[Cialug] OT: Rock-Solid Workstation

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I think the hardware is cool. I also really dig OSX. Every year I debate
if I should dump Linux and switch to OSX for development and the
servers. OSX is the functional smooth sexy GUI I wish was KDE was.

I need to research how RHEL 5 would run on the mac hardware. Having a
dual boot high-end OSX/RHEL 5 workstation would be cool.

On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 11:15 -0500, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> Do you like the Apple stuff for the hardware or the software? If for the 
> hardware, you could always run Linux on Apple hardware. I have Debian 
> installed on my MacBook and other than me not being able to figure out 
> wireless networking, it works just fine. I would expect Apple's 
> higher-end hardware to work even better, though you might need a 
> proprietary driver for the graphics. And on a workstation, wireless 
> probably isn't as much of an issue.
> 
> On Friday 21 September 2007 14:47, Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> >I really like the apple stuff as a workstation. The problem is, that I
> >really like linux on server. The conflict happens when you follow  the
> >wiseman's advice and "develop on what run you on"
> >
> >:) Dave
> >
> >On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 14:34 -0500, David Bierce wrote:
> >> Most of the major vendors offer a workstation class machine.
> >>
> >> Dell's Precision workstations
> >> Apple's Pro lines
> >> IBM's Z and M Series Pro stations
> >>
> >>
> >> As a Linux on my Server, Mac on my desktop kinda guy, I'd tip my hat
> >> to Apple's Pro line.
> >>
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >> On Sep 21, 2007, at 2:19 PM, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> >> > It seems like true tier one hardware is a thing of the past.  If
> >> > you were
> >> > going to buy a brand name, rock-solid workstation (Dual
> >> > processors, good
> >> > graphics, higher-end disk subsystem) which vendors would you look
> >> > at?
> >> >
> >> > HP, Sun, Apple?
> >> >
> >> > -Nate
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