Hello,
I have a new mac book pro and it's a great machine. NO CRASHES!!!!
I am, however, having a few conversion "difficulties"....
As a software developer, I've been able to mostly find the same tools (for example, Eclipse) or nearly the same tools as were available on the PC...with a few (very) important exceptions.
The tools I've not been able to replace (so far...) include:
1. "File Locator Pro". The best search tool I've ever used. Period. No mac equivalent that I've found.
2. "Beyond Compare" (file comparison tool for developers). No real mac competitor that I've found.
I do have VM Fusion installed so I can still "use" these tools. However, these tools run in the Windows VM, not on the Mac so they're not useful any longer when doing software development on the Mac. Plus, who wants to switch back and forth anyway?
These two tools are almost important enough where I'd have a XP Pro box that I'd really do most of my development on and leave the Mac for, well, . I'm surprised that the developer market isn't as full on the mac as on the PC (at least this is what I've observed so far).
Are there suitable replacements for these tools that anyone knows of?
I look forward to anyone's reply.
Thanks.
M
P.S. I've also noticed that in Thunderbird for the Mac (minor, but annoying nit), it's not always easy to tell which email account a new message is in vs. Windows where it's always obvious...
I have a new mac book pro and it's a great machine. NO CRASHES!!!!
I am, however, having a few conversion "difficulties"....
As a software developer, I've been able to mostly find the same tools (for example, Eclipse) or nearly the same tools as were available on the PC...with a few (very) important exceptions.
The tools I've not been able to replace (so far...) include:
1. "File Locator Pro". The best search tool I've ever used. Period. No mac equivalent that I've found.
2. "Beyond Compare" (file comparison tool for developers). No real mac competitor that I've found.
I do have VM Fusion installed so I can still "use" these tools. However, these tools run in the Windows VM, not on the Mac so they're not useful any longer when doing software development on the Mac. Plus, who wants to switch back and forth anyway?
These two tools are almost important enough where I'd have a XP Pro box that I'd really do most of my development on and leave the Mac for, well, . I'm surprised that the developer market isn't as full on the mac as on the PC (at least this is what I've observed so far).
Are there suitable replacements for these tools that anyone knows of?
I look forward to anyone's reply.
Thanks.
M
P.S. I've also noticed that in Thunderbird for the Mac (minor, but annoying nit), it's not always easy to tell which email account a new message is in vs. Windows where it's always obvious...