[DM-MUG] Woe is me - the end of the road

[Bill Davis]

Hey there fellow CE alum!

Why not run Windows in virtualization on your Mac (well, not on a G4  
but on any Intel Mac.)  I do, for some work stuff that unfortunately  
will only run on Windows.

Or use cross-platform dev tools such as Java & Eclipse instead of  
single-platform MS-ware?

I don't plan on switching from Mac as my personal system any time soon  
because it's the only easy way to run ALL of the major OSes, even  
simultaneously if I want thanks to tech like Parallels, VMware,  
VirtualBox & BootCamp.

Great for developers, especially web developers.

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On Sep 17, 2009, at 11:36 AM, Chris Tyrrell <tyrrell69 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just experienced something that demonstrated to me that I've  
> apparently reached the end of the road as a Mac-bigot. I received an  
> e-mail from my Mom about a problem with her MacBook and I couldn't  
> help her. She had installed Snow Leopard and was afterward unable to  
> run Office 2004 apps without Rosetta. "What's Rosetta?" she asks.  
> Sorry Mom, my Macs are too old - I know nothing about Snow Leopard  
> or Rosetta. Ok, so it didn't take long to find the answer (Google  
> led me to a good article on MacObserver).
>
> So why is this a big deal? I was the ultimate Mac bigot! In college,  
> I had to drag my CompSci professor to another building where there  
> was an SE/30 on which I had installed Think C so he could review my  
> assignments (the lab in his building had only 8086 boxes). I  
> eventually earned a living doing various Mac things, most recently  
> as a Carbon/C++ application developer. I was one that had that  
> religious zeal about my passion for the Mac. But then CE Software  
> became a non-profit organization (not intentionally). It doesn't  
> take long to figure out that decent paying Mac jobs in Des Moines  
> are not plentiful.
>
> Now eight years later, I have two G4s, and rarely use either of  
> them. I long ago removed XCode to free up disk space. I spend my  
> days in Visual Studio writing ASP.Net web apps in C#. Unless I step  
> in a large pile of money, I don't see myself buying another Mac any  
> time soon.
>
> Woe is me!
>
> ** whine mode OFF **
>
> Sorry, had to vent a bit. All better now.
>
>
> Chris
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