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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1409099" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>The useful lifespan for any notebook (Mac or otherwise) is generally 3-5 years. Macs are generally higher end machines, so they will generally be useful for the longer end of that spectrum. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's standard x86 hardware. So whatever can run on an x86 platform, can run on an Intel-based Mac. And yes, given appropriate installation media and backups, you can freely repartition as you please. With that said, I'd HIGHLY recommend you look into virtualizing other OSes using VMWare Fusion, Parallels Desktop or VirtualBox. It will make your life a lot less stressful.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, modern Macs use commodity x86 hardware platforms. You're only limited by the drivers available to the peripheral of your choice. Most printers, external hard drives, etc, either don't need a driver or will ship with a Mac driver.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, personally, I believe notebooks (in general) suck for gaming. I maintain a desktop machine for those purposes. But given appropriate hardware, the Mac will run Windows games at the same speed and quality of an equivalent Wintel box. Again, modern Macs use commodity x86 hardware. There is no special magic to the Apple logo... it just means that you can run OS X on it legally. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Just that Apple includes XCode with the OS, so you have everything you need to start developing in Objective C right out of the box. Additionally, Apple has a great ecosystem setup for developers in the Mac App Store. It makes it as easy to distribute your products for the Mac as it does for the the iOS App Store.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1409099, member: 24098"] The useful lifespan for any notebook (Mac or otherwise) is generally 3-5 years. Macs are generally higher end machines, so they will generally be useful for the longer end of that spectrum. It's standard x86 hardware. So whatever can run on an x86 platform, can run on an Intel-based Mac. And yes, given appropriate installation media and backups, you can freely repartition as you please. With that said, I'd HIGHLY recommend you look into virtualizing other OSes using VMWare Fusion, Parallels Desktop or VirtualBox. It will make your life a lot less stressful. Again, modern Macs use commodity x86 hardware platforms. You're only limited by the drivers available to the peripheral of your choice. Most printers, external hard drives, etc, either don't need a driver or will ship with a Mac driver. Well, personally, I believe notebooks (in general) suck for gaming. I maintain a desktop machine for those purposes. But given appropriate hardware, the Mac will run Windows games at the same speed and quality of an equivalent Wintel box. Again, modern Macs use commodity x86 hardware. There is no special magic to the Apple logo... it just means that you can run OS X on it legally. Just that Apple includes XCode with the OS, so you have everything you need to start developing in Objective C right out of the box. Additionally, Apple has a great ecosystem setup for developers in the Mac App Store. It makes it as easy to distribute your products for the Mac as it does for the the iOS App Store. [/QUOTE]
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