On 1/25/07, Herbert Graf wrote: > > I do not have a Mac. However, take a new PIC hobbyist, what can > > he do with a Mac? There is no MPLAB. He needs to build gputils > > and sdcc. Does gpsim work under a Mac? Does piklab works under > > a Mac? At least MPLAB/gputils/sdcc/gpsim work under Windows. > > Due to MacOS now being very *nix based (and even better, the hardware > now being x86 based), the porting of Linux type tools has become very > easy. As such PIC support in MacOS is very good. No MPLAB though, but > that doesn't bug many. > That said, we are talking about average users, and average user isn't > going to be programming a PIC. This is PIClist... > > I will say all Apple product are over-hyped. > > How so? In what way are their PCs over hyped? They are more pricey then > I think they should be, but the hardware and software is pretty darn > decent, and very easy to use. > To me Windows XP is very easy to use. Apple mouse is pretty to use... > > Linux is also getting better and better. Mac > > will only be a niche player. And Apple has dropped the"computer" > > from its name. > The amount Linux has improved these past 5 years is astonishing. Every > new drop has been better. It's not there yet for the average user, but > for most advanced users it's advantages over Windows FAR outweigh what > you give up, IMHO. > That depends on what you do. I use Linux at home. I can not imagine using Linux at work with so many applications only for Windows. Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist