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Platforms Windows to Mac

I have been working on Mac’s for a long time but before that i used a PC for everything. I have recently been working on a PC for .NET development and thought i would not enjoy myself at all. I kept my mind open and tried to stay neutral. After working on the PC for 2 weeks I thought it was time to review and compare my Mac vs my PC. At work i am running an iMac 2.4 with 4 Gig’s of ram, on start up with nothing but the basics booting up it will run at about 500 to 600 MB’s of RAM used. My Windows Vista computer, after i took all the pre-loaded crap off and edited what services start it will boot at about 480 to 500 MB’s of RAM used. To throw anoher computer in the mix i have a Windows 2003 server that will boot at about 100 MB’s of RAM used.

I have no real results out of this but it’s something to keep in mind, why will my Vista computer boot at about the same as my Mac? Does my Mac really work better or does it just look as it works better by hiding processes and running background applications.

I think it all comes down to getting a computer with as much RAM as you can fit in it and a good processor.

For now, i will use both as needed… But you never know…

Goodbye .Mac!

Well it’s the 10th and Apple has taken the .mac site down, i am guessing to prepare for the Mobile Me “.Me”. As a .Mac account holder you get the Mobile Me upgrade for free, so i cant wait to check that out!

Install wget on your mac.

Ok, i am not sure why it is not included with the mac bash but i have installed wget for my mac. This is an easy process to do and then to start using! First we need to download the wget files to your Desktop.

Download

Download wget for Mac OS X (124 KB)

Install wget

For normal mac setups.

# Open Terminal: Applications/Utilitys/Terminal
# This is assuming the wget folder is in Downloads
cd Downloads
cd wget
sudo mv wget /usr/local/bin
password:
sudo mv wget.1 /usr/local/man/man1
sudo mv wgetrc /usr/local/etc
 
# Close then reopen your terminal
# Now lets test! Simply do:
wget
 
 # Output
wget: missing URL
Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]...
 
Try `wget --help' for more options.

This will work 99% of the time, but i have seen one case that this did not work. When calling “sudo mv wget.1 /usr/local/man/man1″ and it responds “No such file or directory” do not freak out! I have the solution for you, below is for users that received an error after trying to move the wget.1 to man1 folder.

Install wget (option 2)

For other mac setups.

# ONLY IF YOU GOT AN ERROR "No such file or directory: MAN1"
# DO NOT USE THIS IF THE CODE ABOVE WORKED AND YOU CAN USE WGET
# May need to re-download
sudo mv wget /usr/bin
password:
sudo mv wget.1 /usr/share/man/man1
sudo mv wgetrc /usr/local/etc
 
# Close then reopen your terminal
# Now lets test! Simply do:
wget
 
# Output
wget: missing URL
Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]...
 
Try `wget --help' for more options.

So now thats installed, what do we use it for? Well are you wanting to download my lasted version of the Winn Guestbook? You can easily download it with wget now! Let me show you how!

# Download the latest version of the Winn Grestbook (v2.2.9)
# First 'cd' to the directory you want it to download too.
wget http://winn.ws/downloads/guestbook_v2-2-9.zip
 
# done!

Works great!