Installing ColdFusion on OSX -

Well must admit I installing ColdFusion has always been pretty simple but this time when I was installing it on my MacBook Pro I found I could not set up the web connectors. It just wouldn't let me choose the directory which Apache was in and this was simply strange and annoying. It worked fine when I installed it using ColdFusion's own web server. I then tried hopelessly to configure from that point but again no luck. By this point I gave up and went back to my virtual machine of Vista running IIS/ColdFusion. I must admit VMware Fusion is really sweet product though I wanted to run Apache/ColdFusion in OSX not on a VM which is really a pain in the neck to use since you have start it etc. I'll blog later on VMware's Fusion and how much I like it :-)

So I ended up around at a mates place trying to learn more about Apache and tried again installing ColdFusion. What I found in this attempt is that I'm running a 64bit Intel Duo 2 processor and the Apache installation was also 64bit. I was like... Yeah!! ...but also thinking who forgot to tell me my MacBook Pro has a 64bit processor? I had previously tried to figure out if my processor was 32/64bit but OSX doesn't give any details away so I had assumed it was 32bit.

After this moment of bliss between my MacBook Pro and I, I downloaded the 64bit installer of ColdFusion and all went well! This is a long story for a simple installation issue. Saying this there are no obvious messages from the ColdFusion installer (or others I might add) to say you're using a 32bit installer when you should or consider the 64bit installer.

MacBook wins

Well I've decided to get myself an Apple MacBook. Why you ask? Well still getting used to the idea that I'll be developing in an Apple environment. Dell's laptop XPS solutions where pretty impressive but I just got swayed to the Apple side at the end. I've already used Vista for a year now and can't say I would buy it. XP was a great improvement on 98/2000 but Vista has never sat well with me. So I'm hoping OS X Leopard will perform. Though I have to wait 10 days to get my new MacBook I do hope it's worth the wait.

I'll keep ya posted on how it goes from Microsoft => Apple.

MacHead The movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QMhOIySiyE

Oh yeah ~ Not converted yet ;-)