MacBook

[Eric Oyen]

well, considering I have a 2007 vintage white macho and it's left on 24/7 and does a great deal (including compiling apps from macports), there shouldn't be a problem with your unit (once you have it). I just wish I had a couple of grand to afford a new machine here (this one is getting old and I can't upgrade the OS from Lion). THe newer ones also have features in voiceover (the screen reader I use) that aren't currently available here.

anyway, good luck on your new machine.

-eric

On Aug 24, 2016, at 8:30 AM, Keith Smith wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm strongly considering buying a Macbook pro.
> 
> I'm a LAMP (PHP) developer.  Currently I use Mint on a Dell.  Both laptop and desktop. I do have a Dell laptop that runs M$ 10.  Was a bad move upgrading from M$7 to M$10... another story for another day.
> 
> The reason for my desired move is I want something that just works.  I do not have the time nor do I have the expertise to maintain Linux Mint when there is an issue.  For instance Dropbox does not launch correctly. I have a work around, but do not want to have to figure this stuff out.  JoinMe.com does no work completely on my Linux desktop and I need it so I use my Windows laptop.  I can watch but I cannot become the presenter.
> 
> Moving to Mac is purely a business decision.
> 
> Up to this point I have bought cheap on sale Dell.
> 
> I also need Virtualbox because I need to develop using PHP 5.6 and PHP 7.
> 
> In doing my research I have narrowed my search to the Macbook Pro 13.3 or 15.4 inch models.  I'm leaning towards the 15.4 since it has 16GB of RAM.  I suspect with the SSD drives these Macs have to sing.
> 
> My shock is the $2000 price tag.  Yikes.  I'm used to cheap dell hardware that I pay $300 to $400 for on sale.  I can see Best Buy is selling the MacBook at a slightly discounted price.
> 
> If I can be just a little more productive the Mac will pay for itself in no time.
> 
> The other thing I like about the Pro is it allows for driving two external monitors.  At the resolution the Pro provides that should be a lot of real estate give the laptop monitor makes 3. The only downside I am aware of is with the external monitors the refresh rate drops to 30Hz.  I think someone on this list brought that up and they did not like that low of a refresh rate.
> 
> I think I would find iMovie and Pages useful.  And I could add an iPhone to the mix and utilize those benefits.
> 
> If I buy the Mackbook pro 15.4 inch with 16GB of RAM what would be a reasonable life expectancy in a production environment?  What would I be able to reasonably expect working it 12+ hours a day, day in day?
> 
> Any and every thought is much appreciated.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Keith Smith
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