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<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 25, 2016 6:16 PM, "Keith Smith" <<a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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Scroll.<br>
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On 2016-08-24 21:14, Victor D Odhner wrote:<br>
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I retired from my *nix work early 2013 and have left technical<br>
projects for people activities. I have used a Macbook Pro since then,<br>
and love it for portability and ruggedness - yay SSD!, I've fumbled it<br>
a few times when running, once on concrete, keeps on ticking. I have<br>
not been a developer in that environment, yet have noted several<br>
little breaks in compatibility that could trip you up. I'm sure there<br>
are web sites discussing that.<br>
<br>
I still visit my mint/mate desktop periodically as my "real home." I<br>
also use a Mac Mini at church running music apps, and that was a great<br>
and affordable choice.<br>
<br>
We have bought the extended warranty and I enjoyed several<br>
consultations at the Genius Bar, for other Macs in the family; now<br>
those are mostly replaced by Windows boxes, largely second hand. (I<br>
use Computers&? -- "Computers And Questions" -- on Tatum south of<br>
Bell, true geeks who give solid service on not-new boxes for not-rich<br>
clients.)<br>
<br>
Remember that Mac is a culture, designed for people with a twitter<br>
attention span. Apple cares not at all about making this work with<br>
other brands. Like M$ and Google, they want to own you. They nag you<br>
to take new OS updates, adding features for better one-ness with all<br>
your other Apple toys (I have none) and possibly breaking<br>
geek-critical functions. And remember how Motorola users were<br>
abandoned when they switched to Intel.<br>
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<br>
I wrote a research paper on Apple in about 1989. That was when I learned Apple had twice failed to be backward compatible during upgrades. That and the cost kept me away from Apple way back then.<br>
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So while a Macbook *is* great in a lot of ways, doing nice glossy<br>
things and looking a lot like home when you're on the command line,<br>
you might want to keep a Linux system warmed up to host some basic<br>
functions that Apple can't make money on and therefore won't mind<br>
screwing up.<br>
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Good luck.<br>
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-------- Original message --------<br>
From: Eric Oyen<br>
Date:2016/08/24 20:22 (GMT-07:00)<br>
To: Main PLUG discussion list<br>
<br>
Subject: Re: MacBook<br>
<br>
who was screaming that the post was irrelevant? I certainly wasn't. :)<br>
<br>
At the end of the day, Linux still needs a lot of work to be<br>
considered to be a viable desktop production environment.<br>
<br>
can you get quicken for linux? what about Peachtree? How about a full<br>
office suite that can do the same things that MS office can do? what<br>
about some of the other mainstream office and production apps? are<br>
there many equivalents or direct replacements? THis is the primary<br>
problem I have seen with linux over the years. great OS support, but<br>
lousy where it counts.<br>
<br>
-eric<br>
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On Aug 24, 2016, at 5:24 PM, James Dugger wrote:<br>
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Short answer: Regarding Business productivity - My advice go with<br>
the Macbook Pro. Also I believe you can get a 13-inch with 16GB and<br>
a 500GB SSD for less than $2k.<br>
<br>
I switched from Microsoft to Linux on all servers and desktops in my<br>
former business only to switch the desktops to Apple products from<br>
Linux. Linux just doesn't have parody in new application<br>
implementations on the desktop where it mattered. And I haven't met<br>
a business owner yet who was willing to hang out in Linux until<br>
someone got around to making it work.<br>
<br>
Regarding the cost - My experience is the any of the professional<br>
line laptops in any brand end up with a unit cost of use less than<br>
their cheaper counterparts. The MacBook Pro is no different and is<br>
comparably priced to any of these lines when you spec the stuff<br>
inside.<br>
<br>
MacBook Pro is the developers choice because at any price it is the<br>
only product on which you can easily build a development environment<br>
for any of the other environments. If your going to spend $2k on a<br>
laptop it better work in all of the possible environments in which<br>
may need to develop.<br>
<br>
A question was asked regarding the relevance of posting this to a<br>
Linux list. How about this - I love Linux and develop products that<br>
are used in the tens of thousands of Linux instances in my company<br>
everyday... but I could write a book about how frustrating it is<br>
that I don't have the option to have Linux as a viable OS option on<br>
the desktop in a business use case, ironically in a company that is<br>
central to the use of Linux in an industry.<br>
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On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Eric Oyen <<a href="mailto:eric.oyen@icloud.com" target="_blank">eric.oyen@icloud.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
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yes, as my old 2007 whitebook can attest. unfortunately, the<br>
software and some of the apps are no longer supported and getting<br>
anything newer on here just isn't going to happen. where does this<br>
leave me? well, stuck on old hardware that is becoming less and less<br>
useful as apps and web design make it harder to cope. At some point,<br>
I just might decide to put paid to OS X lion and do a full linux<br>
install on here.<br>
<br>
SOme of the features of OS X that I will miss:<br>
keychains (this password vault has been a lifesaver)<br>
apps that "just work" without having to tweak or prod.<br>
easy to use interface for the blind (voiceover)<br>
and just about anything else not covered by the above.<br>
<br>
SOme things I am looking forward to as I transition to Linux on this<br>
device:<br>
upgraded applications capable of new and interesting things<br>
support for apps that use GTK, perl, ruby, and other<br>
scripts/programming languages that can be easily adapted for the<br>
blind (hell, all the libraries to do this are built in).<br>
enhanced performance (linux still has the lowest overhead of any OS<br>
I know of other than OpenBSD).<br>
Security (windows still can't touch this!).<br>
access to utilities and applications not readily available on other<br>
platforms.<br>
OPEN SORCE<br>
mostly free (or low cost through donation) - I am willing to pay if<br>
my budget supports it.<br>
<br>
now, I have been a long time user of Linux (really since almost its<br>
beginnings) and also a longtime member of PLUG (one of the original<br>
steering committee members here!).<br>
<br>
Still, there is something to be said for an OS/machine that "just<br>
works". I just wish apple would hop on the Linux bandwagon and offer<br>
an alternative OS for those times when OS X seems too bloated.<br>
<br>
-Eric (founder of the Technomage Guild)<br>
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On Aug 24, 2016, at 9:25 AM, Alan Dayley wrote:<br>
<br>
My younger son is still using my five year old 15" MacBook Pro. It<br>
has no problems. I replaced the hard drive with a Samsung SSD about<br>
four years ago only because I wanted the improved performance. The<br>
whole system as zero problems.<br>
<br>
My older son is now using my four year old 13" MacBook Air. It has<br>
had zero problems except that the battery doesn't hold a charge for<br>
more than 2 hours any more. Normal battery wear. That notebook spent<br>
four years traveling all over with me, almost every week in my bag<br>
going and coming from somewhere. The only physical issue is a few of<br>
the keyboard key tops are scratched down from my fingernails.<br>
<br>
I have run Ubuntu and Mint on both of the systems without issue.<br>
Though I confess to spending most of my time in OS X.<br>
<br>
I now have a four month old 13" MacBook Air. Has double the RAM of<br>
my previous unit. It helps. Buy as much RAM as you can.<br>
<br>
Apple hardware, in my experience, is both beautiful and durable.<br>
<br>
Alan<br>
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On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Anon Anon <<a href="mailto:lokotejones@gmail.com" target="_blank">lokotejones@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
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I have a MacBook pro I use at work. It's a Mac. It'll work. It's a<br>
bastardized bsd box.<br>
<br>
I haven't turned mine off in months. If you need a Mac, buy it.<br>
<br>
Why not try running mac os in a virtual box machine to try it out<br>
before hand?<br>
<br>
On Aug 24, 2016 08:54, "Keith Smith" <<a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com" target="_blank">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
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Hi,<br>
<br>
I'm strongly considering buying a Macbook pro.<br>
<br>
I'm a LAMP (PHP) developer. Currently I use Mint on a Dell. Both<br>
laptop and desktop. I do have a Dell laptop that runs M$ 10. Was a<br>
bad move upgrading from M$7 to M$10... another story for another<br>
day.<br>
<br>
The reason for my desired move is I want something that just works.<br>
I do not have the time nor do I have the expertise to maintain Linux<br>
Mint when there is an issue. For instance Dropbox does not launch<br>
correctly. I have a work around, but do not want to have to figure<br>
this stuff out. JoinMe.com [1] does no work completely on my Linux<br>
desktop and I need it so I use my Windows laptop. I can watch but I<br>
cannot become the presenter.<br>
<br>
Moving to Mac is purely a business decision.<br>
<br>
Up to this point I have bought cheap on sale Dell.<br>
<br>
I also need Virtualbox because I need to develop using PHP 5.6 and<br>
PHP 7.<br>
<br>
In doing my research I have narrowed my search to the Macbook Pro<br>
13.3 or 15.4 inch models. I'm leaning towards the 15.4 since it has<br>
16GB of RAM. I suspect with the SSD drives these Macs have to sing.<br>
<br>
My shock is the $2000 price tag. Yikes. I'm used to cheap dell<br>
hardware that I pay $300 to $400 for on sale. I can see Best Buy is<br>
selling the MacBook at a slightly discounted price.<br>
<br>
If I can be just a little more productive the Mac will pay for<br>
itself in no time.<br>
<br>
The other thing I like about the Pro is it allows for driving two<br>
external monitors. At the resolution the Pro provides that should be<br>
a lot of real estate give the laptop monitor makes 3. The only<br>
downside I am aware of is with the external monitors the refresh<br>
rate drops to 30Hz. I think someone on this list brought that up and<br>
they did not like that low of a refresh rate.<br>
<br>
I think I would find iMovie and Pages useful. And I could add an<br>
iPhone to the mix and utilize those benefits.<br>
<br>
If I buy the Mackbook pro 15.4 inch with 16GB of RAM what would be<br>
a reasonable life expectancy in a production environment? What would<br>
I be able to reasonably expect working it 12+ hours a day, day in<br>
day?<br>
<br>
Any and every thought is much appreciated.<br>
<br>
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Keith Smith<br>
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