I started my programming love life with Apple //c. After that, I've mostly used relatively inexpensive laptops running Linux / school PCs.
But I am seeing almost all 'budding hackers' nowadays coding on a Macbook/pro. Startup School is full of Macs!
pg said that Mac lets him drag and drop code from vim to repl - and he was very happy about it. Is it little things like that or is there a cumulative reduction in friction everywhere that justifies the bigger price tag? Is customizing a Mac easy or do they throw arbitrary hurdles at you like with the iPod/iPhone?
I currently run Gutsy on Lenovo T61 for dev. I don't want to miss out on the Mac if there are significant advantages.
But I am seeing almost all 'budding hackers' nowadays coding on a Macbook/pro. Startup School is full of Macs!
pg said that Mac lets him drag and drop code from vim to repl - and he was very happy about it. Is it little things like that or is there a cumulative reduction in friction everywhere that justifies the bigger price tag? Is customizing a Mac easy or do they throw arbitrary hurdles at you like with the iPod/iPhone?
I currently run Gutsy on Lenovo T61 for dev. I don't want to miss out on the Mac if there are significant advantages.