VMWare Fusion rocks
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The best $80 I have spent in some time. I have been doing ASP.NET development on my Mac all week. It's not fundamentally *better* in any way ( in fact, I wish the Mac had more USB ports, that's been an issue ), but it's just great that I can have one notebook that is both my Mac and my PC. That being the case, I wonder why anyone WOULDN'T buy a MacBook, given that they make good windows machines, as do other notebooks, but they ALSO give you a Mac.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
Christian Graus wrote:
why anyone WOULDN'T buy a MacBook, given that they make good windows machines, as do other notebooks, but they ALSO give you a Mac.
My question is: Why would I want a Mac? They are nice machines, but I can do everything I want on a Windows machine and I can buy one of them much cheaper than pay extra for a Mac. If the extra cost does not give me any extra benefit, how would I justify the extra expence?
Recent blog posts: *SQL Server / Visual Studio install order *Installing SQL Server 2005 on Vista *Crazy Extension Methods Redux * Mixins My Blog
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Christian Graus wrote:
why anyone WOULDN'T buy a MacBook, given that they make good windows machines, as do other notebooks, but they ALSO give you a Mac.
My question is: Why would I want a Mac? They are nice machines, but I can do everything I want on a Windows machine and I can buy one of them much cheaper than pay extra for a Mac. If the extra cost does not give me any extra benefit, how would I justify the extra expence?
Recent blog posts: *SQL Server / Visual Studio install order *Installing SQL Server 2005 on Vista *Crazy Extension Methods Redux * Mixins My Blog
Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
If the extra cost does not give me any extra benefit, how would I justify the extra expence?
Cause they are so nice and shiny.
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The best $80 I have spent in some time. I have been doing ASP.NET development on my Mac all week. It's not fundamentally *better* in any way ( in fact, I wish the Mac had more USB ports, that's been an issue ), but it's just great that I can have one notebook that is both my Mac and my PC. That being the case, I wonder why anyone WOULDN'T buy a MacBook, given that they make good windows machines, as do other notebooks, but they ALSO give you a Mac.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
Christian Graus wrote:
That being the case, I wonder why anyone WOULDN'T buy a MacBook,
Price, and more flexibility in configuration. Marc
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It's really sweet, I tried a few options before buying this one. It sees the Mac's ports, and the Mac's internet/network connections. It runs full screen and resizes itself properly, this was one area the other ones I tried fell over on. The only thing I don't like is that I can't F10 in debug because the Mac catches it, and does it's own thing.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
VMWARE Fusion preferences -> Uncheck "Enable Mac OS keyboard shortcuts" should clear that up.
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Christian Graus wrote:
why anyone WOULDN'T buy a MacBook, given that they make good windows machines, as do other notebooks, but they ALSO give you a Mac.
My question is: Why would I want a Mac? They are nice machines, but I can do everything I want on a Windows machine and I can buy one of them much cheaper than pay extra for a Mac. If the extra cost does not give me any extra benefit, how would I justify the extra expence?
Recent blog posts: *SQL Server / Visual Studio install order *Installing SQL Server 2005 on Vista *Crazy Extension Methods Redux * Mixins My Blog
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The best $80 I have spent in some time. I have been doing ASP.NET development on my Mac all week. It's not fundamentally *better* in any way ( in fact, I wish the Mac had more USB ports, that's been an issue ), but it's just great that I can have one notebook that is both my Mac and my PC. That being the case, I wonder why anyone WOULDN'T buy a MacBook, given that they make good windows machines, as do other notebooks, but they ALSO give you a Mac.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
Well, of course $80 could be well-spent on a Mac - you already spent two grand just to buy the computer. I use VirtualBox - it's $80 cheaper than VMWare.
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The best $80 I have spent in some time. I have been doing ASP.NET development on my Mac all week. It's not fundamentally *better* in any way ( in fact, I wish the Mac had more USB ports, that's been an issue ), but it's just great that I can have one notebook that is both my Mac and my PC. That being the case, I wonder why anyone WOULDN'T buy a MacBook, given that they make good windows machines, as do other notebooks, but they ALSO give you a Mac.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
Christian Graus wrote:
That being the case, I wonder why anyone WOULDN'T buy a MacBook, given that they make good windows machines, as do other notebooks, but they ALSO give you a Mac.
Because a) I wouldn't get Windows at OEM price b) I don't buy laptops in general, Mac or no Mac
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Christian Graus wrote:
why anyone WOULDN'T buy a MacBook, given that they make good windows machines, as do other notebooks, but they ALSO give you a Mac.
My question is: Why would I want a Mac? They are nice machines, but I can do everything I want on a Windows machine and I can buy one of them much cheaper than pay extra for a Mac. If the extra cost does not give me any extra benefit, how would I justify the extra expence?
Recent blog posts: *SQL Server / Visual Studio install order *Installing SQL Server 2005 on Vista *Crazy Extension Methods Redux * Mixins My Blog
Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
Why would I want a Mac?
Because all cool people sit in Starbucks, sip lattes and pretend to be working on their MacBooks
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
Why would I want a Mac?
Because all cool people sit in Starbucks, sip lattes and pretend to be working on their MacBooks
I don't like Starbucks - It is all high-priced show with no substance. I had the misfortune of going to one the other day and needed to answer the call of nature (as you would after imbibing a quantity of liquid). Wow! You would think that after the niceness of the main area, they would at least provide nice toilets. They were horrible, tiny, smelled funny (and I have a poor sense of smell, so they must have smelled A LOT) and there was only one - so there was a queue. Not good.
Recent blog posts: *SQL Server / Visual Studio install order *Installing SQL Server 2005 on Vista *Crazy Extension Methods Redux * Mixins My Blog
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I don't like Starbucks - It is all high-priced show with no substance. I had the misfortune of going to one the other day and needed to answer the call of nature (as you would after imbibing a quantity of liquid). Wow! You would think that after the niceness of the main area, they would at least provide nice toilets. They were horrible, tiny, smelled funny (and I have a poor sense of smell, so they must have smelled A LOT) and there was only one - so there was a queue. Not good.
Recent blog posts: *SQL Server / Visual Studio install order *Installing SQL Server 2005 on Vista *Crazy Extension Methods Redux * Mixins My Blog
Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
It is all high-priced show with no substance.
Exactly. A perfect place for people with MacBooks :)
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VMWARE Fusion preferences -> Uncheck "Enable Mac OS keyboard shortcuts" should clear that up.
hey - thanks. I appreciate it.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
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Christian Graus wrote:
why anyone WOULDN'T buy a MacBook, given that they make good windows machines, as do other notebooks, but they ALSO give you a Mac.
My question is: Why would I want a Mac? They are nice machines, but I can do everything I want on a Windows machine and I can buy one of them much cheaper than pay extra for a Mac. If the extra cost does not give me any extra benefit, how would I justify the extra expence?
Recent blog posts: *SQL Server / Visual Studio install order *Installing SQL Server 2005 on Vista *Crazy Extension Methods Redux * Mixins My Blog
Because Safari beats IE, hands down. I also prefer it to Firefox ( the way firefox renders pages, just *looks* bad to me, always has ). Because I like knowing how to run more than one system, and having skills in more than one. Because I don't think the price difference is that great ( a few hundred bucks between my mac book pro and a similar notebook )
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
