[osflash] OT: mac book? or Dell?

[Edwin van Rijkom]

I got a Mac Book pro 3 months ago and my windows machine has been 
catching dust ever since.

Forget about Boot camp and use Parallels instead - you'll have Windows & 
Mac without having to reboot and the speed on this VM is incredible. To 
illustrate, the Flash 8 IDE actually runs smoother in Parallels with 
Windows than the Mac version (which is written for PPC) does natively! 
For cross-platform development it is simply ideal.

The down-sides are no right-click button, and missing or differently 
functioning keyboard keys. The first is quickly solved using an external 
mouse, the second only partially by using an external keyboard. Not 
having Windows like behavior on 'home', 'end', 'shift-home' and 
'shift-end', 'page-up' and 'page-down', 'ctrl-c' and 'ctrl-v' keys is 
pretty frustrating when coding. All that functionality is offered by 
different key combinations on OSX - but when switching between the two 
frequently, it is a pain. Also, if you plan to do a lot of work on 
location, carrying around an external keyboard isn't ideal.

Other than that, its all great. Favoring the OSX interface over the 
Windows one nowadays for all office use like e-mail, browsing, etc. Also 
a few must have tools on OSX (QuickSilver for app. launching and 
VirtueDesktops for multiple screens) make it an even better experience.

Don't know if there's a real performance difference between pro and 
regular MacBook. On the plus side, the regular MacBook looks much more 
portable and sturdy to me. My pro is reasonably big (because of the 
wide-screen) and feels a tiny bit fragile.

Best,
Edwin


Ralf Bokelberg wrote:
> I tried the mac book pro because i was thinking the same, double boot,
> yeah! I was mainly interested in Windows and thought MacOs would be a
> nice addition to play with. In practice double boot wasn't much of
> worth, because bootcamp isn't very stable, some keys are missing on
> the keyboard and the mouse only has one button. For me it was nearly
> impossible to work with Windows. Although i really liked the hardware
> from a design point of view, i got me a windows machine in the end.
>
> Cheers,
> Ralf.
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