so I am not
without appreciation of  Apples wonderful aptitude for design.  Without
starting a flame-fest why do so many ruby and rails developers use a Mac ?
It seems to be a commonality within the ruby and RoR community.  Especially
laptops.  The first ruby users group meeting I attended was about 50% Macs
(or so it seemed to me - I didn''t do a formal poll or anything).

Just curious,

Greg

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Well, first of all you can have the best of both worlds now - mac and
intel.  For me, the main selling point is OS X.  It''s BSD with a
beautiful interface.  That''s just the most kick ass OS I could think
of, to be honest.

Considering that *nix is just a very common, excellent
development/deployment platform, it makes a lot of sense to code on a
*nix box.  I''ve noticed that developers tend to prefer laptops, and
there certainly is no better *nix laptop than an Apple.

And come on, we have TextMate :)

Pat


On 1/27/06, Greg <runman@speedfactory.net> wrote:
> My first computer was a Mac (SE30) but it was also my last so I am not
> without appreciation of  Apples wonderful aptitude for design.  Without
> starting a flame-fest why do so many ruby and rails developers use a Mac ?
> It seems to be a commonality within the ruby and RoR community.  Especially
> laptops.  The first ruby users group meeting I attended was about 50% Macs
> (or so it seemed to me - I didn''t do a formal poll or anything).
>
> Just curious,
>
> Greg
>
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On 1/27/06, Greg <runman@speedfactory.net> wrote:
> My first computer was a Mac (SE30) but it was also my last so I am not
> without appreciation of  Apples wonderful aptitude for design.  Without
> starting a flame-fest why do so many ruby and rails developers use a Mac ?
> It seems to be a commonality within the ruby and RoR community.  Especially
> laptops.  The first ruby users group meeting I attended was about 50% Macs
> (or so it seemed to me - I didn''t do a formal poll or anything).
>
> Just curious,
>
> Greg
>
> --
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Macs are the easiest *nix to use, and they can use Adobe/Macromedia/MS
tools.  Plus, they''re sexy.

--
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Chief Technologist
E Factor Media // FN Interactive
kyle@efactormedia.com
1-866-263-3261

On 1/27/06, Greg <runman@speedfactory.net> wrote:
> My first computer was a Mac (SE30) but it was also my last so I am not
> without appreciation of  Apples wonderful aptitude for design.  Without
> starting a flame-fest why do so many ruby and rails developers use a Mac ?
> It seems to be a commonality within the ruby and RoR community.  Especially
> laptops.  The first ruby users group meeting I attended was about 50% Macs
> (or so it seemed to me - I didn''t do a formal poll or anything).
The short answer is that OS X makes it possible, and Apple makes a
solid product.

I''ve owned several Macs over the years, although not for a while now. 
I''m currently using a Thinkpad with Fedora Linux for my Rails
development.

I bought a new MacBook Pro just so I could use TextMate. :)

<http://www.radrails.org/blog/show/44>

-Sean

James Ludlow wrote:
> On 1/27/06, Greg <runman@speedfactory.net> wrote:
>   
>> My first computer was a Mac (SE30) but it was also my last so I am not
>> without appreciation of  Apples wonderful aptitude for design.  Without
>> starting a flame-fest why do so many ruby and rails developers use a
Mac ?
>> It seems to be a commonality within the ruby and RoR community. 
Especially
>> laptops.  The first ruby users group meeting I attended was about 50%
Macs
>> (or so it seemed to me - I didn''t do a formal poll or
anything).
>>     
>
> The short answer is that OS X makes it possible, and Apple makes a
> solid product.
>
> I''ve owned several Macs over the years, although not for a while
now.
> I''m currently using a Thinkpad with Fedora Linux for my Rails
> development.
> _______________________________________________
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>

Well, my work pc is an HP 3.6 GHz with 2 GB of memory and they are starting
at less than a Mac laptop with more hardware stuff.  While I know that clock
speed isn''t everything, it does matter in many things and can beat a
well
developed and integrated machine (think Sun) and my work laptop is sometimes
faster than my dual Opteron (2.0 GHz w/ 1 GB ram per processor).  Yeah,
don''t think that doesn''t stick in my craw ... I don''t
know about TextMate
other than what I read on this list but I am kinda fond of the Eclipse IDE
with RadRails and RDT and the kitchen sink thrown in.  Gotta love those
little green testing bars !  SVN support and the ability to work on any DB
is a must for, me at any rate, in an IDE.  And while all this is on Windows,
I don''t feel any less a developer than a TextMate using Mac developer. 
I
guess all the command line / vi stuff on servers has tempered me to using
what I want when I want how I want.  To each their own ..

Interesting feedback.

-Greg

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[mailto:rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org] On Behalf Of Sean Stephens
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 6:02 PM
To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
Subject: Re: [Rails] Why Macs instead of AMD or Intel ? Just curious

I bought a new MacBook Pro just so I could use TextMate. :)

<http://www.radrails.org/blog/show/44>

-Sean

James Ludlow wrote:
> On 1/27/06, Greg <runman@speedfactory.net> wrote:
>   
>> My first computer was a Mac (SE30) but it was also my last so I am 
>> not without appreciation of  Apples wonderful aptitude for design.  
>> Without starting a flame-fest why do so many ruby and rails developers
use a Mac ?
>> It seems to be a commonality within the ruby and RoR community.  
>> Especially laptops.  The first ruby users group meeting I attended 
>> was about 50% Macs (or so it seemed to me - I didn''t do a
formal poll or
anything).
>>     
>
> The short answer is that OS X makes it possible, and Apple makes a 
> solid product.
>
> I''ve owned several Macs over the years, although not for a while
now.
> I''m currently using a Thinkpad with Fedora Linux for my Rails 
> development.
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> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
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I think it''s really ironic that the guy asking why so many folks prefer
Mac has this as his (auto-appended?) sig:
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Checked by AVG Free Edition.
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The main reason I use a Mac for development is because when I want to 
work, my computer is ready to go about 99.999% of the time.  I can count 
the number of crashes (kernel panics) I''ve encountered on one hand.  I 
rarely shut down my machine, just use instant on/off sleep.  And the 
insane virus, adware, spyware treadmill that plagues the PC world is 
just someone else''s problem ;-)

To date, Windows has had tens of thousands of viruses, many of them 
extremely severe resulting in tons of downtime and data loss for many 
developers.  On Mac OS X, there have been exactly *zero* viruses found 
in the wild.  Zero, nada, none.  Not even one.  People can debate why 
that is, or how long it can stay that way, and so on.  But one thing is 
almost a certainty: Using a Mac for development almost guarantees that 
you''ll spend less time monkeying with your machine which leaves more 
time for developing Rails apps :-D

I think the reason some people get so fanatical about Macs is because 
it''s just frustrating to see all the suffering people put themselves 
through unnecessarily.  It''s like watching your friend swim in a muddy 
pond complaining about all the algae and litter.  And you''re like -- 
Dude, would you just listen to me?!  I''m telling you there''s
this
crystal clear swimming hole just over there with water that''s always 70
degrees!  But the guy just keeps saying -- naw, I''m all right.  I just 
gotta clear some of this litter and algae and then I should be okay for 
a while.  And you''re like -- dude, are you insane?!  It''s
crystal clear
over there -- it''d take you like five minutes to walk over there!  For 
the love of god -- why do you guys all insist on swimming in this filthy 
pond when you don''t have to?!  (a mac zealot is born)

Plus there''s TextMate :-)

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I hate Apple.  They basically make you buy their products ;)

I''m on a Thinkpad, running OpenBSD.  My friend is on a Powerbook....
running
OpenBSD.
I''m planning on buying a MacBook as well... JUST for graphics programs,
presentation software... etc.

I insist on coding on a "true" BSD OS :)


On 1/27/06, Sean Schertell <sean@datafly.net>
wrote:
>
> I think it''s really ironic that the guy asking why so many folks
prefer
> Mac has this as his (auto-appended?) sig:
> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/236 - Release Date:
> 1/20/2006
>
> The main reason I use a Mac for development is because when I want to
> work, my computer is ready to go about 99.999% of the time.  I can count
> the number of crashes (kernel panics) I''ve encountered on one
hand.  I
> rarely shut down my machine, just use instant on/off sleep.  And the
> insane virus, adware, spyware treadmill that plagues the PC world is
> just someone else''s problem ;-)
>
> To date, Windows has had tens of thousands of viruses, many of them
> extremely severe resulting in tons of downtime and data loss for many
> developers.  On Mac OS X, there have been exactly *zero* viruses found
> in the wild.  Zero, nada, none.  Not even one.  People can debate why
> that is, or how long it can stay that way, and so on.  But one thing is
> almost a certainty: Using a Mac for development almost guarantees that
> you''ll spend less time monkeying with your machine which leaves
more
> time for developing Rails apps :-D
>
> I think the reason some people get so fanatical about Macs is because
> it''s just frustrating to see all the suffering people put
themselves
> through unnecessarily.  It''s like watching your friend swim in a
muddy
> pond complaining about all the algae and litter.  And you''re like
--
> Dude, would you just listen to me?!  I''m telling you
there''s this
> crystal clear swimming hole just over there with water that''s
always 70
> degrees!  But the guy just keeps saying -- naw, I''m all right.  I
just
> gotta clear some of this litter and algae and then I should be okay for
> a while.  And you''re like -- dude, are you insane?!  It''s
crystal clear
> over there -- it''d take you like five minutes to walk over there! 
For
> the love of god -- why do you guys all insist on swimming in this filthy
> pond when you don''t have to?!  (a mac zealot is born)
>
> Plus there''s TextMate :-)
>
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> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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yah, one of my av''s is out of date by 7 days (since I only re-boot once
a
month).  It''s an AMD (old one) running Windows 2000 Pro.  I use OpenBSD
for
all of my servers, except my RoR server (easier getting RoR on Debian then
OpenBSD).  I guess I have been lucky + smart as I don''t have all of
those
windows problems - despite installing a million programs and abusing my pc.
I also run 2 av''s, never use i.e. (except for security updates), ripped
out
scripting, and use SpamBayes on top of my Outlook.  As for crash worthiness
I have crashed Macs, OpenBSD, and just about anything else but I guess
OpenBSD is about the most stable here in my house.  As I need machines I can
stuff a lot of hard drives into I bought a dual Opteron instead of the dual
Macs a while ago.  The Opteron was cheaper also.  But I am a big fan of Mac
(and Sun) boxes.  Of course with Apple''s 

Don''t know what''s so ironic about it the (is auto-appended)
sig - if more
folks used AV''s there would be less of the nasty stuff about.  Of
course  a
good beating of miscreants would help too.

OK, I can understand the "hate Windows cause it''s so unstable for
me"
argument. My day job is a MS shop ... why I like my OpenBSD / Suse / Debian
/ "my" Windows environment at home.

-Greg

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From: rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org
[mailto:rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org] On Behalf Of Sean Schertell
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 6:37 PM
To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
Subject: [Rails] Re: Why Macs instead of AMD or Intel ? Just curious

I think it''s really ironic that the guy asking why so many folks prefer
Mac
has this as his (auto-appended?) sig:
Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/236 - Release Date:
1/20/2006

The main reason I use a Mac for development is because when I want to work,
my computer is ready to go about 99.999% of the time.  I can count the
number of crashes (kernel panics) I''ve encountered on one hand.  I
rarely
shut down my machine, just use instant on/off sleep.  And the insane virus,
adware, spyware treadmill that plagues the PC world is just someone
else''s
problem ;-)

To date, Windows has had tens of thousands of viruses, many of them
extremely severe resulting in tons of downtime and data loss for many
developers.  On Mac OS X, there have been exactly *zero* viruses found in
the wild.  Zero, nada, none.  Not even one.  People can debate why that is,
or how long it can stay that way, and so on.  But one thing is almost a
certainty: Using a Mac for development almost guarantees that you''ll
spend
less time monkeying with your machine which leaves more time for developing
Rails apps :-D

I think the reason some people get so fanatical about Macs is because
it''s
just frustrating to see all the suffering people put themselves through
unnecessarily.  It''s like watching your friend swim in a muddy pond
complaining about all the algae and litter.  And you''re like -- Dude,
would
you just listen to me?!  I''m telling you there''s this crystal
clear swimming
hole just over there with water that''s always 70 degrees!  But the guy
just
keeps saying -- naw, I''m all right.  I just gotta clear some of this
litter
and algae and then I should be okay for a while.  And you''re like --
dude,
are you insane?!  It''s crystal clear over there -- it''d take
you like five
minutes to walk over there!  For the love of god -- why do you guys all
insist on swimming in this filthy pond when you don''t have to?!  (a mac
zealot is born)

Plus there''s TextMate :-)

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> I think the reason some people get so fanatical about Macs is because
> it''s just frustrating to see all the suffering people put
themselves
> through unnecessarily.  It''s like watching your friend swim in a
muddy
> pond complaining about all the algae and litter.  And you''re like
--
> Dude, would you just listen to me?!  I''m telling you
there''s this
> crystal clear swimming hole just over there with water that''s
always 70
> degrees!  But the guy just keeps saying -- naw, I''m all right.  I
just
> gotta clear some of this litter and algae and then I should be okay for
> a while.  And you''re like -- dude, are you insane?!  It''s
crystal clear
> over there -- it''d take you like five minutes to walk over there! 
For
> the love of god -- why do you guys all insist on swimming in this filthy
> pond when you don''t have to?!  (a mac zealot is born)
>
> Plus there''s TextMate :-)
>
I love this description. I''ve probably spent about 5 minutes on a Mac
in my entire life. But lately I''m really starting to be tempted to
jump on into the clear water. I don''t quite have $2000 laying around,
but the fact that I''m even thinking about it leads me to believe
I''m
not the only Windows person thinking of jumping ship.

On Jan 27, 2006, at 5:25 PM, Lance England wrote:
>> I think the reason some people get so fanatical about Macs is because
>> it''s just frustrating to see all the suffering people put
themselves
>> through unnecessarily.  It''s like watching your friend swim in
a
>> muddy
>> pond complaining about all the algae and litter.  And you''re
like --
>> Dude, would you just listen to me?!  I''m telling you
there''s this
>> crystal clear swimming hole just over there with water that''s
>> always 70
>> degrees!  But the guy just keeps saying -- naw, I''m all right.
I
>> just
>> gotta clear some of this litter and algae and then I should be  
>> okay for
>> a while.  And you''re like -- dude, are you insane?! 
It''s crystal
>> clear
>> over there -- it''d take you like five minutes to walk over
there!
>> For
>> the love of god -- why do you guys all insist on swimming in this  
>> filthy
>> pond when you don''t have to?!  (a mac zealot is born)
>>
>> Plus there''s TextMate :-)
>>
>
> I love this description. I''ve probably spent about 5 minutes on a
Mac
> in my entire life. But lately I''m really starting to be tempted to
> jump on into the clear water. I don''t quite have $2000 laying
around,
> but the fact that I''m even thinking about it leads me to believe
I''m
> not the only Windows person thinking of jumping ship.
Everyone thinking about switching, don''t forget about resale values.

Getting in is a bit expensive, but there has *always* been a vibrant
used market for old Macs that doesn''t exist for PCs.

So, the first switch is expensive, but the first upgrade you make
you whole again...

-- 
-- Tom Mornini

Oh there are tons of us on the edge :) Only bump in the road for me is
coming up with the $2500 for the new Intel Dual Core MacBook Pro (which is
apparently 4-5x faster than its predecessor, the G4 powerbook).

The tail end of the keynote by Steve at MacWorld is pretty sweet. Actually
the whole thing is. One thing I didn''t like so much was it felt like he
was
showing off a bit with his numbers, then kinda cut off people from enjoying
them as well (weird I know).

I have tried setting up apache/MySQL/ruby/rails on my Centrino, and well,
its slow. Really slow.

Watching all the screencasts I have how a Mac simply outperforms the Intel
is reason enough. But fact is, they were demo''ing on the old G4
machines (as
the new Intel''s ship in February).

If you haven''t already checked them out, take a peek at:
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

Pretty sweet features. Especially the new magnetic power cord
plug/connector.

-Nb

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Nathaniel S. H. Brown                           http://nshb.net 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org 
> [mailto:rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org] On Behalf Of 
> Lance England
> Sent: January 27, 2006 5:26 PM
> To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> Subject: Re: [Rails] Re: Why Macs instead of AMD or Intel ? 
> Just curious
> 
> > I think the reason some people get so fanatical about Macs 
> is because 
> > it''s just frustrating to see all the suffering people put 
> themselves 
> > through unnecessarily.  It''s like watching your friend swim 
> in a muddy 
> > pond complaining about all the algae and litter.  And 
> you''re like -- 
> > Dude, would you just listen to me?!  I''m telling you
there''s this
> > crystal clear swimming hole just over there with water 
> that''s always 
> > 70 degrees!  But the guy just keeps saying -- naw, I''m all 
> right.  I 
> > just gotta clear some of this litter and algae and then I should be 
> > okay for a while.  And you''re like -- dude, are you insane?! 
It''s
> > crystal clear over there -- it''d take you like five minutes
to walk
> > over there!  For the love of god -- why do you guys all insist on 
> > swimming in this filthy pond when you don''t have to?!  (a 
> mac zealot 
> > is born)
> >
> > Plus there''s TextMate :-)
> >
> 
> I love this description. I''ve probably spent about 5 minutes 
> on a Mac in my entire life. But lately I''m really starting to 
> be tempted to jump on into the clear water. I don''t quite 
> have $2000 laying around, but the fact that I''m even thinking 
> about it leads me to believe I''m not the only Windows person 
> thinking of jumping ship.
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>

I would consider it if they bring over the 17" Powerbook model into the
MacBook Pro.
Can''t see spending that type of money to downgrade from my 17"
widescreen
Dell, which I''ll point out has never crashed on me. That argument is
not as
valid nowadays as a few years ago. The argument that is valid, is that
it''s
easier to install a bunch of crap software on a PC that makes it unstable.

Bob Silva
http://www.railtie.net/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org [mailto:rails-
> bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org] On Behalf Of Nathaniel S. H. Brown
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 6:39 PM
> To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> Subject: RE: [Rails] Re: Why Macs instead of AMD or Intel ? Just curious
> 
> Oh there are tons of us on the edge :) Only bump in the road for me is
> coming up with the $2500 for the new Intel Dual Core MacBook Pro (which is
> apparently 4-5x faster than its predecessor, the G4 powerbook).
> 
> The tail end of the keynote by Steve at MacWorld is pretty sweet. Actually
> the whole thing is. One thing I didn''t like so much was it felt
like he
> was
> showing off a bit with his numbers, then kinda cut off people from
> enjoying
> them as well (weird I know).
> 
> I have tried setting up apache/MySQL/ruby/rails on my Centrino, and well,
> its slow. Really slow.
> 
> Watching all the screencasts I have how a Mac simply outperforms the Intel
> is reason enough. But fact is, they were demo''ing on the old G4
machines
> (as
> the new Intel''s ship in February).
> 
> If you haven''t already checked them out, take a peek at:
> http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/
> 
> Pretty sweet features. Especially the new magnetic power cord
> plug/connector.
> 
> -Nb
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  Nathaniel S. H. Brown                           http://nshb.net
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org
> > [mailto:rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org] On Behalf Of
> > Lance England
> > Sent: January 27, 2006 5:26 PM
> > To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> > Subject: Re: [Rails] Re: Why Macs instead of AMD or Intel ?
> > Just curious
> >
> > > I think the reason some people get so fanatical about Macs
> > is because
> > > it''s just frustrating to see all the suffering people
put
> > themselves
> > > through unnecessarily.  It''s like watching your friend
swim
> > in a muddy
> > > pond complaining about all the algae and litter.  And
> > you''re like --
> > > Dude, would you just listen to me?!  I''m telling you
there''s this
> > > crystal clear swimming hole just over there with water
> > that''s always
> > > 70 degrees!  But the guy just keeps saying -- naw, I''m
all
> > right.  I
> > > just gotta clear some of this litter and algae and then I should
be
> > > okay for a while.  And you''re like -- dude, are you
insane?!  It''s
> > > crystal clear over there -- it''d take you like five
minutes to walk
> > > over there!  For the love of god -- why do you guys all insist on
> > > swimming in this filthy pond when you don''t have to?! 
(a
> > mac zealot
> > > is born)
> > >
> > > Plus there''s TextMate :-)
> > >
> >
> > I love this description. I''ve probably spent about 5 minutes
> > on a Mac in my entire life. But lately I''m really starting to
> > be tempted to jump on into the clear water. I don''t quite
> > have $2000 laying around, but the fact that I''m even thinking
> > about it leads me to believe I''m not the only Windows person
> > thinking of jumping ship.
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rails mailing list
> > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> >
> 
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Sean Schertell wrote:
> I think it''s really ironic that the guy asking why so many folks
prefer
> Mac has this as his (auto-appended?) sig:
> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/236 - Release Date:
> 1/20/2006
> 
> The main reason I use a Mac for development is because when I want to 
> work, my computer is ready to go about 99.999% of the time.  I can count 
> the number of crashes (kernel panics) I''ve encountered on one
hand.  I
> rarely shut down my machine, just use instant on/off sleep.  And the 
> insane virus, adware, spyware treadmill that plagues the PC world is 
> just someone else''s problem ;-)
> 
> To date, Windows has had tens of thousands of viruses, many of them 
> extremely severe resulting in tons of downtime and data loss for many 
> developers.  On Mac OS X, there have been exactly *zero* viruses found 
> in the wild.  Zero, nada, none.  Not even one.  People can debate why 
> that is, or how long it can stay that way, and so on.  But one thing is 
> almost a certainty: Using a Mac for development almost guarantees that 
> you''ll spend less time monkeying with your machine which leaves
more
> time for developing Rails apps :-D
Jeez, that''s just ridiculous. I''ve used Windows computers
since 3.1,
leave them hooked up to the Internet all the time, and have never gotten 
a virus. And since 2000 and XP, crashes are quite rare. In my 
experience, the key to not getting viruses is DON''T OPEN EXECUTABLE 
EMAIL ATTACHMENTS! Oh, and maybe let Windows update itself once in a 
while. And don''t use IE on sites you don''t trust.

Joe

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On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 07:33 +0100, Joe wrote:
> Sean Schertell wrote:
> > I think it''s really ironic that the guy asking why so many
folks prefer
> > Mac has this as his (auto-appended?) sig:
> > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.
> > Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/236 - Release Date:
> > 1/20/2006
> > 
> > The main reason I use a Mac for development is because when I want to 
> > work, my computer is ready to go about 99.999% of the time.  I can
count
> > the number of crashes (kernel panics) I''ve encountered on one
hand.  I
> > rarely shut down my machine, just use instant on/off sleep.  And the 
> > insane virus, adware, spyware treadmill that plagues the PC world is 
> > just someone else''s problem ;-)
> > 
> > To date, Windows has had tens of thousands of viruses, many of them 
> > extremely severe resulting in tons of downtime and data loss for many 
> > developers.  On Mac OS X, there have been exactly *zero* viruses found
> > in the wild.  Zero, nada, none.  Not even one.  People can debate why 
> > that is, or how long it can stay that way, and so on.  But one thing
is
> > almost a certainty: Using a Mac for development almost guarantees that
> > you''ll spend less time monkeying with your machine which
leaves more
> > time for developing Rails apps :-D
> 
> Jeez, that''s just ridiculous. I''ve used Windows computers
since 3.1,
> leave them hooked up to the Internet all the time, and have never gotten 
> a virus. And since 2000 and XP, crashes are quite rare. In my 
> experience, the key to not getting viruses is DON''T OPEN
EXECUTABLE
> EMAIL ATTACHMENTS! Oh, and maybe let Windows update itself once in a 
> while. And don''t use IE on sites you don''t trust.
----
the whole discussion is absurd. Viruses aren''t a problem if you keep AV
software on your machine and don''t run as administrator. Macintosh
users
futz with their machines as much as Windows users do. They both have
their strengths and weaknesses. There''s no doubt that anyone could use
either.

I use both (rarely) - I mostly use Linux. Who cares? Isn''t there enough
traffic on this list already that a discussion about OS''s that never
leads anywhere and just adds to the noise?

Craig

> I love this description. I''ve probably spent about 5 minutes on a
Mac
> in my entire life. But lately I''m really starting to be tempted to
> jump on into the clear water. I don''t quite have $2000 laying
around,
> but the fact that I''m even thinking about it leads me to believe
I''m
> not the only Windows person thinking of jumping ship.
I jumped ship for $600 on a Mac Mini + 1GB RAM (which you can now get
refurbished for much less).  It won''t convince you that macs are
faster by any stretch... but it did convince me the a happier
computing experience is possible.  YMMV

--
Rick Olson
http://techno-weenie.net

Craig White wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 07:33 +0100, Joe wrote:
>> > the number of crashes (kernel panics) I''ve encountered on
one hand.  I
>> > you''ll spend less time monkeying with your machine which
leaves more
>> > time for developing Rails apps :-D
>> 
>> Jeez, that''s just ridiculous. I''ve used Windows
computers since 3.1,
>> leave them hooked up to the Internet all the time, and have never
gotten
>> a virus. And since 2000 and XP, crashes are quite rare. In my 
>> experience, the key to not getting viruses is DON''T OPEN
EXECUTABLE
>> EMAIL ATTACHMENTS! Oh, and maybe let Windows update itself once in a 
>> while. And don''t use IE on sites you don''t trust.
> ----
> the whole discussion is absurd. Viruses aren''t a problem if you
keep AV
> software on your machine and don''t run as administrator. Macintosh
users
> futz with their machines as much as Windows users do. They both have
> their strengths and weaknesses. There''s no doubt that anyone could
use
> either.
> 
> I use both (rarely) - I mostly use Linux. Who cares? Isn''t there
enough
> traffic on this list already that a discussion about OS''s that
never
> leads anywhere and just adds to the noise?
> 
> Craig
Not for me - I don''t use AV and do run as Admin. Haven''t had
any virus
problems. As for Linux, I KNOW I''ve spent far far more time futzing
with
it.

Joe

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I think the virus thing is one of those "I''ve got a Mac, so
there"
things. Avoiding viruses is not why I use a Mac (I use Mac, Windows, and 
Linux). The initial observation was that (paraphrasing) a 
disproportionate number of Rails developers are using Macs when compared 
with Mac penetration into the market. Why would that be?

My reason for getting a Mac in the first place is that I need it for 
Photoshop. Well, times have changed, Photoshop has changed, and Windows 
have changed. But I still like the Mac. Why I use a Mac for development 
is that Windows and *nix are so dissimilar that I always ran into 
configuration nightmares when deploying sites. Now most of those are 
ironed out on the dev machine.

Why not use Linux and cut to the chase? I prefer to use GUI editors and 
have relatively standard document processing tools available.

Hey, and in case nobody else noticed, 37s is predominently a Mac shop.

Craig White wrote:
> the whole discussion is absurd. Viruses aren''t a problem if you
keep AV
> software on your machine and don''t run as administrator. Macintosh
users
> futz with their machines as much as Windows users do. They both have
> their strengths and weaknesses. There''s no doubt that anyone could
use
> either.
-- 
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On Jan 27, 2006, at 11:12 PM, Steve Ross wrote:
> Hey, and in case nobody else noticed, 37s is predominently a Mac shop.
And, would rather hire Macintosh users than Windows users.

http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000433.html
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/msg/12318b8d5e7ad8af
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/msg/475d868d9f86302c

-- 
-- Tom Mornini

Steve Ross wrote:
> My reason for getting a Mac in the first place is that I need it for 
> Photoshop. Well, times have changed, Photoshop has changed, and Windows 
> have changed. But I still like the Mac. Why I use a Mac for development 
> is that Windows and *nix are so dissimilar that I always ran into 
> configuration nightmares when deploying sites. Now most of those are 
> ironed out on the dev machine.
> 
> Why not use Linux and cut to the chase? I prefer to use GUI editors and 
> have relatively standard document processing tools available.
> 
> Hey, and in case nobody else noticed, 37s is predominently a Mac shop.
I do dev on Windows and serve on Linux. Haven''t had any significant 
problems transferring between the two. Sometimes there''s the CRLF/LF 
thing. I used to set up a web server and database on Windows, but don''t
bother anymore. Setting up PostgreSQL pre 8.x under cygwin on Windows 
was much more involved. Now I just remote FTP/SVN edit files on the 
server, and use a duplicate dev database if desired.

I''m not evangelizing Windows and Linux here, nor looking down on Macs. 
What I''ve heard time and again about Macs is "It Just
Works.", while
with Windows and Linux it can take significant time installing and 
configuring to get them to where you want. Packages like 
gunwin/unixutils make Windows vastly more useful. I may eventually get a 
Mac, but at this point I just don''t think the bang for the buck is 
there, compared to my current setups. I sort of think that good coders 
can still be fairly productive and produce good code on dumb terminals 
using vi. ;P

BTW, does anybody use Macs as actual production servers? I don''t recall
ever hearing of anybody.

Joe

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Tom Mornini wrote:
> On Jan 27, 2006, at 11:12 PM, Steve Ross wrote:
> 
>> Hey, and in case nobody else noticed, 37s is predominently a Mac shop.
> 
> And, would rather hire Macintosh users than Windows users.
> 
> http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000433.html
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/msg/12318b8d5e7ad8af
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/msg/475d868d9f86302c
> 
> --
> -- Tom Mornini
I don''t follow this statement:

"On the other hand, if you want to work with open source technologies
like the Rails stack of Apache/lighttpd, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Ruby/Rails,
etc, I find a strong disconnect with doing so from Windows. It''s just
not a natural fit neither from a technological, cultural, or political
perspective. Actively pursuing or celebrating this unnatural fit raises
a red flag for me."

Come on, Macs, OSX, and its programs (like TextMate) are CLOSED source. 
What connection is there to open source, besides OSX''s FreeBSD
heritage?

Joe

-- 
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On Jan 27, 2006, at 11:59 PM, Joe wrote:
> BTW, does anybody use Macs as actual production servers? I don''t  
> recall
> ever hearing of anybody.
I do, but not for a Rails app yet.

I''m currently rewriting an existing Perl website in Rails,
and will deploy on OS X.

Reasons:

   1) Lack of security issues.
   2) Code developed in Objective-C.
   3) Future requirement for QuickTime.

-- 
-- Tom Mornini

On Jan 28, 2006, at 12:12 AM, Joe wrote:
> "On the other hand, if you want to work with open source technologies
> like the Rails stack of Apache/lighttpd, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Ruby/Rails,
> etc, I find a strong disconnect with doing so from Windows. It''s
just
> not a natural fit neither from a technological, cultural, or political
> perspective. Actively pursuing or celebrating this unnatural fit  
> raises
> a red flag for me."
>
> Come on, Macs, OSX, and its programs (like TextMate) are CLOSED  
> source.
I think he means that those technologies emanated from Unix systems, are
developed first and foremost on and for Unix systems, and that Mac OS  
X is
first and foremost a Unix system.
> What connection is there to open source, besides OSX''s FreeBSD  
> heritage?
1) Macintosh OS X ships with Apache/Ruby preinstalled (and MySQL on  
Server)
2) That''s a *lot* of heritage. :-)

Your point is well taken, but seriously, Mac OS X ships with a *lot*  
more
open software and tools than Windows does...

-- 
-- Tom Mornini

> Come on, Macs, OSX, and its programs (like TextMate) are CLOSED source.
What connection is there to open source, besides OSX''s FreeBSD
heritage?
There''s quite a few OSS projects developed by Apple... here''s
a complete list:
developer.apple.com/darwin/projects

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I use macs for production servers running rails apps.  Why not?  Not  
that I am famous or anything, does my answer still count?

bruce


On 28-Jan-06, at 1:42 AM, Tom Mornini wrote:
> On Jan 27, 2006, at 11:59 PM, Joe wrote:
>
>> BTW, does anybody use Macs as actual production servers? I
don''t
>> recall
>> ever hearing of anybody.
>
> I do, but not for a Rails app yet.
>
> I''m currently rewriting an existing Perl website in Rails,
> and will deploy on OS X.
>
> Reasons:
>
>   1) Lack of security issues.
>   2) Code developed in Objective-C.
>   3) Future requirement for QuickTime.
>
> -- 
> -- Tom Mornini
>
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails

Bingo.  That''s *all* I was asking.  Just curious.  I already knew some
reasons for those to choose Macs and in this thread learned some other
reasons as well as some things about the RoR community (good and bad).

Greg



-----Original Message-----
From: rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org
[mailto:rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org] On Behalf Of Steve Ross
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 2:12 AM
To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
Subject: [Rails] Re: Re: Why Macs instead of AMD or Intel ? Just curious

I think the virus thing is one of those "I''ve got a Mac, so
there"
things. Avoiding viruses is not why I use a Mac (I use Mac, Windows, and
Linux). The initial observation was that (paraphrasing) a disproportionate
number of Rails developers are using Macs when compared with Mac penetration
into the market. Why would that be?

My reason for getting a Mac in the first place is that I need it for
Photoshop. Well, times have changed, Photoshop has changed, and Windows have
changed. But I still like the Mac. Why I use a Mac for development is that
Windows and *nix are so dissimilar that I always ran into configuration
nightmares when deploying sites. Now most of those are ironed out on the dev
machine.

Why not use Linux and cut to the chase? I prefer to use GUI editors and have
relatively standard document processing tools available.

Hey, and in case nobody else noticed, 37s is predominently a Mac shop.

Craig White wrote:
> the whole discussion is absurd. Viruses aren''t a problem if you
keep
> AV software on your machine and don''t run as administrator.
Macintosh
> users futz with their machines as much as Windows users do. They both 
> have their strengths and weaknesses. There''s no doubt that anyone 
> could use either.
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Your answer counts but Macintosh is known to perform terribly as a db
server.

http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2436&p=6

there are many other similar comparisons/discussions on the net.

don''t use a Macintosh OSX server if performance counts.

Craig

On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 09:00 -0700, Bruce Balmer wrote:
> I use macs for production servers running rails apps.  Why not?  Not  
> that I am famous or anything, does my answer still count?
> 
> bruce
> 
> 
> On 28-Jan-06, at 1:42 AM, Tom Mornini wrote:
> 
> > On Jan 27, 2006, at 11:59 PM, Joe wrote:
> >
> >> BTW, does anybody use Macs as actual production servers? I
don''t
> >> recall
> >> ever hearing of anybody.
> >
> > I do, but not for a Rails app yet.
> >
> > I''m currently rewriting an existing Perl website in Rails,
> > and will deploy on OS X.
> >
> > Reasons:
> >
> >   1) Lack of security issues.
> >   2) Code developed in Objective-C.
> >   3) Future requirement for QuickTime.
> >
> > -- 
> > -- Tom Mornini
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rails mailing list
> > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> 
> _______________________________________________
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On Jan 27, 2006, at 11:59 PM, Joe wrote:
> Steve Ross wrote:
>> My reason for getting a Mac in the first place is that I need it for
>> Photoshop. Well, times have changed, Photoshop has changed, and  
>> Windows
>> have changed. But I still like the Mac. Why I use a Mac for  
>> development
>> is that Windows and *nix are so dissimilar that I always ran into
>> configuration nightmares when deploying sites. Now most of those are
>> ironed out on the dev machine.
>>
>> Why not use Linux and cut to the chase? I prefer to use GUI  
>> editors and
>> have relatively standard document processing tools available.
>>
>> Hey, and in case nobody else noticed, 37s is predominently a Mac  
>> shop.
>
> I do dev on Windows and serve on Linux. Haven''t had any
significant
> problems transferring between the two. Sometimes there''s the
CRLF/LF
> thing. I used to set up a web server and database on Windows, but  
> don''t
> bother anymore. Setting up PostgreSQL pre 8.x under cygwin on Windows
> was much more involved. Now I just remote FTP/SVN edit files on the
> server, and use a duplicate dev database if desired.
>
> I''m not evangelizing Windows and Linux here, nor looking down on
Macs.
> What I''ve heard time and again about Macs is "It Just
Works.", while
> with Windows and Linux it can take significant time installing and
> configuring to get them to where you want. Packages like
> gunwin/unixutils make Windows vastly more useful. I may eventually  
> get a
> Mac, but at this point I just don''t think the bang for the buck is
> there, compared to my current setups. I sort of think that good coders
> can still be fairly productive and produce good code on dumb terminals
> using vi. ;P
>
> BTW, does anybody use Macs as actual production servers? I don''t  
> recall
> ever hearing of anybody.
>
> Joe
>
Joe-

	My biggest rails project to date runs on a dual g5 apple xserve with  
Tiger server. It runs great and serves 70,000+ dynamic page views/day  
without breaking a sweat. http://yakimaherald.com. I also run  
numerous debian servers with rails apps on them and it is a great  
platform for rails as well. Just the fact that OSX has unix at its  
heart but has the commercial apps I need like photoshop, flash et all  
is a good reason to use macs. The bang for the buck of raw power  
might not be there compared to normal whitebox x86 hardware but the  
productivity I get on my osx dev and production machines is very  
nice. It really isn''t that different running a rails app under lighty  
on OSX or debian , I do most of the stuff from the cli anyways. But I  
do all my dev on OSX not because of viruses or anything like that,  
just because it is a very nice gui environment with textmate and  
other nice commercial apps and it has unix at its core. I spend a ton  
of my time in the cli and have many linux boxes around as well but  
the mac is a great combination of things for me that adds up to a  
great experience where I can be more productive then with any other  
environment I have tried. And I have tried them all.

	Windows has gotten much better but it is undeniably bloated and  
doesn''t offer me any advantages over linux or osx so I dont use it at  
all except to test my apps in windows browsers.

	YMMV

Cheers-

-Ezra Zygmuntowicz
WebMaster
Yakima Herald-Republic Newspaper
ezra@yakima-herald.com
509-577-7732

Tom Mornini wrote:
>> What connection is there to open source, besides OSX''s FreeBSD
>> heritage?
> 
> 1) Macintosh OS X ships with Apache/Ruby preinstalled (and MySQL on
> Server)
> 2) That''s a *lot* of heritage. :-)
> 
> Your point is well taken, but seriously, Mac OS X ships with a *lot*
> more
> open software and tools than Windows does...
> 
> --
> -- Tom Mornini
That certainly seems to be true, and it seems to have all the latest and 
greatest, all ready to go, with a highly-polished window environment on 
top. Windows straight out of the box is next to useless. And Linux can 
take a great deal of configuring; drivers and supported hardware still 
seem to be quite a problem; its dearth of commercial apps; and its 
desktop is a far cry from OSX (and even Windows IMO).

What''s a good used Mac notebook to buy for those of us who have other 
things to spend $2000-$2500 (for the latest and greatest) on? Something 
with at least 13-14 inches of screen.

Joe

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1) That article speaks to MySQL performance, and I don''t use MySQL.

2) The issue has to do with how OS X syncs data to disk, and there
    has been quite a bit of discussion, mostly fruitless and over
    heated, about who does it "right" and such. That article, in
    particular, took quite a lot of heat for misidentifying the cause
    of the performance problem was being slow thread creation. Notice
    that I have not suggested that OS X is a leading performer.

3) Choosing a platform based solely on performance could easily be
    considered a premature optimization. When the site threatens to
    go under due to DB performance, it will be very easy to move it
    to another system, or upgrade the Macintosh.

4) As I mentioned, the site contains elements written in Objective-C.
    Performance comparisons are pointless when your software must be
    served from a particular OS for non-performance reasons.

5) As Ezra pointed out specifically, the performance "issue" is a
    purely relative issue, and few sites will *ever* reach traffic
    levels that will saturate a modern Macintosh running OS X. See
    point #3 above.

6) A site that is remotely rooted on any platform performs far
    below OS X during the time it takes to reconstitute the site
    in a secure fashion. I don''t care if it''s obscurity,
technical
    majesty, or an act of God, but OS X has never been remotely
    rooted (unless perhaps through a security issue in the
    application it''s serving, but that wouldn''t count, would
it?).

P.S. I *absolutely* adore FreeBSD (and friends) and Linux and on
      Intel boxes.

-- 
-- Tom Mornini

On Jan 28, 2006, at 10:17 AM, Craig White wrote:
> Your answer counts but Macintosh is known to perform terribly as a db
> server.
>
> http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2436&p=6
>
> there are many other similar comparisons/discussions on the net.
>
> don''t use a Macintosh OSX server if performance counts.
>
> Craig
>
> On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 09:00 -0700, Bruce Balmer wrote:
>
>> I use macs for production servers running rails apps.  Why not?  Not
>> that I am famous or anything, does my answer still count?
>>
>> bruce
>>
>> On 28-Jan-06, at 1:42 AM, Tom Mornini wrote:
>>
>>> On Jan 27, 2006, at 11:59 PM, Joe wrote:
>>>
>>>> BTW, does anybody use Macs as actual production servers? I
don''t
>>>> recall
>>>> ever hearing of anybody.
>>>
>>> I do, but not for a Rails app yet.
>>>
>>> I''m currently rewriting an existing Perl website in Rails,
>>> and will deploy on OS X.
>>>
>>> Reasons:
>>>
>>>   1) Lack of security issues.
>>>   2) Code developed in Objective-C.
>>>   3) Future requirement for QuickTime.

There really isn''t much purpose to an extended platform debate on this
list and I hate to prolong it. This wasn''t my testing and I only linked
it to point out that their are some respected opinions that have
performed tests and made conclusions that are worthy of consideration.

The issue of MySQL was that for testing. If you read through the entire
article, they point out that the problem is endemic to OSX because of
their problems with threading which if true, performance issues would
extend to PostgreSQL etc. 

for example...http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2436&p=9

"The server performance of the Apple platform is, however,
catastrophic."

You can''t sugar coat their conclusion...

I am not technically capable of repeating their testing or evaluating
their methodology or conclusions but it does track with reports that I
have seen from others who have moved off Mac OSX servers that faltered
under load.

Of course Macintosh OSX Server works and is usable and is a viable
option, but considering Anandtech''s evaluations that under load from 5
simultaneous clients, it will perform much slower than other servers,
it''s probably advisable to use another platform.

Craig

On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 12:16 -0800, Tom Mornini wrote:
> 1) That article speaks to MySQL performance, and I don''t use
MySQL.
> 
> 2) The issue has to do with how OS X syncs data to disk, and there
>     has been quite a bit of discussion, mostly fruitless and over
>     heated, about who does it "right" and such. That article, in
>     particular, took quite a lot of heat for misidentifying the cause
>     of the performance problem was being slow thread creation. Notice
>     that I have not suggested that OS X is a leading performer.
> 
> 3) Choosing a platform based solely on performance could easily be
>     considered a premature optimization. When the site threatens to
>     go under due to DB performance, it will be very easy to move it
>     to another system, or upgrade the Macintosh.
> 
> 4) As I mentioned, the site contains elements written in Objective-C.
>     Performance comparisons are pointless when your software must be
>     served from a particular OS for non-performance reasons.
> 
> 5) As Ezra pointed out specifically, the performance "issue" is a
>     purely relative issue, and few sites will *ever* reach traffic
>     levels that will saturate a modern Macintosh running OS X. See
>     point #3 above.
> 
> 6) A site that is remotely rooted on any platform performs far
>     below OS X during the time it takes to reconstitute the site
>     in a secure fashion. I don''t care if it''s obscurity,
technical
>     majesty, or an act of God, but OS X has never been remotely
>     rooted (unless perhaps through a security issue in the
>     application it''s serving, but that wouldn''t count,
would it?).
> 
> P.S. I *absolutely* adore FreeBSD (and friends) and Linux and on
>       Intel boxes.
>

On 28/01/2006, at 11:42 AM, Greg wrote:
> My first computer was a Mac (SE30) but it was also my last so I am not
> without appreciation of  Apples wonderful aptitude for design.   
> Without
> starting a flame-fest why do so many ruby and rails developers use  
> a Mac ?
> It seems to be a commonality within the ruby and RoR community.   
> Especially
> laptops.  The first ruby users group meeting I attended was about  
> 50% Macs
> (or so it seemed to me - I didn''t do a formal poll or anything).
Since this thread seems to be on the verge of degenerating in to a  
flame war I''ll inject my opinions ;)

Because.
I have to use the machine for 8-12 hours each day, otherwise I won''t  
get paid. I want a machine that fits me, something that conforms to  
what I want, something that Just Works. I''ve never found this with  
Windows, I found it with OS X, and that was that.

I deploy to Linux, but that''s because I can get cheap deals.
I''d
deploy to OS X just because I like the platform.

--
Phillip Hutchings
phillip.hutchings@sitharus.com
http://www.sitharus.com/

I read somewhere that *all* of the core Rails team uses TextMate on OS 
X.  Not 100% sure if that''s true or not but if so I think it makes 
sense.  I like Rails because it''s very powerful and elegant and
doesn''t
get in my way.  I like OS X for exactly the same reasons.  I wonder if 
the Rails team makes the same comparison?

Here''s an interesting snippet from the Rails blog:  First some guy 
weighs in on news that a new user manual was released for TextMate. 
Look who responded to him.

-----

Louis said 1 day later:
I?m planning on reading this over the holidays to convince me to buy a 
Mac ? just for TextMate. Of course, my life would be so much simpler if 
you?d just release a Windows version ? or work with another programmer 
to do it, or something. I?m going crazy here without it. _Sigh_s with 
longing.

David Heinemeier Hansson said 1 day later:
Louis, consider TextMate the tip of the iceberg. Once you?ve switch 
over, it?s just one of the many wonderful aspects of OS X. You?ll thank 
Allan not so much for TextMate as for making you do the switch ;)

-----

-- 
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Reasons I use a Mac for RoR development:

1. Security.  ie: no virus''s.
2. Less evil than that Redmond company
3. Textmate
4. BSD core
5. Macs are cool, PC are boring little boxes.


-- 
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Joe wrote:
> BTW, does anybody use Macs as actual production servers? I don''t
recall
> ever hearing of anybody.
> 
> Joe
For the same reason no one buys a Gucci bag to store old newspapers in.
With a Mac, you''re spending a lot of money on the culture and
"hip"-ness
of owning a Mac.  If all you really want to do is run a server that no
one will see, there''s no reason to spend 2x for the same hardware.

   Jake

-- 
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

On 29 Jan 2006, at 04:51, Guest wrote:
> For the same reason no one buys a Gucci bag to store old newspapers  
> in.
> With a Mac, you''re spending a lot of money on the culture and
"hip"-
> ness
> of owning a Mac.  If all you really want to do is run a server that no
> one will see, there''s no reason to spend 2x for the same hardware.
I infamously (within the FreeBSD community at least) wrote this:

http://tinyurl.com/8mklk

just two months before ordering my iBook which I am writing this on.  
If you can''t beat them, join them. Bizzarely, because I was working  
at UK University at the time, the reason I went with the iBook was  
because it was the cheapest 12" laptop I could get with integrate  
WiFi, Bluetooth and a decent chunk of RAM and HDD space - with  
educational discount it was ?400 cheaper than the nearest similar  
specification intel based machine.

As laptops go, I miss my ultralight Thinkpad (it was an old 240, one  
of the best little laptops I ever owned), but I like the fact that I  
have Unix under the hood without Cygwin (uugggghhh!) or being forced  
into spending hours configuring X and struggling to work with KDE  
instead. OS X has seemed to hit a sweet spot, and I expect once  
they''ve worked out how to get Windows and FreeBSD booting on the  
intel Apple kit, all my hardware will move over 100% to Apple  
hardware on the desktop side. I''ll stick with HP and Dell for servers  
though. I probably spend 80% of my time on OS X now.

As for the apps and development environment, I''m finding apps now  
that I can only use here that are genuinely useful. I do miss some  
Windows apps, but not enough to make me want to switch back - it  
would be nice to have them available however. In general, I''m pretty  
happy with where I am now.

That said, my install is rather customised and I''ve had to turn a lot  
of stuff off (the dock, bouncing icons, improve the keyboard  
shortcuts, etc.) and it is rather slow on my 1.2Ghz G4 which is  
annoying. Later today I think I might attempt a reinstall to try and  
get some performance back.

Anyway, if you ever want to flame an Apple user, I hope my above  
example provides ample inspiration or even a template for how it is  
done...

If I were advising somebody thinking about moving to the kit now, I''d  
say "Wait for 6 months, pick up what comes next". Hope that helps.

--
Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson wrote:
> Anyway, if you ever want to flame an Apple user, I hope my above
> example provides ample inspiration or even a template for how it is
> done...
> 
> If I were advising somebody thinking about moving to the kit now,
I''d
> say "Wait for 6 months, pick up what comes next". Hope that
helps.
I think you misunderstood my remark.  I was answering why Apple hardware 
isn''t so often used as servers.  Servers generally don''t need
fancy
GUIs.  Servers aren''t seen in coffee shops.  Servers don''t
need fancy
graphics or have to power 30" displays.  Servers need to do their job, 
only their job, and do it well.

I understand why people own Mac hardware (I have a mini).  It''s really 
nice stuff and I like the OS (except for the fact that the fonts are bad 
and need 50% more real estate than my Windows box to be usable).

While the OS is solid enough to run as a server (it''s BSD, afterall), 
there''s just no reason to pay for the OS or pay for the fancy brushed 
aluminum cases and glowing Apple logo -- when it is going into a server.

   Jake

-- 
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

> As laptops go, I miss my ultralight Thinkpad (it was an old 240,  
> one of the best little laptops I ever owned), but I like the fact  
> that I have Unix under the hood without Cygwin (uugggghhh!) or  
> being forced into spending hours configuring X and struggling to  
> work with KDE instead. OS X has seemed to hit a sweet spot, and I  
> expect once they''ve worked out how to get Windows and FreeBSD  
> booting on the intel Apple kit, all my hardware will move over 100%  
> to Apple hardware on the desktop side. I''ll stick with HP and Dell
> for servers though. I probably spend 80% of my time on OS X now.
Yeah, well, if you''re a whizkid and can get OS X running on a MacTel,  
you''ll get it for free (and can even buy you another two MacBooks),  
the contest is at $8000 for the moment.

http://winxponmac.com/The%20Contest.html

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

On Jan 28, 2006, at 12:05 PM, Joe wrote:
> What''s a good used Mac notebook to buy for those of us who have
other
> things to spend $2000-$2500 (for the latest and greatest) on?  
> Something
> with at least 13-14 inches of screen.
iBook G4

-- 
-- Tom Mornini

>
> I read somewhere that *all* of the core Rails team uses TextMate on OS
> X.  Not 100% sure if that''s true or not but if so I think it makes
> sense.  I like Rails because it''s very powerful and elegant and
doesn''t
> get in my way.  I like OS X for exactly the same reasons.  I wonder if
> the Rails team makes the same comparison?
>
> Here''s an interesting snippet from the Rails blog:  First some guy
> weighs in on news that a new user manual was released for TextMate.
> Look who responded to him.
>
> -----
>
> Louis said 1 day later:
> I''m planning on reading this over the holidays to convince me to
buy a
> Mac ? just for TextMate. Of course, my life would be so much simpler if
> you''d just release a Windows version ? or work with another
programmer
> to do it, or something. I''m going crazy here without it. _Sigh_s
with
> longing.
>
> David Heinemeier Hansson said 1 day later:
> Louis, consider TextMate the tip of the iceberg. Once you''ve
switch
> over, it''s just one of the many wonderful aspects of OS X.
You''ll thank
> Allan not so much for TextMate as for making you do the switch ;)
>
> -----
>

Soooooo... Apple is eventually going to buy Ruby and Rails, close it''s
source, and require it''s run on OSX.
I know this would never happen... but c''mon people... do you not see
the
eminent world domination of Apple !?

Keep it freeeeeeeeeee !




On 1/29/06, Peter De Berdt <peter.de.berdt@pandora.be>
wrote:
>
> > As laptops go, I miss my ultralight Thinkpad (it was an old 240,
> > one of the best little laptops I ever owned), but I like the fact
> > that I have Unix under the hood without Cygwin (uugggghhh!) or
> > being forced into spending hours configuring X and struggling to
> > work with KDE instead. OS X has seemed to hit a sweet spot, and I
> > expect once they''ve worked out how to get Windows and FreeBSD
> > booting on the intel Apple kit, all my hardware will move over 100%
> > to Apple hardware on the desktop side. I''ll stick with HP and
Dell
> > for servers though. I probably spend 80% of my time on OS X now.
>
> Yeah, well, if you''re a whizkid and can get OS X running on a
MacTel,
> you''ll get it for free (and can even buy you another two
MacBooks),
> the contest is at $8000 for the moment.
>
> http://winxponmac.com/The%20Contest.html
>
> Best regards
>
> Peter De Berdt
>
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
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I just ordered a new MacBook Pro with a 30" monitor. First mac ever for me.

 

My logic is this: I first learned of Ruby 2 years ago and ignored it because
PHP was working just fine for me and now that I''ve made an effort to
look at
Ruby, I feel like a smuck for not doing it back then.

 

Same thing applies to this purchase, how will I know if I''m missing out
on
something better, just because my current PC works fine, if I don''t
actually
give it a try.

 

My blog dives a little deeper on the subject but I will have to try real
hard to have an open mind about the Mac since I''ve "hated" it
for so long.
That and my wife would kill me for spending so much and then not using it.

 

Bob

http://www.railtie.net/

 

 

PS: Does this mean I can apply for a job at 37signals now?

 

 

  _____  

From: rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org
[mailto:rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org] On Behalf Of Dylan Stamat
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 10:56 AM
To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
Subject: Re: [Rails] Re: Re: Why Macs instead of AMD or Intel ? Just curious

 

I read somewhere that *all* of the core Rails team uses TextMate on OS
X.  Not 100% sure if that''s true or not but if so I think it makes 
sense.  I like Rails because it''s very powerful and elegant and
doesn''t
get in my way.  I like OS X for exactly the same reasons.  I wonder if
the Rails team makes the same comparison?

Here''s an interesting snippet from the Rails blog:  First some guy 
weighs in on news that a new user manual was released for TextMate.
Look who responded to him.

-----

Louis said 1 day later:
I''m planning on reading this over the holidays to convince me to buy a
Mac - just for TextMate. Of course, my life would be so much simpler if
you''d just release a Windows version - or work with another programmer
to do it, or something. I''m going crazy here without it. _Sigh_s with
longing.

David Heinemeier Hansson said 1 day later:
Louis, consider TextMate the tip of the iceberg. Once you''ve switch
over, it''s just one of the many wonderful aspects of OS X.
You''ll thank
Allan not so much for TextMate as for making you do the switch ;) 

-----



Soooooo... Apple is eventually going to buy Ruby and Rails, close it''s
source, and require it''s run on OSX.
I know this would never happen... but c''mon people... do you not see
the
eminent world domination of Apple !? 

Keep it freeeeeeeeeee !





On 1/29/06, Peter De Berdt <peter.de.berdt@pandora.be> wrote: 
> As laptops go, I miss my ultralight Thinkpad (it was an old 240,
> one of the best little laptops I ever owned), but I like the fact 
> that I have Unix under the hood without Cygwin (uugggghhh!) or
> being forced into spending hours configuring X and struggling to
> work with KDE instead. OS X has seemed to hit a sweet spot, and I
> expect once they''ve worked out how to get Windows and FreeBSD
> booting on the intel Apple kit, all my hardware will move over 100%
> to Apple hardware on the desktop side. I''ll stick with HP and Dell
> for servers though. I probably spend 80% of my time on OS X now.
Yeah, well, if you''re a whizkid and can get OS X running on a MacTel,
you''ll get it for free (and can even buy you another two MacBooks),
the contest is at $8000 for the moment.

http://winxponmac.com/The%20Contest.html

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

_______________________________________________ 
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Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
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On 2/1/06, Dylan Stamat <dylans@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I read somewhere that *all* of the core Rails team uses TextMate on OS
> > X.  Not 100% sure if that''s true or not but if so I think it
makes
> > sense.  I like Rails because it''s very powerful and elegant
and doesn''t
> > get in my way.  I like OS X for exactly the same reasons.  I wonder if
> > the Rails team makes the same comparison?
OK.  I now officially hate this thread.  I''ve been looking for a new
laptop and thought that I had made a decision.  Now I have to evaluate
the Apple products more closely.

Being lazy, I''ll ask a couple of basic questions.  Here''s your
chance
to play salesman and swing me back into the Mac world, having left it
years ago for Windows / Linux.

1. Just how awesome is TextMate?  I generally use vi, jEdit, or
Eclipse / Radrails.  I really like the perspective-view aspect of
Eclipse, where I can very quickly find and switch between various
files and resources.

2. Are there any problems I should be aware of regarding support for a
standard two-button + wheel mouse?  There''s not a chance that
I''m
going back to a one-button mouse.

Convince me please.

-- James

> 
> 1. Just how awesome is TextMate?  I generally use vi, jEdit, or
> Eclipse / Radrails.  I really like the perspective-view aspect of
> Eclipse, where I can very quickly find and switch between various
> files and resources.
> 
> 2. Are there any problems I should be aware of regarding support for a
> standard two-button + wheel mouse?  There''s not a chance that
I''m
> going back to a one-button mouse.
> 
> Convince me please.
> 
> -- James
1. it all depends...i use eclipse as my primary tool at work...doing 
projects with probable 1000 classes or so...Eclipse make it very easy to 
navigate, search throught the code...
However...textmate just feels so right...Its like writing your code 
covering in thick cream and chocolate...

2. no problems...

-- 
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

James Ludlow wrote:
> 1. Just how awesome is TextMate?  I generally use vi, jEdit, or
> Eclipse / Radrails.  I really like the perspective-view aspect of
> Eclipse, where I can very quickly find and switch between various
> files and resources.
>
>   
TextMate is awesome in a minimalist sorta way.  Not that it doesn''t
have
a ton of features, I just discovered Command-T (file-switching) a couple 
days ago.  Worst case scenario, fire up Eclipse on OS X.
> 2. Are there any problems I should be aware of regarding support for a
> standard two-button + wheel mouse?  There''s not a chance that
I''m
> going back to a one-button mouse.
>   
None.  Multi-button mice on OS X gives you a ton of cool features too, 
such at dashboard and expose from the mouse.  In fact, Apple now makes a 
4-button mouse with a 360-degree scroll ball (Mighty Mouse).  That''s 
what I''m currently using.

Happy shopping!

-Brasten

1. TextMate is a nice text editor, probably closest in feel to jEdit  
in the list you gave. It''s not a full-fledged IDE like Eclipse/ 
RadRails (nor does it pretend to be). On the other hand, it''s not as  
bare-metal as vi or emacs. I am functional in any of them -- TextMate  
just happens to be the most comfortable for me right now.

I agree with an earlier post on this thread, though -- TextMate is  
just the tip of the iceberg. The Mac OS isn''t just about eye candy or  
style (although it has those in spades) -- it''s also an industrial- 
strength OS that let''s me work in the GUI if that''s desirable,
but it
also (crucially) lets me drop down to the command line whenever I  
want. It has all of the power of a Un*x OS under the hood. Want to  
log in to a remote box? Open a Terminal and ssh. Want to copy some  
files to that remote box? Same Terminal - use ftp. Or sftp. Or scp.  
Or rsync. There''s no PuTTY, no dual-booting to Linux, no (shudder)  
Cygwin to muck around with. It all just works.

2. I have used all manner of non-Apple mice with all of my Macs. No  
problem. Ironically, the only one I refuse to use is Apple''s own  
Mighty Mouse. My latest is the Logitech V270 Bluetooth. Open the  
package, insert the batteries, turn on the mouse, pair with my laptop  
-- done. No muss, no fuss, no stretch marks. There''s a sizable  
instruction sheet and CD that come with the mouse. Both are worthless  
(because they''re unnecessary) for Mac users. Windows users, on the  
other hand, have some serious hoops to jump through.

Wanna know why I bought my Powerbook? When I close the lid -- it  
sleeps. When I open the lid -- it wakes up, within a couple seconds.  
And when it wakes up -- it resumes whatever it was doing when I put  
it to sleep. Downloading a file? Resumed. Building an XCode project?  
Resumed. It just works.

On Feb 1, 2006, at 12:28 PM, James Ludlow wrote:
> On 2/1/06, Dylan Stamat <dylans@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I read somewhere that *all* of the core Rails team uses TextMate  
>>> on OS
>>> X.  Not 100% sure if that''s true or not but if so I think
it makes
>>> sense.  I like Rails because it''s very powerful and
elegant and
>>> doesn''t
>>> get in my way.  I like OS X for exactly the same reasons.  I  
>>> wonder if
>>> the Rails team makes the same comparison?
>
> OK.  I now officially hate this thread.  I''ve been looking for a
new
> laptop and thought that I had made a decision.  Now I have to evaluate
> the Apple products more closely.
>
> Being lazy, I''ll ask a couple of basic questions.  Here''s
your chance
> to play salesman and swing me back into the Mac world, having left it
> years ago for Windows / Linux.
>
> 1. Just how awesome is TextMate?  I generally use vi, jEdit, or
> Eclipse / Radrails.  I really like the perspective-view aspect of
> Eclipse, where I can very quickly find and switch between various
> files and resources.
>
> 2. Are there any problems I should be aware of regarding support for a
> standard two-button + wheel mouse?  There''s not a chance that
I''m
> going back to a one-button mouse.
>
> Convince me please.
>
> -- James
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails

On Feb 1, 2006, at 2:42 PM, rails-request@lists.rubyonrails.org wrote:
> 1. Just how awesome is TextMate?  I generally use vi, jEdit, or
> Eclipse / Radrails.  I really like the perspective-view aspect of
> Eclipse, where I can very quickly find and switch between various
> files and resources.
It is pretty awesome.

If you are in the vicinity of an Apple store, just drop by, download  
TextMate and give it a try.
> 2. Are there any problems I should be aware of regarding support for a
> standard two-button + wheel mouse?  There''s not a chance that
I''m
> going back to a one-button mouse.
Nearly all multi-button mice are supported out of the box, with no  
need for special drivers.

--
Lon Baker
http://www.speedymac.com
AIM: spdemac

> Wanna know why I bought my Powerbook? When I close the lid -- 
> it sleeps. When I open the lid -- it wakes up, within a 
> couple seconds.  
> And when it wakes up -- it resumes whatever it was doing when 
> I put it to sleep. Downloading a file? Resumed. Building an 
> XCode project?  
> Resumed. It just works.
Yes, that to me is why I''ve always loved Macs (since System 7): It Just
Works.  But, I think one big selling point is the incredibly fast
boot-times.  My 1.33Ghz G4 Powerbook: from the time the GUI sub-system
is initiated until my desktop appears is 4 seconds, thanks to Tiger''s
launchd.

It''s a combination of all these little things that are done so well on
the Mac that just makes it an amazingly pleasant experience using it and
worth every single penny that I''ve paid for it.

Brasten Sager wrote:
> days ago.  Worst case scenario, fire up Eclipse on OS X.
Looks like Intel Macs don''t run eclipse yet.  Supposed to be fixed in
Eclipse 3.2.

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=98889

John

My Apple is better than your orange!

j/k -- been years since I last saw this debate and I never thought I''d
see it here. but, fwiw, I''m on the edge but massively paranoid.
I''ve
always been a Mac guy, but lately I''ve been a Mac guy who ran Windows
because Steve Jobs did too many unpleasant things to my hindmost
orifice. I''m waiting to see what he does to you all, and whether
you''ll still be able to walk afterwards, before I make any drastic
leaps. that being said I think the current direction of the company is
the coolest yet, and I can''t wait until some plucky hacker makes it
possible for me to run OS X on any damn hardware I want.

On 2/1/06, John Dell <jdell@gbdev.com> wrote:
> Brasten Sager wrote:
> > days ago.  Worst case scenario, fire up Eclipse on OS X.
>
> Looks like Intel Macs don''t run eclipse yet.  Supposed to be fixed
in
> Eclipse 3.2.
>
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=98889
>
> John
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>

--
Giles Goat Boy

http://gilesmakesmusic.blogspot.com
http://gileswritescode.blogspot.com

Giles Bowkett wrote:
> Steve Jobs did too many unpleasant things to my hindmost
> orifice.
Like what?
> I can''t wait until some plucky hacker makes it
> possible for me to run OS X on any damn hardware I want.
Amen to that!

Joe

-- 
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

> ...and I can''t wait until some 
> plucky hacker makes it possible for me to run OS X on any 
> damn hardware I want.
That''s perfectly fine and I hear this a lot and probably like you,
I''m a
big fan of having choices, too.

But, you''ve got to understand that all the reasons that''s
being listed
in this thread about what people like about using the Mac is in no small
part, due to the very tight integration of Apple hardware and software.

Take Ruby on Rails, for example.  Rails is awesome because of Ruby --
Running MacOS X on a generic Dell beige box is like taking Rails and
trying to make it work with $other_programming_language.  It can work,
but somehow... the magic just doesn''t translate as well.

IMOH the OS is just a tool.  Which one you use depends on your mind set, 
skill set, how much bit twiddling you really want to do and what''s 
available.  Personally, I''m agnostic and use what''s available.
But when
given a choice I''ll usually go with the OS I know better.

In my experience I''ve found that OS bigots can rarely quantify how 
exactly their OS is better than any other.  The argument always boils 
down to "It''s what I know".

The other thing I''ve noticed in this business is that if you
don''t
specialize your chance of becoming extinct is a lot less.  After all, 
how many Pascal positions do you see in the classified  adds? (Monster 
for you kids)

So the $0.02 worth of advice from the wayback machine is;  The more you 
know the more your worth.  That includes how to use multiple OS''s.


-- 
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

On Feb 1, 2006, at 11:28 AM, James Ludlow wrote:
> Convince me please.
You''re going to be so happy.

As soon as you say what you said above, it''s
already over! You know you want it, just go
for it.

You sound like a impatient young woman urging
her timid young boyfriend along... :-)

-- 
-- Tom Mornini

On 01 Feb 2006, at 21:13, Dean Matsueda wrote:
>> Wanna know why I bought my Powerbook? When I close the lid --
>> it sleeps. When I open the lid -- it wakes up, within a
>> couple seconds.
>> And when it wakes up -- it resumes whatever it was doing when
>> I put it to sleep. Downloading a file? Resumed. Building an
>> XCode project?
>> Resumed. It just works.
>
> Yes, that to me is why I''ve always loved Macs (since System 7): It
> Just
> Works.  But, I think one big selling point is the incredibly fast
> boot-times.  My 1.33Ghz G4 Powerbook: from the time the GUI sub-system
> is initiated until my desktop appears is 4 seconds, thanks to
Tiger''s
> launchd.
>
> It''s a combination of all these little things that are done so
well on
> the Mac that just makes it an amazingly pleasant experience using  
> it and
> worth every single penny that I''ve paid for it.
Exactly, that''s why I also wouldn''t want to get real work done
on a
Windows machine. Basically, both Windows and MacOS share the same  
features systemwise, but the experience is completely different. On  
my Mac, I always know what I''m doing, where I''m going and
it''s going
to work and keep working. All of my "Windows friends" are always  
stumped by the amount of freeware and shareware apps I install on my  
Mac. Well, I just like to experiment and don''t fear getting some  
nasty malware app installed (or see Ad-aware pop up). All these apps  
also seem to follow the interface guidelines better than a lot of  
Windows shareware out there, it feels "Mac", no matter if
it''s
commercial, shareware, freeware, open source. I just love Adium,  
Quicksilver, iTerm, Snapz Pro, BBEdit and TextMate, all of them are  
either free or cheap shareware.

I also never shut down my Powerbook, I just put it to sleep. I can''t  
remember the last time I actually used the Shutdown... command. I  
guess the only time I would use it, is if I had to replace some RAM.


Best regards

Peter De Berdt

On 1/28/06, Sean Schertell <sean@datafly.net>
wrote:
>
> I read somewhere that *all* of the core Rails team uses TextMate on OS
> X.  Not 100% sure if that''s true or not but if so I think it makes
> sense.

It''s true. Right from the source:
<http://www.rubyonrails.org/down>

See the "Editors" section at the bottom of the page.

The problem I have is that recently, I''ve been touting "open
source" so
much, that I might find it difficult to presuade my boss that it''s
worth the
?37. Perhaps proprietary software isn''t all bad. (As long as I can save
in
UTF-8.)

;-)

Doug
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On 2/1/06, James Ludlow <jamesludlow@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
> OK.  I now officially hate this thread.  I''ve been looking for a
new
> laptop and thought that I had made a decision.  Now I have to evaluate
> the Apple products more closely.
>
> Being lazy, I''ll ask a couple of basic questions.  Here''s
your chance
> to play salesman and swing me back into the Mac world, having left it
> years ago for Windows / Linux.
>
> 1. Just how awesome is TextMate?  I generally use vi, jEdit, or
> Eclipse / Radrails.  I really like the perspective-view aspect of
> Eclipse, where I can very quickly find and switch between various
> files and resources.

I  first thought, "Hey, I have BBEdit. It can''t REALLY be much
better than
that." I''m currently six days into my TextMate 30-day trial, and
my
officemate has heard me say "Holy crap!", "Wow, that''s
cool!" or "YES! It
CAN do that!" so many times, he''s throwing stray office supplies
over the
cubicle wall at me. It''s THAT great. BBEdit is second-class next to
this -
for coding/scripting. BBEdit might have a few more features overall, but
none that I''ve needed for RoR or (r)html. I feel like a kid at
Christmas
time.

2. Are there any problems I should be aware of regarding support for
a
> standard two-button + wheel mouse?  There''s not a chance that
I''m
> going back to a one-button mouse.

Nope. No problems. Buy the standard USB mouse of your choice and plug it in.
If it doesn''t work (and I just know it will) buy a utility called
"USB
Overdrive" for cheap and forget it. Buy a Mac. You won''t regret
it.

Doug
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I''ll wade in here.  I''ve been on Ubuntu for 1.5 years, linux
for near 5.  On
Monday I had a new job, and a new Intel mac.   After two days, my feelings
are mixed towards the Mac.  I can clearly see the "wow factor" goodies
that
non-developers point to as reasons that Macs are better, and yes, the gui is
nice if you like nice fade effects on windows and icons that bounce around.

But, what really matters?  How easy is it to get Rails up and going on Tiger
on an Intel Mac?  How easy is it to get sqlite running?  mysql?  lighttpd?

Truth is, not so easy.  To make a long story short, you have to identify and
install a bunch of dependencies on your own.  Fink and apt are hopelessly
broken on the Intel machine.  Ports would be better, but it needs rsync,
which doesn''t work.  Others may take issue with this, but as a Mac
newbie, I
was lost.

All of those dependencies have their own idea of what is a good bin
directory, so plan on exporting your path a lot. (If you don''t know
what
that means, good luck)
/sw/bin:/opt/bin::/opt/local/bin:/usr/local/share/bin -- I''m not making
this
stuff up.

Yes, we are developers, and we can figure all of this stuff out, so maybe it
is worth it because the GUI is so intuitive.  I like the Mac system I have
now, seeing that it is usable, and you will too.  Although, with a new job
that has heavy demands, things get fudged and quirks get compensated for.  I
still don''t have sqlite.  Someday I''ll get to it and get it
working.  Until
then, I''ll work around it.  Living like that though, is not living with
an
"easier to use" OS.  So, like I say, my feelings are mixed.  Tiger is
very
user friendly, and for email, IM, office tasks, etc..., it beats any LInux
,hands down.  But, comming from LInux, wanting to do programmer type things,
Linux is more predictable, less tweaked, and makes installing things like
Rails and sqlite much simpler.

matt

On 2/1/06, Doug Hall <doughalldev@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> On 2/1/06, James Ludlow <jamesludlow@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > OK.  I now officially hate this thread.  I''ve been looking
for a new
> > laptop and thought that I had made a decision.  Now I have to evaluate
> > the Apple products more closely.
> >
> > Being lazy, I''ll ask a couple of basic questions. 
Here''s your chance
> > to play salesman and swing me back into the Mac world, having left it
> > years ago for Windows / Linux.
> >
> > 1. Just how awesome is TextMate?  I generally use vi, jEdit, or
> > Eclipse / Radrails.  I really like the perspective-view aspect of
> > Eclipse, where I can very quickly find and switch between various
> > files and resources.
>
>
> I  first thought, "Hey, I have BBEdit. It can''t REALLY be
much better than
> that." I''m currently six days into my TextMate 30-day trial,
and my
> officemate has heard me say "Holy crap!", "Wow,
that''s cool!" or "YES! It
> CAN do that!" so many times, he''s throwing stray office
supplies over the
> cubicle wall at me. It''s THAT great. BBEdit is second-class next
to this -
> for coding/scripting. BBEdit might have a few more features overall, but
> none that I''ve needed for RoR or (r)html. I feel like a kid at
Christmas
> time.
>
> 2. Are there any problems I should be aware of regarding support for a
> > standard two-button + wheel mouse?  There''s not a chance that
I''m
> > going back to a one-button mouse.
>
>
> Nope. No problems. Buy the standard USB mouse of your choice and plug it
> in. If it doesn''t work (and I just know it will) buy a utility
called "USB
> Overdrive" for cheap and forget it. Buy a Mac. You won''t
regret it.
>
> Doug
>
>
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On Feb 2, 2006, at 12:20 AM, matthew clark wrote:
>
> Truth is, not so easy.  To make a long story short, you have to  
> identify and install a bunch of dependencies on your own.  Fink and  
> apt are hopelessly broken on the Intel machine.  Ports would be  
> better, but it needs rsync, which doesn''t work.  Others may take  
> issue with this, but as a Mac newbie, I was lost.
Well there''s your problem. ;)    Just kidding.
Have you tried darwinports. I think you will find it much better. I  
left fink years ago, won''t go back.

However, you have been given a double whammy. New to Mac and everyone  
else is new to Intel on Mac.
It may take some time to work through the transition pains.


Jim Freeze

matthew
    > But, what really matters?  How easy is it to get Rails up and 
going on
    > Tiger on an Intel Mac?  How easy is it to get sqlite running? 
mysql?
    > lighttpd?

As easy as downloading Locomotive:
     locomotive.sourceforge.net/

Alain

Like discontinuing support for third-party hardware developers like
Power Computing, like the way you had to buy all new apps to move to
Tiger, etc.

Have to echo the sentiment that choosing sides in an OS battle makes
you the weak kind of specialist. (Strong specialist knows the
technology inside out, weak specialist just hides from any other
version than the version they feel safe with, etc.)

I hope Apple has the good sense to realize that adopting the most
hackable OS architecture and the most hackable hardware architecture
equals being hacker-friendly. I''m once bitten twice shy with them, but
I have to admit, I borrowed a new Powerbook from work a while back and
absolutely loved it.

On 2/1/06, Joe <joe@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Giles Bowkett wrote:
> > Steve Jobs did too many unpleasant things to my hindmost
> > orifice.
>
> Like what?
>
> > I can''t wait until some plucky hacker makes it
> > possible for me to run OS X on any damn hardware I want.
>
> Amen to that!
>
> Joe
>
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