But, I did…
What did I do, well I sold all of my computers (Dell) in order to change over to Apple hardware. Why you might ask? Am I crazy, one for being an MS developer and selling my MS based computers? Naw, just crazy and just forward thinking. While MS technologies have been my bread and butter for several years now, I just needed a fresh environment and not Vista (been there did that).
Here are a few reason:
1. I like Apple OSX
2. VMware Fusion is absolutely amazing, and I can virtualize Windows XP or Vista flawlessly.
3. Open Source (Ruby, Python & others). I have always been interested in various open source technologies so why not.
4. Linux/Unix/MacOS connection. Yes I love the command prompt. I do not need a GUI to do everything for me. Click Click Click done. Typing is a must, must know what is “really” going on.
VMware Fusion
What an amazing application. VMware out did themselves with this product. Truely an amazing virtualization product for the MAC. I currently run Windows XP, with Visual Studio, SQL Server and the whole other bunch of tools that I require for MS ASP.NET development. I choose XP since the memory requirements are lower, but I am finding that I may soon have to change to Vista/Win2K8 in order to use a lot of the upcoming and new technologies that MS is releasing such as Azure Services.
Open Source
As a developer, I am constantly looking at new technologies and existing ones to new methods or ideas on how to solve a problem. One problem I find with MS is how narrow minded many of the developers are, they only know MS methods and processes and never have looked outside that realm. Most say, “MS is my paycheck, why other looking at other ways”. Basically a closed minded developer, somebody I would never hire.
Damn good looking computer
Yes, the MAC is just a great looking computer, with many great “working” accessories. Something Windows-based machines haven’t accomplished yet.
I think if Microsoft did the same exact thing that Apple, producing their own hardware, the number of issues with Vista would have been reduced 10 fold.
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