I’m getting a Mac
Yes, I am getting a Macintosh. Before I start hearing from either side, let me give some more details.
First off, I essentially traded an old pc to get a mac. The guy I am getting it from has a new mac and doesn’t need the old one and wants a pc for some of the games his kids play. So it’s a very equitable trade, we each get a secondary computer that isn’t our main knowledge or focus.
No, I am not switching to Mac as my main machine - well, maybe/kinda. Switching to a completely new and different system wouldn’t be new for me. For those of you that don’t know, I started with a Commodore 64 and then an Amiga back in the day. (Yes, I did programming clear back then on those machines.) Those 2 OS’s weren’t compatible, so to go to Amiga was going to a completely different system with different programs. I then got a 486 PC. Again, complete switch. I am happy with Windows and know how to use it quite well. I am not getting the Mac because I think it’s better and want to switch to it. I am getting it for a more practical reason. More people have Mac’s which more people with Safari and Mac Firefox are looking at our website. I need to test for that. Can’t do it without having a Mac (at least not easily). That’s why we are getting it, for in the office. It is essentially a really expensive browser box.
That being said, I see an interesting possibility of using VM software to run Windows and Linux on the Mac. All 3 OS’s I might need in one box. I’ve always been more of a kind to have 1 machine do everything than having 3 different machines. That may be something I will look into more. I just worry about a few little things like synching with my ipaq PDA and my Palm. (Why I have both is another story.) This would also easily allow me to run several VM’s for testing. One VM could have windows with IE6 and another with windows and IE7. Same with Firefox 1.5, 1.7, and 2.0.
So, we’ll see how it goes after I get it and get it set up.