mac vs pc (non-fanboy answers)

[chris.blazek at gmail.com (Chris Blazek)]

Has anybody tried hackintosh? You could load that up in a vm and play  
with snow/leopard if you didn't want to commit spending money on a mac.
I've never installed it, but looks like an option for pc users.

Chris




On Apr 16, 2010, at 4:14 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.
>
> How is wireless support for things like packet injection with aircrack
> and master mode for creating APs?
>
> Robin
>
> > Besides every time I spec out a PC laptop with the video card and  
> > other
> > stuff I want, it costs nearly as much.  I bought a cheaper laptop  
> > once and
> > hated it for the 3-4 years that I used it.  When you use something  
> > all day a
> > cheap feeling keyboard, clunky mouse pad and mediocre durability  
> > becomes an
> > annoyance real fast.
> >
> > Not sure if that would really justify it for anyone else.
> >
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Robin Wood <robin at digininja.org>  
> > wrote:
> > > I've been looking at getting a new laptop for a while and I'm trying
> > > to compare a PC and a Mac. I know that a lot of security people are
> > > moving to Macs and I'd like to know why. For half the price, or  
> > > less,
> > > I can get an high spec PC so why are people moving? Is it OSX, is it
> > > availability of tools, hardware quality or what?
> > >
> > > I'm particularly looking at the Macbook Pros, probably the 15".
> > >
> > > I know this will probably start a fanboy fight but I've got to ask.
> > >
> > > Robin
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