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Am 23.12.11 02:23, schrieb Rin Stowleigh:
> On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:30:32 +0100, Werner Punz<we...@gmx.at>  wrote:
>
>> Am 21.12.11 17:06, schrieb Rin Stowleigh:
>>
>>> I've got a 2.7 ghz core i7 Mac mini here, but I have no desire to run
>>> games on it.  In fact I have a hard time finding excuses to use it at
>>> all.
>>
>> Actually here it is vice versa, I got a PC which I use only for gaming
>> serious work for me needs a Unix machine, Windows is out of the game
>> (for many reasons), so I almost work entirely on OSX.
>
> If I did have a specific need for a Unix environment, I would
> definately gravitate toward OSX rather than Linux-distro-du-jour.
>
> It really wouldn't bother me at all if OSX became my one and only
> music-making platform, but it seems so far from that from where I
> stand.  So many great synths are still VST/Windows only, and Mac ports
> are afterthoughts.  Then of course there is the processing
> bang-for-buck dilemma with Macs, and oscillators and audio fx eat up
> insane amounts of CPU.
>
> May I ask what kind of work you do (and what imposes the Unix
> requirement?)
>
Software development, and literally any software developer I know 
prefers Unix/OSX over windows, unless he has to do windows programming.
The reason is, first the excellent unix command line toolchain, and 
secondly the windows pessimistic file locking which constantly causes 
troubles with your toolchain (aka command line build tools, IDE hangs, 
deployment failures etc...). It is also funny if you go to a software 
development conference nowadays, the Macs often there are in a serious 
majority by now.

Most of the times Windows for software development is used, if you 
program for windows with the Microsoft toolchain or if your employer 
forces you to use a Windows machine (which is almost ever the case)


Werner