Remeber though that even if OS X were ported to the x86 processor, it would still only run on Apple hardware. Apple loves ASICs and they'll use 'em to make sure that only their hardware -- running AMD or Intel processors -- can play with OS X.
From the consumer's point of view, very little will change: Apple would have the same eye candy hardware, and it would only come from Apple. Except for the fact that it'll be running some AMD processor at 4.5 GHz! Big diff.
One more problem: all OS X apps will have to be re-compiled for x86. I don't think that'd be too easy.
PHP and MySQL Web Development by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson. This is an AMAZING book for learning how to build open source dynamic web apps from scratch. I knew nothing about this stuff before I opened this book. Today I can butter toast with PHP and store it in MySQL.;-) To me, this is THE book. I love it.
Agreed. As a long-time Mac user, I appreciate the power and beauty of the Mac interface and all its productivity benefits (even in X). I have my frickin' cool G4 tower under my desk; this is my primary work machine. But over there is my Linux Web/FTP/email/file server, which plays nice on my LAN.
And over there is the real point: a cheapo laptop from Compaq (welcome the New HP!) that runs Linux and lets me develop my dynamic sites on the road using PHP, Apache and MySQL. If you want to do that stuff on a Mac, you've gotta buy a new one. Hmmm. Let me think about that one: spend $2000 or $300? Mac = cha-ching! Linux = suuhwweeeet!
Through its dynamic content functionality, GoLive 6 for OS X supports PHP authoring. It's nowhere near a full-fledged IDE, but it's the closest functioning thing I've seen to a visual editor.
Even so, I still continue to use BBEdit to create my PHP/MySQL apps.
I'm a little offended by the notion that "nerds" represent only those who program in Linux. I'm a Mac user (now an OS X user), and I can write PHP code to interact with MySQL...and I'm proud of myself! Set against the entire gamut of the North American population, I'm on the extreme end of nerdiness.
But sure, if for some sick reason I was interested in Kernel programming, I would be a "newbie", and I would expect/. to be a powerful resource for getting started. I support this topic and the goals of the poster.
Slashdot Mirror
From the consumer's point of view, very little will change: Apple would have the same eye candy hardware, and it would only come from Apple. Except for the fact that it'll be running some AMD processor at 4.5 GHz! Big diff.
One more problem: all OS X apps will have to be re-compiled for x86. I don't think that'd be too easy.
And over there is the real point: a cheapo laptop from Compaq (welcome the New HP!) that runs Linux and lets me develop my dynamic sites on the road using PHP, Apache and MySQL. If you want to do that stuff on a Mac, you've gotta buy a new one. Hmmm. Let me think about that one: spend $2000 or $300? Mac = cha-ching! Linux = suuhwweeeet!
Can a post be moderated both funny and insightful? I'd say it's more the latter than the former.
P.S. I don't work for Gentoo. But they got something cool going on over there.
- a Palm-based OS
- an always-on IP connection (a la GPRS)
- a big hard drive (~10 GB to start)
- digital still/video camera
- music/video playback
- cell phone
- and pluggable into a desktop for instant syncing like the iPod
I would SO be there for that.Even so, I still continue to use BBEdit to create my PHP/MySQL apps.
I'm a little offended by the notion that "nerds" represent only those who program in Linux. I'm a Mac user (now an OS X user), and I can write PHP code to interact with MySQL...and I'm proud of myself! Set against the entire gamut of the North American population, I'm on the extreme end of nerdiness. But sure, if for some sick reason I was interested in Kernel programming, I would be a "newbie", and I would expect /. to be a powerful resource for getting started. I support this topic and the goals of the poster.
Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these babies?