RE: ot - laptop for dba
- From: Claudia Zeiler <girlgeek@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <william.muriithi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 12:23:30 -0700
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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