Switching to Mac

[the86d]

I have heard of plenty of people that wanted to go to Mac, but most of them couldn't find decent software to do basic PC software functions (Quicken and proprietary job-specific software), so they ended up running Win in a VM, and buying the Windows software anyways. This may not be your case...

[Deadbolt]

Zero Cost Satisfaction! It doesn't happen on a Mac. I will say though, now that I can get a decent text editor (Sublime Text 2), the Mac has way more potential than it used to, although ST2 is not free.

Consider this; I just built a computer for my Mom. Nothing too fancy, but Gigabyte mobo, i3 processor, 1TB HDD, and 8GB RAM. Spent about $600.00 in hardware. O/S is under $100 for Windows 7 (I hate Windows 8), or could have used Ubuntu for free, but why can't I buy OSX Mountain Lion? Because it's BS is why. If I could buy the Mac O/S separately I'd be way more likely to turn fanboy. What are they scared of? Oh, that they might have to be compatible with a bunch of hardware? Apple insists their computers are the Shight compared to Windows, but it's like comparing apples and oranges (no pun intended).

Huh yeah you know I never looked into buying "just the OS" - then again, full disclosure : I'm not freelance / self ran studio. I'm a desk monkey and desk monkeys don't pay out of pocket for work software/hardware. I opt'd for a Mac last round of equipment replacements mostly for a change of scenery if nothing else. Also the Lightning ports aren't compatible with our meeting room projectors so I totally get out of screen sharing in meetings




I run PC @ home where costs are an issue (Vista 64 for gaming bc im a sadist that pays for his own OSs, Ubuntu (k) for once a week skills tuner i force upon myself) - for work, i figured id give a macbook a shot. No complaints yet really

[ocabj]

I have heard of plenty of people that wanted to go to Mac, but most of them couldn't find decent software to do basic PC software functions (Quicken and proprietary job-specific software), so they ended up running Win in a VM, and buying the Windows software anyways. This may not be your case...

Sadly, this is the case with Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection client. The OS X version is garbage. Quite a few of us OS X users on my group use XP in a VirtualBox VM just for RDC. The Citrix Receiver client for OS X (which I use sometimes for accessing VCenter) is also very finicky when it comes to 10.7's "Spaces" / Virtual Desktops and being jailed to a specific Desktop.

[Deadbolt]

Sadly, this is the case with Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection client. The OS X version is garbage. Quite a few of us OS X users on my group use XP in a VirtualBox VM just for RDC. The Citrix Receiver client for OS X (which I use sometimes for accessing VCenter) is also very finicky when it comes to 10.7's "Spaces" / Virtual Desktops and being jailed to a specific Desktop.

silly. I just used it for the first time on this past thursday to connect to a vmWare partition over a remote vpn (pptp) connection and it worked flawlessly


HOWEVER - i had to run pptp via OsX native bc our juniper vpn wasnt playing nice


so @ocabj = maybe try native alternatives if possible in lieu of the citrix solution. The "mac specific jre" is my only real complaint but its largely complete and flexible - old dogs just need to learn new tricks

I hate it too - but im a creature of habit so i live and grow

[paul0660]

Switch to Mac...........you don't hear that much.

[Deadbolt]

LOL TOTALLY JUST RE-READ THIS :

I have heard of plenty of people that wanted to go to Mac, but most of them couldn't find decent software to do basic PC software functions (Quicken and proprietary job-specific software), so they ended up running Win in a VM, and buying the Windows software anyways. This may not be your case...

From what I can tell : This is "XCode's" fault.

Let me be 100% clear : Microsoft has an amazing IDE. Amazing.

The syntax is retarded, their servers are full of idiot lights and who really even needs "gadgets" ? Their IDE is hands down....

FABULOUS !!!!!!!





With that comes journeymen studios making really useful applications easily and fast.


I hate XCode so bad UNLESS its ObjectiveC.

Thank god im a java man. Eclipse looks just as miserable on a mac as it does on a PC ( )

[Oliver_Charles]

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[Pell]

Macs arent for everyone. But, for the average user they are a better way to go. Apple's service is top notch, assuming you live close to a retail store. They offer a one-year training program for $99, which includes unlimited training as well as a data transfer from your old computer to your new mac (as long as you buy your mac from apple). This program can only be purchased when you buy your computer though.

[the86d]

Can you run any distros of Linux Natively on a mac, like you can on standard PC hardware?

I don't think I would ever run on hardware that I was limited to only one native OS, especially if the machine cost was more than 1.5-2 PCs WITH an OS each that could run Linux natively as a storage box when it was done being the main rig...

Most macs I have seen as just as good a a low-end dell, or hp with no place to add 3 drives if you wanted to run kernel-based raid of some sort... Repurpose and reutilization of cases and other hardware is a big factor for me, as I am a cheap bastage, as child-care costs are a beach...