tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381129527146258002.post1917624499993040148..comments2024-03-28T04:51:40.042-07:00Comments on Agile Otter Blog: Sell Me A Computer?Agileotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10773578598860454277noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381129527146258002.post-9646864797281547002011-11-09T22:19:08.003-08:002011-11-09T22:19:08.003-08:00You have very unique list of questions for buying ...You have very unique list of questions for buying a computer. I really like your creative thinking. Its going to be very difficult to sell any computer to you still I want you to visit my showroom as I have answers of few questions.sap upgrade testinghttp://www.panayainc.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381129527146258002.post-76167836948762843562011-04-04T09:46:00.445-07:002011-04-04T09:46:00.445-07:00In answer to your question: When did glare become ...In answer to your question: When did glare become a feature?<br /><br />Glossy screens pick up less ambient light, resulting in a darker black and better contrast ratio. Of course that's at the expense of directly reflecting light sources into your precious precious eyes if you have it angled wrong.<br /><br />If you do a lot of graphics work you probably want the glossy screen.<br /><br />If you work with text and have little control over your work environment you probably want matte.<br /><br />I think you will ultimately be happy with the Apple system. Keep us posted though. I tried to like my wife's shiny iMac. The placement and use of the Apple key drives me bonkers. No XCode for me thanks. Vim has warped me beyond repair.Darrin Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037462028265507114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381129527146258002.post-50790070960827082952011-04-04T07:52:29.400-07:002011-04-04T07:52:29.400-07:00I'm going to give OS X a second shot.
Last t...I'm going to give OS X a second shot. <br /><br />Last time I had a mac for a while and happily went back to Ubuntu Linux. I still love my netbook, but it will probably be turned over to my wife or my church when I transfer all my stuff to the new mac.<br /><br />Factors leaning me toward mac:<br /> * battery life,<br /> * hardware quality,<br /> * developing for apple devices,<br /> * common config with coworkers,<br /> * common config with ppl I may pair with<br /> * does not look like I'm running windows<br /> * HomeBrew should relieve pain of not having apt.<br /><br />Primary disincentives:<br /> * community is less FOSS-oriented<br /> * being lumped with trendy fanbois<br /> * darned sealed box: can't upgrade/replace battery<br /> * X Windows remoting won't be so easy now.<br /> * My computer/soulstuff is owned by a corporation<br /> * shiny software, shiny screens, shiny shiny shiny<br /><br />If I could match battery life and overcome the network effect, I would happily go with a well-loaded Thinkpad T510s running Ubuntu and vbox. As is, though, these are compelling reasons to switch. I'll let you know how it goes.<br /><br />I'm on a platform with a good bash/zsh and a form of unix underneath at least, and that's helpful.Agileotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773578598860454277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381129527146258002.post-42221502650021239172011-04-03T17:24:45.111-07:002011-04-03T17:24:45.111-07:00Tim,
A couple things to note, matte screens are a...Tim,<br /><br />A couple things to note, matte screens are available in the newer MBP models, and there is a package manager called Homebrew that works very well (i.e., doesn't require sudo acess to install application, simply install/removal with symbolic links, ruby based 'recipes', updatable through git). I prefer Homebrew over MacPorts or Fink. It's available here: http://mxcl.github.com/homebrewNick Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457752177140525229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381129527146258002.post-38632901646324050002011-04-02T14:07:45.005-07:002011-04-02T14:07:45.005-07:00Figured I'd do a better job of answering your ...Figured I'd do a better job of answering your exact questions regarding MBP:<br /><br />1. no^H^H. Actually, looks like Apple brought this option back.<br /><br />2. yes. My 2008 MBP almost does, and I have faster RPM HDD sucking more juice, and a lower capacity battery (last model to have user serviceable battery)<br /><br />3. don't know<br /><br />4. assuming this is n/a for MBP, but Ubuntu runs nicely under VMWare Fusion. I've run 2 Ubuntu 10.10 server images simultaneously to simulate a small grid setup. Based on Google searches, driver for camera stills seems spotty. As a replacement OS (non-virtual): don't know<br /><br />5. don't know<br /><br />6. Rarely. I think you can disable internal trackpad if another mouse is attached, but not otherwise.<br /><br />7. Mine ran hot. I had the fastest CPU of the generation I bought. Also, as battery cycles increased and performance degraded, recharging while working compounded heat problem. Replaced battery after 2.5 years and ran cool enough to be comfortable, but still hot.<br /><br />8. 4 GB is barely enough for me to run Windows XP under VMWare Fusion. Windows runs nicely, but switching back to Mac apps I notice poor performance. I presume this is from swapping and would be alleviated by additional RAM. Latest model can have 8 GB.<br /><br />9. 15" or larger, no. Or barely. I'm 6'4" so I need screen open relatively wide when it's on my lap. Packed like sardine on an airplane, can't use it comfortably. I think the MacBook Air model would work better in this regard. I had the original MB Air briefly at work and it was barely powerful enough for a development machine. Newest generation surely performs better, but likely isn't well suited to virtualize windows. Extrapolating from how fewer resources virtualized ubuntu uses on my MBP, it might run reasonably virtualized on the Air.<br /><br />10. This is my 3rd Mac laptop since 2001. Never had a fan failure. Though as mentioned in my previous comment, each has required service.<br /><br />11. I think I could suspend 2-3 days on full charge. Recent version of OS X introduced automatic hibernate if battery almost depleted. Newer models, esp with SDD, restore from hibernate rapidly. Mine takes a minute or so. It only hibernates if battery is low, otherwise it's just waking up from suspend. I'll also note that one of reasons I switched to Mac was that "suspend just works". Close lid, suspend. Open lid, wake up. Rarely does this not happen. Today, my Thinkpad still refuses to suspend when I close the lid about 25% of the time, usually requiring a forceful power down because it's stuck in "suspending". After nearly cooking it twice when putting a closed, but non-suspended Thinkpad in my laptop bag, I now have to watch it go into suspend before I stow it away. PC manufactures and Microsoft have had a decade to get this right and catch up to Apple, but haven't. Maybe linux on PC hardware is up to par.<br /><br />12. yes<br /><br />13. don't know. In theory, new unibody enclosure with fewer seams and holes could be more spill resistant, or it could act as a really good funnel onto the main logic board.<br /><br />14. my friend's Titanium PowerBook from early 00's suffered hinge problems (widespread problem in that model). Never seen or heard of models since then having hinge problems. My models never had a hinge problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381129527146258002.post-59202912496658400242011-04-01T22:53:13.715-07:002011-04-01T22:53:13.715-07:00I <3 my MBP. Virtualized windows XP drains my b...I <3 my MBP. Virtualized windows XP drains my battery almost as fast as playing Flash videos. I've heard virtualized Win7 is worse. Virtualized Ubuntu is a dream.<br /><br />Glossy screen's the only option, but I adjusted. Trackpad smarts to avoid accidental palm taps works pretty good, better than the thinkpad I use for work.<br /><br />Every Mac I've owned has needed service within 3 year time frame; just buy the Apple Care and be done with it.<br /><br />Time Machine backups make for great demo, but use SuperDuper and have a backup you can boot from or use to reimage a disk.<br /><br />My MBP is 2008. Battery life has gotten better since then. Unibody case is dynamite. Slid off table onto wooden floor and survived with cosmetic injury only.<br /><br />SSD greatly speeds cold boot time, reduces battery drain somewhat. Avoid faster RPM HDD, drains battery faster for negligible perf gains.<br /><br />The MacBook Pros were recently refreshed so it's a good time to buy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com