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Originally Posted by johnnyloadproductions
What a way to put it! I understand what you mean but I personally think macs are real nice. Just run your flavor on linux or bsd on that mac.
I'm not sure what kind of programmer you (likes to have every bit of control over his OS?). Interesting to hear though.
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I may well dual boot the Mac, or run a virtualized copy of Linux, though I have a Linux box right next to it. I'll give the walled garden a try, though. In many ways it's the opposite philosophy. With Linux, I have full control, and sometimes I need it, because the software funds on everything from a quad core server with Intel procedures to a $50 router and my ARM processor phone. Sometimes adjustments are needed. On the Mac, I'm not allowed to tweak anything, and supposedly shouldn't need to.
When I had a problem on a Linux box, I put some debugging statements in the kernel. I debug the information to the person responsible for that part of the kernel and they sent me a fix the same day. Imagine trying to get in touch with the Mac kernel developers! I'll count myself lucky if I get a support monkey who can read their script in English. Supposedly there should be know problems, though.
I also need to figure out how to use the Mac to talk ro the Exchange server. Yeah, Exchange as in Microsoft Exchange. I'm way put of my comfort zone here, learning all kind of new things. At least on the Mac I can drop to a command lined and it looks like Linux from there.
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