From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Jun 10 16:25:51 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C9F4AD9013 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:25:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-f53.google.com (mail-it0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0537C2BD9 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:25:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-f53.google.com with SMTP id e5so14239724ith.0 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 09:25:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=cb4UB6XY0ulLng8nbfycvb+++amShmoZaIVrMub4L78=; b=ctrxG2IuF6lGblTGAz54/SdPYhnw02iRFM3rEJBABaqvKFcd1t0oAYqVeK6m3Ihton qj4QQ36pC96obowDHlB8qCr7+K6MIUAUcviIJgb/6zn5mheCpl99Z2uWuMaN80ClOpZx yvVDnIdk6L+5PrSoUZd4O0OEbzdqbJtau5H2aEcD7mal22Mjs9LqTcmcrFDmX/NxuV2c fJnY/AZUMWz/xmL9A0e2iuJx8Kxk9Z5OG9x8PEbJoLriqt+9Flb7gWVZYosLnwhYw4sG 4fNABoe80KIaEP0VJn94ygxOEc1MtEgoQGx2TsIubSmRUX33nujPqVAf6A0UWaHwLHIF jgkA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tJNzgcxOiV0Stp606uM66fvfXOHsPmYvlXXYzs/GDS/QDee9Zbi8KgAIx+FUlMYUA== X-Received: by 10.36.28.201 with SMTP id c192mr5307923itc.96.1465575949271; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 09:25:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WorkBox.Home.gmail.com (174-30-251-248.mpls.qwest.net. [174.30.251.248]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o4sm5864524itc.18.2016.06.10.09.25.47 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 10 Jun 2016 09:25:48 -0700 (PDT) References: User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 24.5.1 From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: Murk Fletcher Cc: Christian Baer , User Questions Subject: Re: advice for buying a laptop In-reply-to: Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 11:25:49 -0500 Message-ID: <867fdxnh82.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:25:51 -0000 Murk Fletcher writes: > Hi! > > You sound like a creative person. As am I, therefore nothing but the latest > MacBook Pro will do it for me. Product design-wise nothing even comes > close, and the clearness and beauty of the retina screen not only makes it > easier for your eyes, it also makes your work seem more appealing as you > get to see it in greater details. > > I usually remove OS X, install Windows 10 with Classic Shell and other > simplifications, and then run FreeBSD/OpenBSD inside VirtualBox. I > therefore get the best of all worlds; all my Unix needs covered via PuTTY > to localhost, plus the ability to run Adobe, Ableton etc. applications > which Windows does a lot better than OS X. Putting aside how utterly insane this sounds, it should go without saying that if someone is asking what hardware to buy then they intend to run on bare metal, because if you're running in a VM it doesn't matter what hardware you buy. -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------