Re: Using a Mac as a daily driver.

[Jason Olson <josys36@xxxxxxxxx>]

The P50 is very nice. I was able to run 3 VMs on it at the same time. 
When I bought it I made sure it had 64 gig of ram and the Xeon 
processors. I've never had an issue putting it into sleep mode.

What ticks me off though is now I could get the P52 and cram 128 gig of 
ram :)

I've been doing Python off and on, but right now I'm working on a Python 
based QT app for Windows/Mac/Linux. It's taken a few weeks to learn what 
I need to learn, but I'm having fun with it.

Jason

On 2/25/2020 10:15 AM, Richard Schoen wrote:
> That P50 is a nice monster isn't it ?
>
> I've heard good things as long as you don't pout it into sleep mode 😊
>
> You'll like doing Python.
>
> FYI: I'm doing a Gotomeeting based Python Flask session for Magic User Group on April 30th. Check out here for more info.
> https://www.magic-ug.org/ibm-i-user-group-meetings/
>
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
> Web: http://www.richardschoen.net
> Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Olson <josys36@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 10:09 AM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) Users <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Using a Mac as a daily driver.
>
> I'd have to get you the model later. I'm at work and it's at home. But, what I'm going to be using it for is Python development. I've been working on a cross platform app for a few months now, and with buying this I can re-purpose my Lenovo P50 workstation for Linux and VMs, and use the Mac as my daily laptop. Then I can test the app on all 3 platforms. Just a side project really.
>
> The built in keyboard on this one feels pretty good actually, but normally I just use an external one anyway.
>
> Jason
>
> On 2/25/2020 9:51 AM, Richard Schoen wrote:
> > Should work fine:
> >
> > IBMi ACS
> > VS Code
> > Visual Studio
> > XCode
> > MS Office or Libreoffice
> > Filezilla
> > Vmware or dual boot for Windows Stuff
> > RDI
> >
> > Which model ?
> >
> > I almost pulled the trigger on the 32gb 2018 Model the other day. Was heavily discounted open box but I've heard bad things on the 2015-2018 keyboards.
> >
> > What kind of dev you doing ?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Richard Schoen
> > Web: http://www.richardschoen.net
> > Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > message: 1
> > date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 09:10:29 -0600
> > from: Jason Olson <josys36@xxxxxxxxx>
> > subject: [PCTECH] Using a Mac as a daily driver.
> >
> > So on Saturday I picked up a used Macbook pro. Over the years I've toyed around with the idea of using a Mac, but the cost was just way too high.
> > Then, I found a local place that sells used stuff, so I got a Macbook for about half the cost of new.
> >
> > So I was just curious if anyone else is using a Mac for their daily driver, and what did you think of it?
> >
> > So far I have everything I want setup on it and it seems to be working well.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jason E. Olson
> > IBM i Engineer/Developer
> > josys36@xxxxxxxxx
> > 480.223.2952