4 months with OS X

April 8th, 2009 § 0

I have been using OS X for 4 months and I just love it. It is by far the best platform I’ve ever used just one step above Linux.

It is a really stable platform and hasn’t crashed a single time since I started using it; not even when I use it 24/7. This can only be compared with my experience with ArchLinux which was also rock solid (even when I used experimental packages).

I am typing this on a MacBook Aluminum and is by far the best laptop I ever had, hardware and software wise. It is really solid and it doesn’t feel cheap like other laptops I have previously owned (Dell and Toshiba). This machine is woth every penny I paid. My only complain is that I had to buy an adapter in order to be able to connect it to an external monitor which by the way wasn’t cheap, $459 pesos or approximately $30 US dollars.

The screen is amazing, yes I like glossy screens, the mousepad is just awesome and the whole case as I said before is really solid. It has a slick design and that is always a big plus for me, specially if what I am going to buy ain’t cheap.

I will post more comments later but I can say that I am a happy satisfied customer.

Currently reading

March 23rd, 2009 § 0

I am currently reading two books:

  • Learn C on the Mac – I am reading this one because I have plans to start developing applications for the iPhone. I started with this because it’s been a while since I wrote C code so I have to refresh some concepts.
  • Wicket in Action -  I got this one because I have been reading a lot of good things recently about this framework to develop web applications using Java and I decided to take a look. So far it looks simple but at the same time different from what I’m used to with JavaServer Faces.

In the queue I have two more books about iPhone development: Learn Objective-C on the Mac and Beginning iPhone Development.

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