On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Manokaran K <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > Am planning to go in for a new laptop. I have done some research and to me > it seems the new MacBook Air (i5, 4GB, 13", 1.35Kgs, 128GB SSD) is a good > buy! Good choice. but Expensive if you buy in INDIA. > Am going to use it for web development and am considering the following > options: > > 1. Make it a dual boot OSX and Ubuntu system > OSX is a variant of Unix. you have all the tools you need for web dev. you can use macports for installing any open source tools you need > 2. Use VirtualBox to run Ubuntu (and maybe even Win7) > > Anyone here, who has gone through this, share their experience? Any specifc > pitfall that I should be aware of? > > Virtualbox is good and it supports ubuntu in mac os x lion. i never found a reason to use it. mac os x with tools like MAMP or XAMPP, GIMP should be enough for web development. - balachandar muruganantham எனது தமிழ் பக்கங்கள் - http://www.balachandar.net/pakkangal IN Combo - .in Domain + 1 GB space starting at 75 INR per month http://vazhangi.tumblr.com/Promotions _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
