Re: ot - laptop for dba
- From: Janine Sisk <janine@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: girlgeek@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 12:38:53 -0700
You don't need a VM to run Windows on a Mac - it comes with a feature called
Boot Camp, which lets you switch between the two by rebooting. You still need
a valid Windows license, of course.
I am a part-time Sys Admin and DBA, and full-time software developer, and I've
used Macs exclusively for about 10 years. I have a Windows partition but use
it as little as possible (which is not very often). For me, this is the best
of all worlds. As always, YMMV.
janine
On May 31, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Claudia Zeiler wrote:
> Guys, Thank you all for the input.
>
> My use of this laptop is mainly to play with the new features of 11g. I
> gather that that is a definitive "You will have to install a VM to run 11g on
> Mac." I know that the install SHOULD go smoothly. Sometimes they do, and
> sometimes they don't. I think that I'll stick to a windows machine or maybe
> finally get a Linux one as I have been threatening ever since I got my Vista
> machine.
>
> Thank you all for the informed input.
>
> -Claudia
>
>
>
> > From: william.muriithi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx
> > CC: girlgeek@xxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 12:51:06 -0500
> > Subject: Re: ot - laptop for dba
> >
> > Claudia,
> >
> > Yeap, as John said, oracle 10 run on Mac natively without any problem. Have
> > yet to try oracle 11 though.
> >
> > In short, as long as its not a serious database that require support, that
> > would not be a good reason to avoid Mac.
> >
> > On 2010-05-31, at 1:36 PM, John Piwowar wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Claudia,
> > >
> > > It *is* possible to have a toy database running natively on a Mac, with
> > > the caveat that it's 10.2.0.4 only. You also have the option of running
> > > other versions in a virtualized environment, which is mostly pain-free.
> > > :-) It can also be cost-free, since Oracle's Virtualbox product is a free
> > > download.
> > >
> > > FWIW, I've been a Mac-using DBA for 5 years, and I'm very happy with the
> > > platform. I'm sure that the last thing the list needs/wants is a
> > > Mac/Windows/Linux religious discussion, though, so no prosyletizing from
> > > me! ;-)
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > John P.
> > >
> > > (Strange spelling? iPhone's fault. Strange content? Alas, that's all me)
> > >
> > >
> > > On May 31, 2010, at 10:01 AM, Claudia Zeiler <girlgeek@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Time for a new laptop. Shall I switch to a Mac? I have seen DBA's using
> > >> Macs, but I wonder, do any have a toy database on the Mac? How? There is
> > >> no Oracle certified for Mac that I know of.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for any tips.
> > >>
> > >> -Claudia
> > >>
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