<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">The mac hardware is pretty durable. I have older macbook pro's (first and second gen mobile i7's that are still very viable with just a battery/hd update in them.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">I have to say, you pay a huge premium on the hardware, but it is really quite solid.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 8:30 AM, Keith Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com" target="_blank">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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Hi,<br>
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I'm strongly considering buying a Macbook pro.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Moving to Mac is purely a business decision.<br>
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Up to this point I have bought cheap on sale Dell.<br>
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I also need Virtualbox because I need to develop using PHP 5.6 and PHP 7.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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If I can be just a little more productive the Mac will pay for itself in no time.<br>
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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.<br>
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I think I would find iMovie and Pages useful. And I could add an iPhone to the mix and utilize those benefits.<br>
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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?<br>
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Any and every thought is much appreciated.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Keith Smith<br>
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