Comments on: MacBook Pro the ultimate developer machine? http://damieng.com/blog/2006/06/28/macbook_pro_the_ultimate_developer_machine?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=macbook_pro_the_ultimate_developer_machine A .NET developer in silicon valley Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:10:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Damien Guard http://damieng.com/blog/2006/06/28/macbook_pro_the_ultimate_developer_machine#comment-1525 Damien Guard Tue, 04 Jul 2006 02:03:31 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/archive/2006/06/28/macbook_pro_the_ultimate_developer_machine.aspx#comment-1525 If you compare the MacBook with a similar spec Dell (Intel Core Duo) then the MacBook beats it on price.<br /><br />If you compare the MacBook Pro with similar specs, i.e. machines with dedicated graphics chips + DDR3 memory, again, the machine is on-price.<br /><br />Obviously what you shouldn't do is compare the price of a MacBook Pro against some bargain-basement no-name laptop running Pentium M or Celeron chips.<br /><br />[)amien If you compare the MacBook with a similar spec Dell (Intel Core Duo) then the MacBook beats it on price.

If you compare the MacBook Pro with similar specs, i.e. machines with dedicated graphics chips + DDR3 memory, again, the machine is on-price.

Obviously what you shouldn’t do is compare the price of a MacBook Pro against some bargain-basement no-name laptop running Pentium M or Celeron chips.

[)amien

]]> By: Simone Chiaretta http://damieng.com/blog/2006/06/28/macbook_pro_the_ultimate_developer_machine#comment-1524 Simone Chiaretta Sun, 02 Jul 2006 04:30:10 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/archive/2006/06/28/macbook_pro_the_ultimate_developer_machine.aspx#comment-1524 Too bad it costs almost twice as a standard Laptop :) Too bad it costs almost twice as a standard Laptop :)

]]> By: Steve http://damieng.com/blog/2006/06/28/macbook_pro_the_ultimate_developer_machine#comment-1523 Steve Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:04:22 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/archive/2006/06/28/macbook_pro_the_ultimate_developer_machine.aspx#comment-1523 Oh, and does the fan ever go off on the new MacBook? On the PB G4 it comes on as soon as I start building, and never, ever goes off afterwards, even when I'm not doing anything major. Oh, and does the fan ever go off on the new MacBook? On the PB G4 it comes on as soon as I start building, and never, ever goes off afterwards, even when I’m not doing anything major.

]]> By: Steve http://damieng.com/blog/2006/06/28/macbook_pro_the_ultimate_developer_machine#comment-1522 Steve Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:01:01 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/archive/2006/06/28/macbook_pro_the_ultimate_developer_machine.aspx#comment-1522 I'm still not sold on XCode, spent some time with it tonight and it still frustrates me. Some of it is unfamiliarity for sure, but plenty of things annoy the hell out of me, like all those separate windows opening all the time (is there any way to dock the build window?), and the fact that some of the project setup is drag & drop, whilst some is more traditional property dialog configuration, meaning when you're new you don't know which one you should be using for a given configuration task.<br /><br />I'm getting there, but it's often slow and painful going. It just crashed on me too :?<br /><br />Little things bug me on OSX too. Like not being able to configure the IMAP 'Sent' folder in Mail so mail I send while on this machine doesn't go into my mail servers sent folder properly. OSX also doesn't like talking to the version of Samba that Debian Sarge ships with so accessing my server files is a PITA. And, there's no decent CVS GUI like Tortoise and XCode's SCC plugin doesn't seem to work very well.<br /><br />I'm trying to like it, I really am ;) And generally I do, there's just a lot of irritating little things which I don't really have time to fart about with.... I’m still not sold on XCode, spent some time with it tonight and it still frustrates me. Some of it is unfamiliarity for sure, but plenty of things annoy the hell out of me, like all those separate windows opening all the time (is there any way to dock the build window?), and the fact that some of the project setup is drag & drop, whilst some is more traditional property dialog configuration, meaning when you’re new you don’t know which one you should be using for a given configuration task.

I’m getting there, but it’s often slow and painful going. It just crashed on me too :?

Little things bug me on OSX too. Like not being able to configure the IMAP ‘Sent’ folder in Mail so mail I send while on this machine doesn’t go into my mail servers sent folder properly. OSX also doesn’t like talking to the version of Samba that Debian Sarge ships with so accessing my server files is a PITA. And, there’s no decent CVS GUI like Tortoise and XCode’s SCC plugin doesn’t seem to work very well.

I’m trying to like it, I really am ;) And generally I do, there’s just a lot of irritating little things which I don’t really have time to fart about with….

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