by coulombre » Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:44 pm
Hi Marcel,
I use Servoy on both Mac and Windows computers. Java has always been very snappy on Windows, but rather slow on my Mac laptop. Really I should say slow in opening. Once it was open there really were no performance problems.
When the new intel duo core iMacs came out we bought one for our key Servoy developer as a test. The thing smokes! Java and Servoy run every bit as fast as on Windows. Everything is very snappy!
I use a Mac Mini a lot for portability. I keep a wireless keyboard and mouse, power brick and monitor both at work and at home so I only need to carry the Mac Mini back and forth. In fact I bought a very nice case for the Mac Mini for about $20 from Apple. When I get home I can simply plug in the video cable and power brick and I'm ready to go. It is very snappy to boot. The only thing that is a little slow is opening MAMP (MySQL) because it is running in the Rosetta emulation. But it really only take 15 seconds or so.
FYI if portability is not an option I'd suggest going with the 17" iMac. For a few hundred dollars more than the Mac Mini you get a very nice 17" lcd, hardware based graphics processor, iSight camera, simpler memory upgrades, and the ability to have two screens. For about $400 we added a 20" dell screen as an extended desktop, which is great for development. FYI here in the US the 17" iMac sells for about $1200 on Amazon.com.
When I get the time (and courage) I'll try adding Windows boot to my Mac Mini, although I'm not sure if I'll use Boot Camp for dual boot, or Parallels and their virtualization scheme. I really like the idea of not having to dual boot, and having Windows ( or an other OS really) running in a window on the Mac!
Bottom line... Servoy rocks on the new Mac Intel hardware.
Best,
Rich