nulheim Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Hello! I'm a developer for the Win32 platform (mainly .NET and Visual C++). My home computer and my laptop are powered by Windows, of course (my work computer too). I'm in love with the Macs, but I don't know if it's worth to buy one, and using it only for "no developing" use. Is it possible to have a wireless network with my Mac and my Windows-based-computers without flaws? Anyone of you are Windows developers and use a Mac at home? Thanks! (and sorry for my horrible english ;) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berz Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Yes, the multi-platform wireless network is very possible - since the wireless router is platform independent, you shouldn't have any problems. Mac<->PC file sharing, however, is another world unto its own ;) You'd be amazed at how straightforward Mac development is these days, if you do want to try it, especially with the advent of Xcode; it's great to see Apple finally taking a full stand behind Mac development for the masses. Overall, you won't regret it ;) I bought my first Mac a year and a half ago, and have since expanded to three - along with my Windows/Solaris/BSD machines. -Berz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted December 22, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 22, 2003 Cocoa is a great framework to program in. You can use ObjC, Java, Python, Squeak, and other languages with it to program. ObjC is it's primary language, which is very similar to C/C++, but with some Smalltalk-y quirks. The framework is easy to use, VERY easy to find documentation on it, and does a great job of encouraging good coding practices. Interface Builder is also a terrific package, and turned me from a crappy UI programmer (on windows) into someone that can make a pretty professional looking UI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristotle-dude Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Hi my name is Ari and I'm a windows developer at work :blush: and a mac user at home. :D I personally started off with an eMac and eventually bought a 12" pBook (First Generation) with an Airport Extreme wireless card. I'm planning on getting a Linksys WiFi G router to shared my internet access. What attracted me to macs was OS X and the BSD underpinning as I had done some linux develpment aswell at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nulheim Posted December 23, 2003 Author Share Posted December 23, 2003 aristotle-dude, don't you miss sometimes to have a windows-based computer at home? For testing some of your programs for example... berz, what is the matter with the PC <-> Mac file sharing? Is very problematic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_daemon Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 berz, what is the matter with the PC <-> Mac file sharing? Is very problematic? Not at all. It comes bundled with samba, so you can do all kinds of SMB sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristotle-dude Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 aristotle-dude, don't you miss sometimes to have a windows-based computer at home? For testing some of your programs for example...berz, what is the matter with the PC <-> Mac file sharing? Is very problematic? I don't like to bring my work home. :) When I'm visiting the other IT team on the mainland, I take my pbook and connect back to my workstation via Microsoft's Remote Desktop Client for OS X. With Panther, I could even join the active directory domain if I wanted to but all I need is a valid IP address and the MS RDP client. If they started to require that I have the ability to connect from home, I'd buy a VPN compatible router (100 bucks canadian) and connect to the network with the Remote desktop client on either my pbook or eMac. Finally, I can test programs with Virtual PC if need be but using Remote desktop is faster especially if I connect to a Terminal server. Some companies also use Citrix (Terminal server is really citrix lite) and there is a native OS X client for that as well. PS. I had a PC for a while in conjunction with my eMac and I was sharing files no problem. Only printer sharing was a problem under Jaguar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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