[fpc-pascal] OT: Buy a Mac to develop for MacOS? Which one?

Krishna v.krishnakumar at gmail.com
Mon Oct 13 09:05:00 CEST 2008


Hi,

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 6:12 AM, John Stoneham <captnjameskirk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Lukas Gradl <fpc at ssn.at> wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> 1.) Do I really need to buy a Mac? Or is there a good solution to emulate
>> one on an x86 Linux box? Just crosscompiling without the possibility to do
>> serious tests in house is not an option, as my app has to integrate in some
>> hardware-subsystems (printing, networking).
>
> No, you don't need to buy a Mac to run Mac OS X natively on an intel-based
> machine. It's tricky to get installed and running properly, but I absolutely
> LOVE my Dell Inpsiron 9300 with it's 17" widescreen monitor at 1920x1200
> resolution -- the perfect latpop for development IMHO, with that huge screen
> area. Until Apple makes a 17" MacBook Pro, or this one breaks, I'm sticking
> with this one. Don't get me wrong, there is a learning curve, but no harder
> than getting linux running on a laptop used to be. Head over to
> http://insanelymac.com for some interesting reading, and if it doesn't scare
> you off, try one of the modified installer DVDs available via torrent, like
> JaS 10.4.8, or Leo4All if you want leopard (my laptop dual-boots into
> Leoaprd and Tiger). As with installing linux, you need to check hardware
> compatibility first (mainly video and audio). Lots of fun, even if you don't
> intend to use it as your primary machine.
>

I read that the MSI Wind U100 runs OS-X pretty well too not that I'm
suggesting that (atleast not on a public forum :)).

Cheers,
-Krishna


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