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[Twitter] simonbrown: wondering whether Adobe's commercial approach to Flex Builder will limit adoption of Flex ... which will be a shame, because I quite like it
[Coding the Architecture] As mentioned before, we were speakers at, and community sponsors of the Software Architect 2008 conference (3rd-5th June 2008, London). This is the first dedicated software architecture conference that I've been to and the majority of the ...
Switching from Mac to PC
Apple's switcher campaign puts forward some pretty powerful arguments for buying a Mac, but what about switching from a Mac back to a PC? This short movie might just have the answers.
I know that I get ribbed about having a Mac at work by some people (yes, it's a 12" PowerBook that's now slow in comparison to pretty much anything else around), but you've got to hand it to Apple for their attention to detail. Last week, one of the guys I work with was copying a directory structure on a Windows XP box and asked why there isn't a "No to all" option when asked whether you want to replace existing files. Of course, you can do this with Mac OS X. ;-)
Re: Switching from Mac to PC
Cool blog. I'm still on a pc, but have come to accept that my next 'puter will be a mac. my concern is that I feel like I know the pc really well. When I use my wife's ibook, I get totally confused. I can't find anything and I was accidentally deleting applications all the time when I tried to play with it when she first got the machine. Is it a relatively short learning curve when switching? and can U use my knowledge base from windows on a mac? Am I being ridiculous?
Re: Switching from Mac to PC
Thanks. I'd never used a Mac before I bought my PowerBook and while there is a learning curve, Macs are easy to get to grips with. I'd recommend the latest version of Mac OS X : The Missing Manual for anybody starting out with Mac OS X for the first time.
