[Ruby] Mac for a Linux guy (off-topic)

[Dominic Cooney]

I had a miserable time trying to use Fink--it got its package database
into some irreparably broken state. MacPorts is bliss.

Dominic

On 12/16/06, Eric Hodel <drbrain at segment7.net> wrote:
> On Dec 16, 2006, at 20:41, Alex Vollmer wrote:
>
> > I love my penguins, but when it comes to laptops I can't help but
> > envy all
> > the Mac PowerBook users out there. Nobody seems to provide a better
> > latop
> > experience than Apple. So I'm finally giving in and joining The Apple
> > Collective. The question is, how?
> >
> > Given the disproportionate amount of dudes that showed up with Macs
> > to the
> > last hacking night at Vivace, this seems like as good a place as
> > any to get
> > some opinions on what Mac to purchase for a developer. Sorry if
> > this is too
> > off-topic for this list. Please send your flames to /dev/null. ;-)
> >
> > I'm looking at the 15" MacBook Pro with 2.16 GHz processor.
>
> I just upgraded from a 17" G4 PB to the machine you're looking at.  I
> like it.  Its plenty fast.
>
> > I'm planning on getting the stock 1GB memory and adding another 2GB
> > later (I think I can do that, right?)
>
> You can.  (Those 2GB SO-DIMMs are pricey.)
>
> > I'm curious what folks think about the necessity of Apple Care and
> > if the plain' ol vanilla Mac Books are good enough for a "serious"
> > dev box.
>
> Apple Care saved me the cost of a logic board replacement after I'd
> owned my previous machine for just over two years.  With laptops its
> smart, simple protection.
>
> > Plus, if you can think of any "must-have" apps for a developer, I'd
> > love to know what they are.
>
> I primarily use darwinports for the standard *nix packages you'd
> need, except for ruby itself and vim/gvim which I've compiled from
> scratch.  There's also fun stuff like SubEthaEdit, Sprited Away, and
> SSHKeychain that make working much better.
>
> --
> Eric Hodel - drbrain at segment7.net - http://blog.segment7.net
>
> I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!
>
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