[UPHPU] php on Mac

[Cabot Nelson]

When I first started doing Web development back in 1995 (think Netscape 0.9), I regarded Mac users as dorky designer types who couldn't handle a real computer.

Then in 2004, a colleague went to a national MySQL conference. He said Mac Power Books with OS X was the platform of choice for most web programmers. The price still inhibits me, however.

-Cabot

----- Original Message ----
From: John Taber <jtaber at johntaber.net>
To: Wade Preston Shearer <lists at wadeshearer.com>; uphpu at uphpu.org
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 4:40:15 AM
Subject: Re: [UPHPU] php on Mac

Thanks everyone for comments (I'm able to respond - by tilting my Dell 
in a certain way, the hard disk runs and at 04:00 it hasn't overheated 
yet).  Thks for heads up on new little macbooks - when I get chance to 
visit apple store I'll be sure to ask about it.  I know Mac is BSD 
based, reason I consider it okay, but after using Linux for 5 yrs, any 
slight change is painful.

Interesting though unscientific observation: over the last few months, 
I've notice that about 90% of developers I've met are running Macs.

John


Wade Preston Shearer wrote:
>> Now that I'm off on a long road trip, my Dell has crapped out - this 
>> makes too many times that I've had trouble with Dells - so, as much as 
>> I love my Linux, I'm ready to buy a Mac for it's hardware quality.
> 
> Welcome.
> 
>> If I want to use it for php development - does it matter whether I buy 
>> the 12" ibook or do I need the MacBook (nicer but $1000 more).
> 
> It depends on what you're going to do. If you are simply going to write 
> code, then an iBook would be sufficient. Personally, I wouldn't purchase 
> a laptop with a screen smaller than fifteen inches though, so that's why 
> I purchased a Powerbook. If you do want an iBook, be aware that the line 
> is about to be retired (rumors are that it will happen in two days) and 
> replaced with an intel version called MacBook. Waiting a week to 
> purchase will allow you to get the new model or an iBook for less money.
> 
>> Do Mac's come with Apache and Php ?
> 
> Of course. Mac OS is BSD (Unix). The come with Apache and PHP installed 
> and ready to go out of the box. Apache simply needs to be started and 
> PHP simply needs to be uncommented (two lines) in the conf file.
> 
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