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Re: [e4-dev] The ideal Eclipse developer computer
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+1 on a MacBook Pro. I've been using it for little over a year, and I'm
happy with the performance and overall usability of the 'shiny silver
laptop' ;)
Some things to watch out for:
You don't get to run the latest and greatest versions of the JDK/JRE
available. It's mostly 'whatever JDK apple provides'. I used the
unofficial JDK 6 port from BSD, but that did crash with eclipse quite a
frequently to the point that it was annoying. I wonder what the scene
would be like when JDK 7 comes out sometime this year.
Keyboard shortcuts make life a bit more difficult because in eclipse,
the CTRL key on other platforms maps to CTRL or COMMAND on the mac, and
I've not yet managed to get my head around it.
-- Ketan
On 7/1/09 23:40, Hallvard Trætteberg wrote:
Hi all and Happy New Year!
I hope it's not considered abuse of the list to ask a question of the
proper equipment to do Eclipse development. If so, I apologize and you
just ignore the rest.
I'm looking for a replacement for my 3 year old 14-inch (wide format)
ThinkPad. I noticed that many of you had a ThinkPad (not strange
considering IBM's dominance) at ESE, but I also noticed that many also
had a MacBook (Pro I guess). I've read several comments that the MacBook
has become one of the best Eclipse development machines:
- the usability is in general great
- SWT is becoming better on MacOSX
- the Unix foundation makes it a good server (SVN, Tomcat, Geronimo,
Axis...) and allows old-fashioned scripting
- it handles memory-intensive applications better than Windows
- runs Windows programs well in BootCamp or using virtualization
software like Fusion of Parallel.
While I don't hate Windows (although Vista has made it easier), it has
served me well for many years, I've concluded that I'd rather have a
Unix-based laptop due to better scaling, robustness, scripting etc. What
I don't know is how MacOSX compares to Linux when it comes to hosting
Eclipse and web server-based applications. After having seen the
announcement of the new 17-inch MacBook Pro (I think I can afford it), I
know what my heart wants, but the experience of others count a lot. E.g.
how important is the screen size, how does MacOSX compare to Linux (Unix
foundation, administration/installation and Window Management), Java
support etc.
Hallvard
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