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Science Girls! Mac OS

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Mac OS X, Apple's newest operating system for the Macintosh platform, is profoundly different from its earlier versions because of its similarity to the UNIX operating system. For developers writing software for OS X this means adjusting to two new environments to create applications and to access the enhanced features of the new OS, Cocoa and Carbon. Cocoa is an object-oriented API in which all future OS X programs will be written. Carbon is a transitional technology allowing compatibility of applications written for earlier versions of the Mac OS with Mac OS X.
Mac OS X Developer's Guide focuses equally on Cocoa and Carbon, guiding the reader through these technologies and showing how to write applications in both. It is the first book for Mac OS X developers written for those who are already working on applications, as well as new developers just getting started. It starts off describing the new OS and its development tools then focuses on specific programming issues, providing tips on making the transition from classic Mac OS code to Mac OS X.

Mac OS X, Apple's newest operating system for the Macintosh platform, is profoundly different from its earlier versions because of its similarity to the UNIX operating system. Getting to know you mac os. For developers writing software for OS X this means adjusting to two new environments to create applications and to access the enhanced features of the new OS, Cocoa and Carbon. Cocoa is an object-oriented API in which all future OS X programs will be written. Carbon is a transitional technology allowing compatibility of applications written for earlier versions of the Mac OS with Mac OS X.
Mac OS X Developer's Guide focuses equally on Cocoa and Carbon, guiding the reader through these technologies and showing how to write applications in both. It is the first book for Mac OS X developers written for those who are already working on applications, as well as new developers just getting started. It starts off describing the new OS and its development tools then focuses on specific programming issues, providing tips on making the transition from classic Mac OS code to Mac OS X.

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* A guide for developers already writing applications as well as new developers just getting started
* Focuses equally on both Cocoa and Carbon environments
* Provides tips on transitioning from writing code for classic Mac OS to OS X
* References Apple online materials extensively, to keep developers up to speed on changes

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As the Mac platform increases in popularity (Apple currently claim 20% of laptops sold are Macintoshes) it should come as no surprise that there are increasing numbers of students turning up to university with Macintosh laptops. Recent figures from the Apple-blogosphere suggest that around a quarter of new US students arrive with a machine running Mac OS X, and around half are planning on buying a machine from the company in Cupertino in the future. Some of these students will eventually make the move into postgraduate studies, and it makes sense that they’ll want to use the computers that they’ve become comfortable using. The Apple website has it’s own science section , with people using Macs to do everything from 3D medical imaging to submarine paleo-seismology.

The burning question, then, is just how suited to scientific research is the Mac? What tools and resources exist for the Apple-based scientist?

All Macs come installed with Mac OS X, a triumph of design and user friendliness. My mother uses a Mac Mini to surf the web and send emails, and she would be first to admit that she’s not a “computer person”. Iso-sphere (itch) mac os. Mac OS X is, however, a bit of a dark horse; under that glossy skin beats the heart of a true UNIX machine. UNIX, a venerable command line based operating system famed for its power, allows the Mac to run all sorts of powerful number crunching programs. You can even create your own programs, using UNIX scripts or one of the many programming languages supported by Xcode. You can access the UNIX command line by opening the Terminal application, located in the Utilities folder in Applications. Investigate package managers like Fink or MacPorts put the world of UNIX programs at your finger tips.

In addition, Macs run their own version of Microsoft’s Office suite, so you don’t have to worry about not being able to open a document sent to you by a Windows using colleague. If you really can’t leave Windows behind totally, you can install Windows on any Mac running on Intel hardware, using Apple’s BootCamp. Third party solutions such as Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion will allow you to run Windows inside OS X, so you don’t even need to reboot.

But what if you still need something else to help you conduct your research on a Mac? Your first port of call should be the website MacResearch which is an independent website for scientists using the Mac platform. If you need to crunch large numbers, check out Apple’s Xgrid platform.

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Personally, I can’t imagine doing my work on anything but a Mac. I find Windows, even the latest Windows 7, fiddly and a chore. Though I’ve also tried various flavours of GNU/Linux, I love being able to use Microsoft Office along side open source projects like Inkscape, LaTeX, NeoOffice and QGIS (as a friend of mine says: “If it’s not open source, it’s not science.”) Mac OS X marries user friendliness, openness, power and stability unlike any other operating system on the market. I’m not the only one that thinks so, either. In the summer of 2003, Virginia Tech created System X, which was at the time the third most powerful supercomputer in the world, using nothing but Macintoshes. It also cost around 80 times less than other supercomputers running at the time.

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