mac vs pc (non-fanboy answers)

[tadaka at gmail.com (Jason Wood)]

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 it
> makes
> > a 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

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