<p>I agree that macs are more expensive and I think its kind of a rip-off. But it sounds like Vikram is getting "funding" and I assumed he's not paying for it (company?). ;)</p>
<p>But still they are powerful, pretty light, good autonomy, nice graphic card, sharp screen, etc...</p>
<p>That said, I think you'll still need to get used to a different keyboard layout and the formerly know "apple-key" for shortcuts. And the lack of "del" key.</p>
<p>Sent from my fantastic HTC Hero</p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 23, 2010 6:41 PM, "Paul Ivanov" <<a href="mailto:pivanov314@gmail.com">pivanov314@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><p><font color="#500050">Jason Culverhouse, on 2010-12-23 17:10, wrote:<br>
> Just my 2 cents, 6 years python development on Mac...</font></p>Jason,<br>
<br>
Can you be more specific about what kind of development you're<br>
talking about? web? pure python? The reason I ask is that it<br>
doesn't sound typical for the packages Vikram specifically<br>
mentioned.<br>
<p><font color="#500050"><br>> >> Since most of my computational work will be using python i wanted to ask others on this forum ...</font></p>I'm also a user of numpy, matplotlib, scipy and friends. I run<br>
ubuntu so you can take mine as just comments from the peanut<br>
gallery, but I interact with other folks using a similar<br>
computing environment on other platforms here at UC Berkeley<br>
(both through the py4science group we have, and this past<br>
semester through TA-ing).<br>
<br>
My impression is that OS X users run into a lot more problems<br>
getting these particular packages up and running on OS X (just<br>
for starters: will you use system python, fink, macports,<br>
something else? oh my!). I think most end up grabbing<br>
Enthought's EPD - since it's free for academic use [1] (with the<br>
caveat that EPD resolves the 'which python' issue by shipping<br>
with its own python - but you do get all of numpy, scipy,<br>
matplotlib, ipython, etc. bundled in there).<br>
<br>
As for the Alexandre's comment about putting Ubuntu on a Mac to<br>
get both the software and the hardware - I think this may only be<br>
argued with respect to build quality these days - not the<br>
underlying hardwar. Apple tends to charge more for systems with<br>
the identical processor and memory configuration, compared to<br>
most of the other computer manufacturers out there.<br>
<br>
1. <a href="http://www.enthought.com/products/edudownload.php" target="_blank">http://www.enthought.com/products/edudownload.php</a><br>
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