Hi,
Really tempted to get a mac. Only thing stopping me is the fact that i've never used one, and wouldn't want to spend £2k+ on a computer that after a month I end up not using. I've got a quite decent windows pc, which isn't in any need of an upgrade/replacement.
I run a web development business and run lots of sites. I know a lot of designers use macs (and love them), but what about coding... are macs good for that? Are there good replacements for notepad++ (which i've always found to be the best text editor) and a decent ftp program (I use smartftp on windows)
Also, if i want to run windows on a mac (it runs on a virtual machine, within os x, yeah?) , is it straightforward to do so? Can you share files between the windows environment and your os x environment?
And does xampp (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html) for os x (just the apache (with php) and mysql parts) work fine in os x?
Also, with regard to options on the "configure your mac pro" on their site, surely its much cheaper to just go with the defaults (ie, 3gb of ram, one 640gb hard drive) and just buy more ram when needed and put in my other hard drives? They just take normal ram, don't they? i've heard that 3gb is enough on mac anyway. (Also, are all the new mac pros 64 bit?)
And lastly, i have a couple of dell monitors that i intend to use. The default graphics card is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB. These have two dvi ports, yeah? Are they actually any good? If i ran windows within os x, is it good enough for games?
thanks!
Really tempted to get a mac. Only thing stopping me is the fact that i've never used one, and wouldn't want to spend £2k+ on a computer that after a month I end up not using. I've got a quite decent windows pc, which isn't in any need of an upgrade/replacement.
I run a web development business and run lots of sites. I know a lot of designers use macs (and love them), but what about coding... are macs good for that? Are there good replacements for notepad++ (which i've always found to be the best text editor) and a decent ftp program (I use smartftp on windows)
Also, if i want to run windows on a mac (it runs on a virtual machine, within os x, yeah?) , is it straightforward to do so? Can you share files between the windows environment and your os x environment?
And does xampp (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html) for os x (just the apache (with php) and mysql parts) work fine in os x?
Also, with regard to options on the "configure your mac pro" on their site, surely its much cheaper to just go with the defaults (ie, 3gb of ram, one 640gb hard drive) and just buy more ram when needed and put in my other hard drives? They just take normal ram, don't they? i've heard that 3gb is enough on mac anyway. (Also, are all the new mac pros 64 bit?)
And lastly, i have a couple of dell monitors that i intend to use. The default graphics card is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB. These have two dvi ports, yeah? Are they actually any good? If i ran windows within os x, is it good enough for games?
thanks!