Yeah, it was my choice to switch. It boiled down to this:
1) Needed a laptop
2) Desire to learn more *nix command line stuff
It was iLife (specifically iMovie and iDVD) that pushed me over the edge to
get a mac.
quoted 3 lines Happiness is not having to switch, but being able to make a choice. That,
> Happiness is not having to switch, but being able to make a choice. That,
> an using synergy to control the Linux machine, the Windows machine and the
> Powerbook from a single keyboard and mouse :-)
I found one site (
http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Synergy.shtml) on
Synergy... I was considering upgrading my KVM (which already has two full
ports on it), but would like to explore the possibility of doing it with
this software. How do you connect them all... as there has to be some
cableing involved.
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On 4/21/05, wallace winfrey <wally@booyaka.com> wrote:
quoted 32 lines max/msp has more objects for mac than for pc,thats the reason mac rocks.
>
> > max/msp has more objects for mac than for pc,thats the reason mac rocks.
>
> PCs running complex, CPU-intensive patches though, especially Jitter
> patches, will run circles around Macs, even the G5s.
>
> Most major externals have been ported to the PC, FWIW (I don't really use
> anything but Tap.Tools, Jade, the jasch externals, PeRColate objects and
> MsPinky though, so YMMV).
>
> > I've lost all the headaches I had from my PC days of worrying about
> > compatibility and security, but I've gained headaches from not being
> > able to run certain software and games.
>
> Every time I've found myself in need of a tool that wasn't immediately
> available in OS X Aqua form, I found an OS X port of a Linux app and ran
> that. Not the same for games, of course, but that's another good reason to
> keep the P4 going.
>
> Happiness is not having to switch, but being able to make a choice. That,
> an using synergy to control the Linux machine, the Windows machine and the
> Powerbook from a single keyboard and mouse :-)
>
> cheers
>
> w
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