To go Mac or not to go Mac
After 20 years of M$ Window I want to change to Mac or Linux.
I use my pc for
1. writing database applications with SQLServer, Oracle 9i and Acces as backend and Delphi as progr.language I am not attached to Delpy and SQLServer
2. M$ Office
3. Buying older dvd's and place the on a harddisk (including the ones with the latest protection schemes). I use AnyDVD and CloneDVD for this
4. Internet od course
Please can sombody evaluate the above and tell me if an Apple allows me to go with the tasks 1,2 and 3 and what additional stuff(tools, apps) I have to buy.
I use my pc for
1. writing database applications with SQLServer, Oracle 9i and Acces as backend and Delphi as progr.language I am not attached to Delpy and SQLServer
2. M$ Office
3. Buying older dvd's and place the on a harddisk (including the ones with the latest protection schemes). I use AnyDVD and CloneDVD for this
4. Internet od course
Please can sombody evaluate the above and tell me if an Apple allows me to go with the tasks 1,2 and 3 and what additional stuff(tools, apps) I have to buy.
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After 20 years of M$ Window I want to change to Mac or Linux.
I use my pc for
1. writing database applications with SQLServer, Oracle 9i and Acces as backend and Delphi as progr.language I am not attached to Delpy and SQLServer
2. M$ Office
3. Buying older dvd's and place the on a harddisk (including the ones with the latest protection schemes). I use AnyDVD and CloneDVD for this
4. Internet od course
Please can sombody evaluate the above and tell me if an Apple allows me to go with the tasks 1,2 and 3 and what additional stuff(tools, apps) I have to buy.
Most of what you do is where Microsoft excels in OS lock-in. This means that if you move to Mac, you will likely have to run Windows anyway.
There are options to look at like Parallels and Crossover. Crossover can run some apps without Windows but you'd be safer with Parallels at the moment but as I say, that basically runs Windows inside the Mac OS.
You can run Windows directly on a Mac too so if you like the hardware then it's not a problem at all.
2. MS Office for mac
3. Handbrake
Internet is just dandy for mac users, MS Office will work perfectly on OSX, and Handbrake or Drive-In will satsify your DVD needs.
Oh and yeah, switch to a Mac, you can't go wrong. Get a 500GB Hard Drive, and if your ever get stuck (though I doubt you will) you can always intall Windows and Linux on your Mac, then you'll be set for the next 20 years, (sort of).
Don't hesitate to post more.
I do not know if filemaker could be an alternative.
Anybody uses it for making database apps?
1. writing database applications with SQLServer, Oracle 9i and Acces as backend and Delphi as progr.language I am not attached to Delpy and SQLServer
You would not want to try to write apps for MS SQLServer inside OS X. You can RDP to the server and use any tools that way, other wise I suggest booting into XP on the Mac.
If you access Oracle DB through sqlplus backend then you could get away with some things, but there again, if your tools are M$ only you would want to boot directly into XP.
@trailmaster.
I was databasedeveloper and for clients you have to develop for the Windows OS. I am retired now but I still make database apps for my own use. I am a data(base) freak.
MS SQLServer and Oracle is at this moment no longer required. However I need a some backend and I need a programming language to access the backend.
I don't want MS Windows anymore as OS and I am prepared to buy new tools. I am not really interested in hardware as such
Windows and Mac are about equal, but Linux is NOT meant for desktop use.
@Ireland: Andorra is somewhat around the corner.
@trailmaster.
I was databasedeveloper and for clients you have to develop for the Windows OS. I am retired now but I still make database apps for my own use. I am a data(base) freak.
MS SQLServer and Oracle is at this moment no longer required. However I need a some backend and I need a programming language to access the backend.
I don't want MS Windows anymore as OS and I am prepared to buy new tools. I am not really interested in hardware as such
In that case I would look at open source options like PostgreSQL or MySQL, although you can also run Oracle 10g on Mac OS X.
MySQL is ok, thanks.
But what language is available for Mac OS to build the userinterface (access to the data)
@Fieldy
MySQL is ok, thanks.
But what language is available for Mac OS to build the userinterface (access to the data)
Personally, I just build web based interfaces to MySQL using Ruby on Rails (Ruby), Django (Python) or Symphony (PHP) depending on the clients requirements, but I presume you can use Xcode to build a user interface and use Cocoa, Java, C or whatever other languages Xcode supports.
Thanks guys, sufficient information to start with.
Topic closed!?
Personally, I just build web based interfaces to MySQL using Ruby on Rails (Ruby), Django (Python) or Symphony (PHP) depending on the clients requirements, but I presume you can use Xcode to build a user interface and use Cocoa, Java, C or whatever other languages Xcode supports.
And you could always use Java, where I work, they use J-Boss and it is really reliable.