Why do geeks and developers love Mac OS X?
Fresh out of the box install, click on 'Terminal', and presto:
Andy-Wismars-Computer:~ wismar$ python -V
Python 2.3
Andy-Wismars-Computer:~ wismar$ ruby -v
ruby 1.6.8 (2002-12-24) [powerpc-darwin7.0]
Andy-Wismars-Computer:~ wismar$ php -v
PHP 4.3.2 (cli) (built: Sep 13 2003 22:04:20)
Copyright (c) 1997-2003 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2003 Zend Technologies
Andy-Wismars-Computer:~ wismar$ java -version
java version "1.4.1_01"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1_01-99)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1_01-27, mixed mode)
Andy-Wismars-Computer:~ wismar$ perl -v
This is perl, v5.8.1-RC3 built for darwin-thread-multi-2level
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)
snipped overly-verbose perl verison message
Andy-Wismars-Computer:~ wismar$
It's a geek's dream come true. Unix with eye-candy that just works. And has apt-get. When Mac OS X first came out, I thought it would be fun to give it a spin, but my x86 life just kept telling me it was a fad. This cycle continued with every subsequent release of OS X. At some point in the recent past, Mac's moved from being a technology that I envangelically promote to others without actually owning (Tivo) to a technology that I feel I absolutely need to survive.
Based on my previous experiance with this sort of thing, it won't be long now until I cave in and pull the trigger.
Update 9:18 PM: Trigger pulled. That was fast.
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