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The move to MacOS by development and sysadmin types started long before Intel Macs with the release of OSX, when it was finally possible to get a laptop with a
by jen20 4y ago
The move to MacOS by development and sysadmin types started long before Intel Macs with the release of OSX, when it was finally possible to get a laptop with a 5+ hour battery life that ran a Unix-like OS.
Edit: The latest macOS has a great virtualization system built in, that many of the container platforms have already switched to.
- einherjae 4y agoThe PowerPC machines never did reach actual 5 hour battery time, 3 at most, on a good day, with the display off.
- jen20 4y agoMine managed 6-8 without too much problem throughout the time I was in university. And they had removable batteries so you could just switch them out if you ever needed to (I had two for my Powerbook, and that would do a full day on campus without ever having to go near a power outlet).
- jlawer 4y agoG4 ibooks were crazy good for battery life, I often did a whole day of uni on my little white beast.
- jjtheblunt 4y agoI think my "Lombard" or maybe "Pismo" powerpc powerbook did longer than 3 by far. And my iBook would go 8 hours no sweat. edit: fixed the nickname