Back to a Mac or not???

To go back to a Mac or not that is the question more or
less...
My last experience with a Mac way System 7 days on a Mac
IIsi.
I have been using Windows for a while now and man, I'm am
just tired of patch the patch, worms, spyware.
The big question is what problems will I run into on a Mac
Powerbook with Dreamweaver and MS Access databases?
I guess, I will have to use CS2, yuck... I'm a Corel guy 8)

> To go back to a Mac or not that is the question more or
less...
>
> My last experience with a Mac way System 7 days on a Mac
IIsi.
There's been a few updates since then. ;o)
> The big question is what problems will I run into on a
Mac Powerbook with
> Dreamweaver and MS Access databases?
Well, if you want to use OSX on your mac, the biggest problem
is that you
can't run Access on OSX.
Granted, you probably shouldn't be using Access for web work
to begin
with...
If you are using Access, I'm guessing you are also using ASP.
ASP requires
IIS to run and IIS will not run on OSX either.
Of course, you can install Windows on a Mac, so you could buy
your Mac and
use it as a windows machine, but then you're back with having
the same ol'
windows probelms it sounds like you want to get away from.
Alternatively,
you could run Windows in virtualization mode on top of OSX,
which would be
nice.
Bottom line, though, if you are a web developer that works
mainly with
Microsoft technologies (.net, asp, access, etc.) it probably
makes sense to
stick with a Microsoft OS.
Otherwise, the Mac is a great web developer platform. OSX can
easily run
Apache, PHP and the like. As mentioned, you can also run
Windows so it
becomes a great testing computer as well.
-Darrel

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1209
Apple Support Extract:
Back to My Mac may not work as expected with AirPort Extreme Gigabit Ethernet
Last Modified: March 26, 2008
Article: TS1209
Symptoms
If the computer you are attempting to connect to via Back to My Mac is connected to the Internet >through an AirPort Extreme Gigabit Ethernet base station, the connection may not be successful.
This can occur even if you have enabled NAT-PMP.
Products Affected
AirPort Extreme Base Station, Back to My Mac
Resolution
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Russian interface:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_my_mac
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