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« I love my Mac
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- I just love my Mac and it is not the latest Intel Core 2 Duo based Mac Book Air. It is a 3 year old 13″ Powerbook – PowerPC based. I recently upgraded to Leopard and thats when I was enlightened. Computers were supposed to work like Macs. When I say that, I just don’t refer to Windows. I also mean to Linux 
Honestly, it is sad for me to say this since I have been toying with Linux, for over a decade now. But believe me, Mac is just what I wanted, but I was too afraid to get one because of its price when compared to a PC.
Earlier, to work on a PHP based project, I used to have two machines – a Linux Server and a Windows Laptop. Well, I tried different other ways to get rid of one machine, like using PHPTriad on Windows or just using Linux or even trying dual-booting linux and windows on my laptop. I know that there are many good products today on Linux that compete very well with Windows, like Evolution, but Mac is just way above all this. It has too many apps that just fit perfectly.
iPhoto just rocks! It allows me to export slideshows into mov format and easily mail them. It comes with a “robust” development environment. XCode works very well with SVN and now support PHP 5. I have virtual hosts set up and I have clean environments for each of the apps I work on. I just cannot ask for any thing more! The battery of my laptop, even after 3 years last more than an hour. My Powerbook, even after 3 years, looks as cool as it did the first time I saw it. I guess most of you already know what I am talking about, but at $2500, it is one of the best investments I made till date.
Honestly, it is sad for me to say this since I have been toying with Linux, for over a decade now. But believe me, Mac is just what I wanted, but I was too afraid to get one because of its price when compared to a PC. Earlier, to work on a PHP based project, I used to have two machines – a Linux Server and a Windows Laptop. Well, I tried different other ways to get rid of one machine, like using PHPTriad on Windows or just using Linux or even trying dual-booting linux and windows on my laptop. I know that there are many good products today on Linux that compete very well with Windows, like Evolution, but Mac is just way above all this. It has too many apps that just fit perfectly.
iPhoto just rocks! It allows me to export slideshows into mov format and easily mail them. It comes with a “robust” development environment. XCode works very well with SVN and now support PHP 5. I have virtual hosts set up and I have clean environments for each of the apps I work on. I just cannot ask for any thing more! The battery of my laptop, even after 3 years last more than an hour. My Powerbook, even after 3 years, looks as cool as it did the first time I saw it. I guess most of you already know what I am talking about, but at $2500, it is one of the best investments I made till date.
