On 2016-08-24 09:05, Anon Anon wrote: > I have a MacBook pro I use at work. It's a Mac. It'll work. It's a > bastardized bsd box. > > I haven't turned mine off in months. If you need a Mac, buy it. > > Why not try running mac os in a virtual box machine to try it out > before hand? Interesting though. Is there a free download? > > On Aug 24, 2016 08:54, "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 >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [1] > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Keith Smith --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss