Re: [PHP] [Slightly OT] Apple MacBook MAMP and Logic

On 31/01/2008, Richard Lynch <ceo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, January 31, 2008 11:29 am, Tom Chubb wrote:
I am looking to buy a Mac in a couple of weeks primarily for writing
music
using Apple Logic Studio 8 which will run absolutely fine on a
MacBook.
However, I am considering installing something like MAMP and using
that as
my development server too at which point I'm wondering whether I
should
invest in a MacBook Pro or whether I can get away with the lower spec
MacBook.
So I guess what I'm asking is, does having Apache, MySQL & PHP
installed on
a Mac use much system resources?

They will use virtually NO system resources until you start developing
something that, errr, uses a lot of resources... :-)

If you load up a million-row database and start writing monster select
queries in PHP against it, you'll probably strain any laptop.

If you just install them and develop some simple pages with modest
queries, I don't think you can BUY a new laptop that won't handle
that.

If you're doing music, get a bigger hard drive. You'll need it.

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Thanks for all your responses.
Rich, I guess you're right! Anyway PHP is only a hobby for personal sites,
so I shouldn't really worry too much but wanted to get a general feel from
people.
The only big advantage for the MBP is that it has Firewire 800 which would
be better for that big hard-drive that I'll need ;)

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