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mac vs pc (non-fanboy answers)
From: tadaka at gmail.com (Jason Wood)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:11:02 -0600
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Robin Wood <robin at digininja.org> wrote:
On 16 April 2010 01:55, Jason Wood <tadaka at gmail.com> wrote:I like my mac because it's got a *nix shell underneath the hood, so itmakesa great admin platform. It's also a good place to write/test scripts and then deploy them to a server with little modification.The problem I see is that it isn't *nix underneath it is BSD and I've seen some tools that work on Linux but don't mention BSD. I'm just a bit worried that I'll end up spending most of my time in a Linux VPN to get the tools. I can't think of anything specific so I suppose that is another question, are there any killer apps that don't work on the Mac that do work under Linux.
Good point. I haven't run into too many application problems with it being based on BSD, but your experience could be different. I guess part of my preference is that I'm more interested in what's going on at my servers and I don't like spending time to mess with my laptop/desktop. Though this opinion has been changing some as I use different apps.
How is wireless support for things like packet injection with aircrack and master mode for creating APs?
I've not been happy with the wireless on my Mac, beyond normal usage. But I don't work with it too much either, so it hasn't been killer. Kismac and a spectrum analyzer have been sufficient most of the time. Bottom line is, that for my needs it works and I don't have to hassle with it much. Your needs sound different, so it may not be right. You could always pick up a used Mac Mini and try it out. That's pretty much what I did. Jason -- irc: Tadaka Twitter: Jason_Wood jwnetworkconsulting.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pauldotcom.com/pipermail/pauldotcom/attachments/20100416/57c186a0/attachment.htm
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