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Why Mac OS X Is Unsuitable For Web Development
Hugh Pickens writes "Ted Dziuba has an interesting and amusing post on how he made a big mistake when he was offered a choice for his company laptop. His options were a Lenovo Thinkpad or a MacBook Pro, and he picked the Mac, thinking it would be closer to what he was used to. So what's wrong with using the Mac as a development machine for Milo, a Python application backed by PostgreSQL and Redis? 'I've only poked around a little, but so far I've found three separate package managers for OS X: Fink, MacPorts & Homebrew,' writes Dziuba, adding that when you are older, you will understand the value of automated version dependency satisfaction. Next is that your development platform should be as close as possible to your production platform, but 'OS X and Linux have different kernels, which means different I/O & process schedulers, different file systems, and a whole host of other implementation details that you'll write off as having been abstracted away until you have your first serious encounter with "It Works On My Machine.'" Finally, he says, Textmate sucks. 'Sooner or later, you have to face facts. Man up and learn Emacs.'"
I don't get why he doesn't just install Linux on his Mac.
But at that point, what has using a Mac really gained you?
A Mac. A very fast and rugged laptop with a great screen that runs the Mac OS natively, elegantly combining Unix and a modern GUI. (And yes, it's a damned handsome-looking computer.)
Plus Linux. Almost any flavor you'd like. Plus Windows if you're so inclined.
Apple gives you loads of options.
That's like saying man up and go see the new production of Glitter Boys on Broadway and then go get a pedicure.
That's like saying man up and go see a Justin Bieber concert while prancing around in a field of flowers dressed in all pink.
Oh... here come the gay jokes... seriously... grow up?
Jest? Sure, but whats with the perpetuation of a stereotype against gay people?
Oh BTW, plenty of men go see a production of Justin Bieber/Glitter Boys, prance, and get a pedicure... ain't nothing less manly about them!