As the subtitle says, he likes what he finds, but I have to provide my own comments to some of his summing at the end.
First of all is this comment:
Microsoft's customizable Start menu is in every way the analog of OS X's Apple menu, but you can't customize the Apple menu.
The Apple menu in non-OS X Apple's was always customizable, but the one in OS X isn't without additional tools. Whether you think this is a good or bad thing depends on your point of view, but it isn't the only place for customization. One of the things I like about the Apple Menu is that it is now a menu about the OS, not just a dump point for everything that didn't have a better place to go.
After having my T2000 arrive some weeks ago, I finally managed at the beginning of the week to start porting over the Cheffy codebase to the new system.
Before I got there, I had to do the basic setup. The System Controller (SC) uses a serial cable (and one I haven't had to use for a while) to do the initial set up of an IP address, then I could log in and boot up the machine proper. Without a display, access to the console is through the SC port, and the first phase is an extensive set of tests. Then the machine resets and starts up into Solaris 10.
After having my T2000 arrive some weeks ago, I finally managed at the beginning of the week to start porting over the Cheffy codebase to the new system.
Before I got there, I had to do the basic setup. The System Controller (SC) uses a serial cable (and one I haven't had to use for a while) to do the initial set up of an IP address, then I could log in and boot up the machine proper. Without a display, access to the console is through the SC port, and the first phase is an extensive set of tests. Then the machine resets and starts up into Solaris 10.
As the subtitle says, he likes what he finds, but I have to provide my own comments to some of his summing at the end.
First of all is this comment:
Microsoft's customizable Start menu is in every way the analog of OS X's Apple menu, but you can't customize the Apple menu.
The Apple menu in non-OS X Apple's was always customizable, but the one in OS X isn't without additional tools. Whether you think this is a good or bad thing depends on your point of view, but it isn't the only place for customization. One of the things I like about the Apple Menu is that it is now a menu about the OS, not just a dump point for everything that didn't have a better place to go.
I've been using Boot Camp now for almost a week, and I apologize to those who have been waiting for my review since my original comment on the release last week.
A few key notes to begin with:
Installation is very smooth and simple.
Windows XP on an iMac works very nicely.
It is unfortunately not without its problems.
Installation is straightforward enough, even if, as on my iMac Intel Core Duo, there isn't a huge amount of free space available. I was easily able to assign the 5GB (which I upped to 10GB) to install Windows XP. Installation is as fast as you would expect, and I didn't experience any problems with the XP SP2 disc I was using as an installation source.
I've been using Boot Camp now for almost a week, and I apologize to those who have been waiting for my review since my original comment on the release last week.
A few key notes to begin with:
Installation is very smooth and simple.
Windows XP on an iMac works very nicely.
It is unfortunately not without its problems.
Installation is straightforward enough, even if, as on my iMac Intel Core Duo, there isn't a huge amount of free space available. I was easily able to assign the 5GB (which I upped to 10GB) to install Windows XP. Installation is as fast as you would expect, and I didn't experience any problems with the XP SP2 disc I was using as an installation source.
For the last 6 months I've been using a Sun Ultra3 Mobile Workstation as the main machine for development for Cheffy (and more recently using the T2000 for actual deployment testing).
The Ultra3 is a superb little workstation, but definitely not a laptop,
One of the key benefits of this machine is that it is completely SPARC compatible - you can move binaries from the Ultra3 and run them on a SPARC server, for example the T2000, without having to recompile or redevelop the project.
For an engineer visiting sites, this machine would be ideal as you could use the software and utilities and copy them over with ease. For a developer, it certainly lowers the normal barriers of entry to be able to build and compile applications that can be deployed straight from the laptop to your servers.
For the last 6 months I've been using a Sun Ultra3 Mobile Workstation as the main machine for development for Cheffy (and more recently using the T2000 for actual deployment testing).
The Ultra3 is a superb little workstation, but definitely not a laptop,
One of the key benefits of this machine is that it is completely SPARC compatible - you can move binaries from the Ultra3 and run them on a SPARC server, for example the T2000, without having to recompile or redevelop the project.
For an engineer visiting sites, this machine would be ideal as you could use the software and utilities and copy them over with ease. For a developer, it certainly lowers the normal barriers of entry to be able to build and compile applications that can be deployed straight from the laptop to your servers.
There is nothing like putting a project to bed to really soak up all your available time, especially when you have much more interesting things to do, like writing reviews of Parallels or Boot Camp.
Today I've been putting the final touches to the latest book, including running through many of the chapters and providing edits after comments from a variety of editors.
It never ceases to amaze me that no matter how much planning you can put into a project, the last few days always seem to be a mad rush, even if you are on time!
To help lighten the mood, if anybody has any examples of
There is nothing like putting a project to bed to really soak up all your available time, especially when you have much more interesting things to do, like writing reviews of Parallels or Boot Camp.
Today I've been putting the final touches to the latest book, including running through many of the chapters and providing edits after comments from a variety of editors.
It never ceases to amaze me that no matter how much planning you can put into a project, the last few days always seem to be a mad rush, even if you are on time!
To help lighten the mood, if anybody has any examples of