Why use an Apple for Windows Development?
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I go to a fair number of Microsoft based developers events and I'm always amazed at the number of Apple laptops I see. One presenter was running Visual Studio on a Mac, I presume in a virtual environment. I love the beauty of Apple products, but not the price, and as a developer using Microsoft technology using a Mac seems a positive disadvantage. Am I missing something?
All round good guy.
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I go to a fair number of Microsoft based developers events and I'm always amazed at the number of Apple laptops I see. One presenter was running Visual Studio on a Mac, I presume in a virtual environment. I love the beauty of Apple products, but not the price, and as a developer using Microsoft technology using a Mac seems a positive disadvantage. Am I missing something?
All round good guy.
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I go to a fair number of Microsoft based developers events and I'm always amazed at the number of Apple laptops I see. One presenter was running Visual Studio on a Mac, I presume in a virtual environment. I love the beauty of Apple products, but not the price, and as a developer using Microsoft technology using a Mac seems a positive disadvantage. Am I missing something?
All round good guy.
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I go to a fair number of Microsoft based developers events and I'm always amazed at the number of Apple laptops I see. One presenter was running Visual Studio on a Mac, I presume in a virtual environment. I love the beauty of Apple products, but not the price, and as a developer using Microsoft technology using a Mac seems a positive disadvantage. Am I missing something?
All round good guy.
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When you buy a laptop do you buy a good high quality model or the cheapest POS you can find?
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
The left out the best quality you can afford. Mine was a Lenovo i3. Not the greatest, but it works. Well.
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The left out the best quality you can afford. Mine was a Lenovo i3. Not the greatest, but it works. Well.
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I go to a fair number of Microsoft based developers events and I'm always amazed at the number of Apple laptops I see. One presenter was running Visual Studio on a Mac, I presume in a virtual environment. I love the beauty of Apple products, but not the price, and as a developer using Microsoft technology using a Mac seems a positive disadvantage. Am I missing something?
All round good guy.
Well, the guy I know that uses one for his win development does so because he also develops apps for iOS. Snce you have to have a Mac for that, he doesn't want to carry around two laptops.
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Can we assume then that you drive a 1974 Ford Pinto? Because anything more is just a waste of money. ;P
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
That would be a bad assumption. However, you can assume that if I did drive a 1974 Ford Pinto that it wouldn't have a Chevy engine in it. And before you waste your time, please don't Google the image of a souped up 1974 with a 500 HP Ferrari engine in it. Just stop already. ;P
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That would be a bad assumption. However, you can assume that if I did drive a 1974 Ford Pinto that it wouldn't have a Chevy engine in it. And before you waste your time, please don't Google the image of a souped up 1974 with a 500 HP Ferrari engine in it. Just stop already. ;P
MehGerbil wrote:
if I did drive a 1974 Ford Pinto that it wouldn't have a Chevy engine in it.
Your analogy made perfect sense pre-virtualization and/or before Intel Macs with BootCamp but now... a Mac makes an excellent hardware platform for Windows development. Since the same hardware can be used for OSX and iOS development - it's better yet.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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MehGerbil wrote:
if I did drive a 1974 Ford Pinto that it wouldn't have a Chevy engine in it.
Your analogy made perfect sense pre-virtualization and/or before Intel Macs with BootCamp but now... a Mac makes an excellent hardware platform for Windows development. Since the same hardware can be used for OSX and iOS development - it's better yet.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington