Robert Scoble posted an article today about a company called Soasta that is doing Web development (in the .NET Environment, no less) on Macs. It’s a sort-of* reposte to the article I linked to yesterday, about someone switching back from OS X.
…by using a Mac for development systems they can run Linux, Windows, and OSX on a single box. [...]
But the Executive Chairman, Ken Gardner, saw that he was more productive when he switched from a Windows machine to a Mac. He also noticed he was more productive when he worked on a 30-inch screen.
Every worker there has TWO 30-inch screens. One at home and one at work. Ken knew his employees would work more if they had nice equipment at home too. So, he bought everyone a MacPro for the office (faster, so gives coders incentive to work in the office) and a MacBookPro for taking home.
There will probably be something up on ScobleShow soon-ish.
* = I highly doubt Robert saw my entry yesterday, so it’s more likely just a coincidence in the timing 
3 Comments
Yeah, I didn’t see that either. i just got a MacPro and am just about to load Parallels on it. Will let you know how it goes.
October 20th, 2006 at 1:58 pm. Permalink.
Cool, I’ll be interested to see how it goes.
October 20th, 2006 at 2:11 pm. Permalink.
And I must say that I looooove the MacBook Pro… but then i am biased Mac lover!
In all seriousness… i have always said that it is a horses for courses approach. I want something that doesn’t break down. Windows always does for me while mac osx doesn’t. So for me it is perfect. Sure it is not perfect in a windows world but it works lovely for me! Stop bashing people for using Macs…
October 21st, 2006 at 4:16 am. Permalink.