Re:Xcode now costs US$ 4.99
by nitrogen on Wednesday March 09, 2011 @06:47PM
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Just curious, I'm assuming that switching to Linux to get automatic updates for all packages would cost you more than $5 in pain in other areas. Is that assumption correct?
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Re:Xcode now costs US$ 4.99
by mechanical_fish on Wednesday March 09, 2011 @06:59PM
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Of course. I pay hundreds of dollars to run Mac OS instead of desktop Linux; it's a bargain.
I switched from windows to linux as my main OS a little while back. Currently, I run only linux, but I have previously run a dual boot setup with windows 7. That was just a speedbump.
Now, if I want to update anything I type the following in the command line:
sudo apt-get udpdate sudo apt-get upgrade
... And that is all. Unless you meant some other kind of pain and suffering?
I was referring to the pleasure (in the utilitarian sense) of apt-get being offset by the pain of not having MacOS-specific software and features. I am a Linux user myself, but recognize that not everyone's computing needs are met by it (just as my needs are not met by Windows or MacOS).
I use both Linux and Mac and I can assure you the Mac side is not completely painless. I prefer Linux for work, but, then, I don't develop for Macs.
It's, of course, next to impossible to develop Mac software without a Mac and, since we are talking about Xcode, access to a modern Mac is a necessary condition.