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

[Jon Thompson]

That would be the space that the iMac sits in.


On Sep 17, 2009, at 4:20 PM, Chris Tyrrell wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Bill Davis <bill.davis at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> Hey there fellow CE alum!
>
> Hey Bill, a.k.a. Mr International. Ya know, I once thought about  
> setting up a site for former employees of CE Software, but consider  
> the logical acronym. Who would ever want to visit feces.net?  ;)
>
> 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.
>
> If the decision were mine, that would be the way to go. But, as long  
> as I work for someone else and the hardware is provided, I play by  
> their rules.
>
> Or use cross-platform dev tools such as Java & Eclipse instead of
> single-platform MS-ware?
>
> Same answer applies here. I've held several different positions  
> here, the most recent of which was Java web services development  
> using Eclipse and running BEA. But even that was on Windows.
>
> 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.
>
> I'll hang on as long as I can keep my Macs running, but I'm  
> disappointed in Apple's product lineup. I can get a mini for $600 or  
> a Mac Pro for $2500. The mini is ok, but is obviously limited in  
> terms of expandability. The Mac Pro is great, but I can't justify  
> $2500 for it. Why not a "smaller" tower for $1000-$1500?
>
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
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