I am a Java developer. I have been developing in various languages on the PC for over 10 years. I have owned almost every type of personal computer made, starting back with the early "kit" computers.
I switched to Mac at OSX 10.0.4, with an iMac DVSE 500Mhz G3. I love it. No more hardware hassles. No more driver issues. No more re-installing every 3 months to clean up garbage.
Now I also have an iMac flat panel 800Mhz G4 w/ superdrive.
Is OSX perfect? No. Anyone who says so is full of beans. But it *IS* very good, fun to use and works well.
Does OSX interact perfectly with other OSs? No. Anyone who says so is full of kaka. It *does* interact VERY WELL.
Does OSX Crash? Yes. You can make ANY OS crash. Does OSX crash commonly, for seemingly no reason? NO. I have had OSX crash only once in almost 2 years. And I use it pretty hard - much more than the regular users.
Is OSX for everyone? I would say *yes*. OSX can be as simple as you want it to be. I have a login for my daughter with everything locked down except her two pre-school games. Perfect. OSX can be as techie as you want. I run Apache, Perl, PHP. I write Java, and Obj. C, I use Fink, I have OroborOSX for Xwindows support. I use SSH. All sorts of goodies. My wife fits somewhere in between, using a scanner, iPhoto, email/web, and a desktop publishing program.
Last time it was size, expense, heat and lack of AltiVec which nixed Apple's use of IBM's PPC
I don't think that is entirely true. I could be wrong, but AFAIK the IBM PPC (still used in the G3 models) produces significantly less heat, and requires less power, and is actually smaller than the Motorolla G4. The IBM G3s are used in iBooks and the older iMacs. My iMac DV SE has an IBM G3.
And I believe I read somewhere - although I am not positive, if anyone knows different I am sure you will make it clear - but the G3 conceptually could be massivly bumped up in clock speed if the PPC people would agree to do it...
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I am a Java developer. I have been developing in various languages on the PC for over 10 years. I have owned almost every type of personal computer made, starting back with the early "kit" computers.
I switched to Mac at OSX 10.0.4, with an iMac DVSE 500Mhz G3. I love it. No more hardware hassles. No more driver issues. No more re-installing every 3 months to clean up garbage.
Now I also have an iMac flat panel 800Mhz G4 w/ superdrive.
Is OSX perfect? No. Anyone who says so is full of beans. But it *IS* very good, fun to use and works well.
Does OSX interact perfectly with other OSs? No. Anyone who says so is full of kaka. It *does* interact VERY WELL.
Does OSX Crash? Yes. You can make ANY OS crash. Does OSX crash commonly, for seemingly no reason? NO. I have had OSX crash only once in almost 2 years. And I use it pretty hard - much more than the regular users.
Is OSX for everyone? I would say *yes*. OSX can be as simple as you want it to be. I have a login for my daughter with everything locked down except her two pre-school games. Perfect. OSX can be as techie as you want. I run Apache, Perl, PHP. I write Java, and Obj. C, I use Fink, I have OroborOSX for Xwindows support. I use SSH. All sorts of goodies. My wife fits somewhere in between, using a scanner, iPhoto, email/web, and a desktop publishing program.
I say GO FOR IT. The Mac has come of age.
Last time it was size, expense, heat and lack of AltiVec which nixed Apple's use of IBM's PPC
I don't think that is entirely true. I could be wrong, but AFAIK the IBM PPC (still used in the G3 models) produces significantly less heat, and requires less power, and is actually smaller than the Motorolla G4. The IBM G3s are used in iBooks and the older iMacs. My iMac DV SE has an IBM G3.
And I believe I read somewhere - although I am not positive, if anyone knows different I am sure you will make it clear - but the G3 conceptually could be massivly bumped up in clock speed if the PPC people would agree to do it...