Terrence MiaoTerrence Miao - 2012-11-02 00:39:39+1100 - Updated: 2012-11-02 00:39:39+1100
Originally shared by Chai Ang

IntelliJ IDEA Productivity Tips. Part 1

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+1'd by: Dean Budd
Dean Budd - 2012-11-02 07:47:43+1100
Awesome! I'll have to decipher those crazy Apple hieroglyphs first.
Terrence Miao - 2012-11-02 10:39:25+1100
Buy a MacBook Pro and double your productivity.
Dean Budd - 2012-11-02 10:46:04+1100 - Updated: 2012-11-02 10:46:29+1100
...and halve my wallet hmmmm

I've thought about it... but I'm actually trying to rid my household of Apple products, not bring anymore in ;)
Kieran Simpson - 2012-11-02 11:19:32+1100 - Updated: 2012-11-02 11:24:17+1100
+Terrence Miao While in general I agree that MBPs are great workhorse machines, I'm becoming more and more dubious as Apple f**ks up OSX to make it iOS with a keyboard.  Developers want/need the ability to hack around and the more Apple lock down OSX to be a Facebook and Twitter consumer the harder it's going to be for devs.  Look at all the issues there's been in the past trying to get a JDK on OSX.

I'm almost tempted to buy a second hand model of my current MPB for a spare parts repository so I never have to upgrade to the glued, soldered mess that is that latest version of the MBP.  I could live on Snow-Leopard forever as all my software works (God bless MacPorts).
Dean Budd - 2012-11-02 11:21:36+1100 - Updated: 2012-11-02 11:21:50+1100
I see. Isn't the whole idea of "pro" against Apple's philosophy? 
Kieran Simpson - 2012-11-02 11:23:50+1100
It wasn't always so unfortunately.  It's this idea of converging their product lines that's the root of all the evil.
Martin Paulo - 2012-11-02 12:09:12+1100
+Kieran Simpson : is that the obligatory anti Microsoft dig?
Kieran Simpson - 2012-11-02 12:39:00+1100
+Martin Paulo I'm not following your train of thought there.
Martin Paulo - 2012-11-02 12:59:20+1100 - Updated: 2012-11-02 12:59:47+1100
+Kieran Simpson to quote: http://www.mobiledia.com/news/107982.html " _Microsoft unveiled its new Windows 8 platform, featuring a touch-screen interface with a traditional mouse and keyboard, betting on a platform designed to run on PCs, tablets and smartphones._"
Kieran Simpson - 2012-11-02 13:15:20+1100
+Martin Paulo Yeah well M$ are doing their usual catch up trick.  The problem is that they're following Apple into hell ;)
Terrence Miao - 2012-11-04 12:49:52+1100
+Kieran Simpson Paid visit to JB-HiFi twice this week to play on the latest retina display MacBook Pro 13". Great machine, good design. Thinner, lighter, but still powerful. Very suitable for a person often needs man power surge. I'm salivating on it.

However, unless it's hackable, let me add more RAM and replace the hard disk ... I won't reach fingers into my deep pocket ...
Terrence Miao - 2012-11-04 13:14:30+1100 - Updated: 2012-11-04 13:14:51+1100
"The RAM is surface-mount soldered to the logic board, so no upgrade is possible. It will forever have 8 GB of RAM." - iFixit, MacBook Pro 13" Retina Display Late 2012 Teardown

Damn!