[osflash] OT: mac book? or Dell?

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Hi,

I was thinking in buying a Mac at some point until my brother let me
play with his MBP 17. After 2 hours it was SO hot that it was really
uncomfortable to work with. And he told me it wasn't that bad, other
MB he had seen were even worst.

If what you need is running multiple Oss, I agree with Edwin, go for
Parallels or WMware. I'm using Parallels to run WinXP inside Ubuntu
and it seems to work fine. I've not tried something really heavy,
though.

Cheers,

On 9/3/06, Edwin van Rijkom <osflash at vanrijkom.org> wrote:
> 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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