MacBook

[Keith Smith]

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" <techlists at phpcoderusa.com>
> 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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