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realityhack replied

9 July 2008, 09:18
Originally posted by Charles Foster Kane View Post

Real men use UNIX (OS X is built on FreeBSD UNIX foundations).

but true. I use the mac for graphics/animation/wireframing, as it's just quicker and easier that way (with the Adobe suite anyway), Linux box for general day-to-day surfing/markup/documentation/ftp/terminal, and an XP box that rarely gets used except for testing and the odd game or two.
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Charles Foster Kane replied

9 July 2008, 09:05
Real men use UNIX (OS X is built on FreeBSD UNIX foundations). I still use Windows Vista Media Center for TV/surfing at home, but now use OS X Leopard on a shiny Macbook Pro at work. I still utilise XP under Parallels if I have to.

Great to have access to both the Windows command prompt AND a proper BASH shell (terminal). The earlier noob who was slagging off macs knows nothing about computers and would probably have an aneuryism if you sat him in front of a terminal window.
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snaw replied

9 July 2008, 08:53
Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post

No mate, it's Unix innit.

Yeah, and most Mac users are proficient in Unix ...
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Moscow Mule replied

9 July 2008, 08:52
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

Aren't Macs just toy computers?

No mate, it's Unix innit.
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DimPrawn replied

9 July 2008, 08:50
Aren't Macs just toy computers?
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TheBigYinJames replied

9 July 2008, 08:48
Originally posted by VectraMan View Post

Do you not choose Jobs as your personal lord and saviour?

Like evangelical Christians, they are not content to be happy with their choice. For complete fulfilment they have to convert everybody else to the One True Way too. I've used both Macs and PCs, and to be honest, as long as they pay my invoices I couldn't give a holy crapola.
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VectraMan replied

9 July 2008, 08:47
Originally posted by NickFitz View Post

I haven't met a professional software developer working on OS-agnostic applications who voluntarily uses Windows for a couple of years now.
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VectraMan replied

9 July 2008, 08:46
Originally posted by snaw View Post

Honestly, I'm starting to think Mac fanboys are the computer equivalent of evangelical Christians. You love your mac, great. Good for you. Keep it to yourself then please and stop chapping me fliping door banging on about how great they are.

Do you not choose Jobs as your personal lord and saviour?
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Moscow Mule replied

9 July 2008, 08:38
Originally posted by snaw View Post

Hasn't this argument been rolling on now for about 16 years or so. I remember being a student and debating quite vigorously. If only I'd known then ...

Honestly, I'm starting to think Mac fanboys are the computer equivalent of evangelical Christians. You love your mac, great. Good for you. Keep it to yourself then please and stop chapping me fliping door banging on about how great they are.

You obviously haven't been assimilated yet. Your time will come.
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HairyArsedBloke replied

9 July 2008, 08:37
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

get a Mac

Indeed. It's a gay boys box. I know a chap who looks out of guys using them in bars and cafe's and says he has a high score rate.
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snaw replied

9 July 2008, 08:37
Hasn't this argument been rolling on now for about 16 years or so. I remember being a student and debating quite vigorously. If only I'd known then ...

Honestly, I'm starting to think Mac fanboys are the computer equivalent of evangelical Christians. You love your mac, great. Good for you. Keep it to yourself then please and stop chapping me fecking door banging on about how great they are.
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DimPrawn replied

9 July 2008, 08:29
ASP.NET is no more/less broken than the Java equivalent (whatever the fook that is these days).
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TheBigYinJames replied

9 July 2008, 08:21
Originally posted by NickFitz View Post

Of course, if you're working with the epic fail that is ASP.NET, well, you have my sympathy... it must be sad to be unable to do your job to the highest standard possible because of the brokenness of your platform

Heh, it was a well-crafted troll until that para
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DaveB replied

9 July 2008, 08:19
*Dons the flame proof suit and retreats to the bunker ( with his iMac )*
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NickFitz replied

9 July 2008, 02:55
Macs are standard issue for web devs at Yahoo! Europe, and I think now also in the States.

Also for developers at several other web-focused PLCs that I'm aware of.

TBH, if you're not writing Windows desktop applications, the only reason not to use a Mac is that you prefer Linux. I haven't met a professional software developer working on OS-agnostic applications who voluntarily uses Windows for a couple of years now.

Nobody who's serious about web development would consider Windows as their primary development environment for a second - when you need to add the last few fixes to cope with the bugs in Internet Explorer, just run Windows under Parallels or VMWare for the necessary hour or so.

Of course, if you're working with the epic fail that is ASP.NET, well, you have my sympathy... it must be sad to be unable to do your job to the highest standard possible because of the brokenness of your platform
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