[osflash] OT: mac book? or Dell?

[John Grden]

Thanks Edwin, I never use the touch pad unless i'm desparate, but the
keyboard shortcomings do suck when programming.  Especially the
ctrl/home/end stuff.

However, its more for when I'm on the road than taking over as my main
workstation, so I think that's all fine ;)

Yeah, I saw a mac book in LA (R blanks) and I was really impressed!  small,
yet I could read very easily and very light.

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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