Thanks for the feedback, Bala. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 1:19 PM, balachandar muruganantham < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > Weight is a big criteria for me and considering Toshiba Portege, which weighs the same, costs 72K (with regular HDD), I felt its not bad. Also, I need a mac because I have been getting feedback that my web app does not work as expected in Safari (and even Firefox on a Mac!!!). Am also considering a Vaio VPCSB26 - costs about 57K but have had a bad experience with a Vaio a few yrs back. > 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. > > > Found this on slashdot: http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/03/28/2149206/Why-Mac-OS-X-Is-Unsuitable-For-Web-Development But the comments there seem to discredit the referred article! regds, mano -- Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
