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First, I would thank the employer for getting me such nice gear. Courtesy is sadly lacking in today's workplace. Next, I would look at what it is that I need to do for the employer, and if it REQUIRED Linux (i.e., direct dependence on a particular set of binaries in a distribution) I would set up a virtual environment to host it (I am partial to VMWare - to ...

Yes, you can do everything on the Mac OS X that you can do on a *nix system. So no, it will not hinder your progress as a C++ programmer. If anything, it'll make your laptop experience more enjoyable. (As an off-topic aside, I find the keyboard much easier to navigate and send things flying in vim.) Also note: The programs you have listed are not specific ...

Go into it with an open mind. Remember the first time you booted a Linux box, and how it wasn't anything like Windows/DOS? You're in the same boat, now. There will be some things which you really like and some things which you really hate -- that's completely normal. Over time, it will become more familiar, and just like I'm sure you're equally comfortable ...

It depends on the size of your development projects. If you project contains 50-100 files, it's OK. Maybe not very fast, sometimes even somewhere slow, but definitely OK. If you project contains tons of classes, complex data structures, etc. than it will be a problem. (I've got this kind of MacBook Air for on-the-go development and very happy so far, but ...

Here's a survival kit for the first months. Start with installing MacPorts and the latest version of XQuartz. Download and install the software that you are used to: Firefox / Thunderbird, OpenOffice, Gimp, Inkscape, Emacs if that's your bag (I personally recommend Carbon Emacs) etc. This will allow you to get up to speed as fast as possible. Later, you can ...

Ubuntu has a guide called How to install Ubuntu on MacBook using USB Stick See also generic instructions for installing Ubuntu on Mac. Generic instructions for USB Stick Ubuntu install also mention Macs You need Mac OS X to create a USB flash drive that can boot on Macs. Even so, the process is less reliable than using a CD, as the USB flash drive ...

Kids These Days! When I learned to program, I wrote FORTRAN on a coding form then keypunched it onto cards. Your MacBook Air should be fine for small to medium-sized projects. I have a 1.83 GHz first-generation Early 2006 MacBook Pro with 2 GB. It has a Core Duo CPU, not a Core 2 Duo, so it is 32-bit only and cannot run 64-bit code. I've been using it ...

My advice is to slowly appreciate the powerfulness of a Macbook, and at the same time, get ready to install VirtualBox and install Windows and Linux on it. There might be some tools that is readily available on Windows that you are used to using, but at the moment can't be found on the Mac, or a similar tool exists also on Mac, but you are not used to using ...