My First Time

[peterj1967]

Well, it happened....

After having my fingers on and in Macs since about 1990 I have ran into a task which I simply can't do well on a Mac.

Always had a Mac at home and now I am in a PC office, which has never been a problem, but now I have to do some GIS work and that software either doesn't exists or sucks stones (that software is open source however) on the Mac platform.

Anyhow, now I need to carry a PC laptop into my home, which is a shame 1 because I don't like hauling a machine around and 2 because I don't have the space in a Manhattan Studio.

Heck I even reproduced pieces of my office SQL Server on my Mac with MySQL and PHPMyAdmin. Here's to hoping the G5 brings back high end GIS software to the mac.

 

[mactastic]

Can you VPC it? I know it's not pleasant, but for one or two things it does ok for me. I run Autodesk's Architectural Desktop on my TiBook as a stopgap measure between places where I have access to a PC. Plus it lets me run all the little piddly programs that people only write for Windows. Slow, but better than lugging a 10 pound PC laptop around.

 

[Awimoway]

Suck...

I just applied for a job with a GIS company. I had a feeling Macs would be rare there, but I hadn't thought about ever having to take my work home with me. Nasty.