Java is, and always has been, the source of many woes. And security holes. Lots of security holes. There’s really no reason to have it installed anymore, especially now that.
I vote Mac Mini (wait a week to see what you think about the Intel-based minis that will most probably be released). Having OS X on my PowerBook is a dream for anything that needs a UNIX environment and/or the GNU development tools.
So today is the day you remove it. RELATED: If you uninstall it and figure out that one of your applications depends on Java and won’t run anymore, it’s easy enough to reinstall it again.
Or stop using that application and find a better alternative. But either way, uninstalling Java isn’t going to break your computer permanently. Removing the Java Runtime This is easy enough. Open up a Terminal window and paste in the following two lines. You’ll be prompted for your password. Sudo rm -fr /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin sudo rm -fr /Library/PreferencePanes/JavaControlPanel.prefpane Done!
Now you can close and reopen the System Preferences window to see that the icon is gone. Removing the Java JDK (Which May Not Be Installed) The java development kit is different than the runtime, and to remove that, you’ll need to run a different command and look in a different folder to see if it even is installed (usually it’s not).
Open up a Terminal window and type in (or paste) the following command to switch to the correct folder: cd /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines And then use “ls” at the prompt to see if there is anything in there. In my case, there was.
So then you’ll type in the following: sudo rm -rf jdk1 And then use the TAB key to make the shell complete the file name. It should look something like the following screenshot, but the number might be different in your case: That should be all you need to do. Making Sure Java is Gone It’s easy enough to make sure that Java is completely dead.
You should already have noticed that closing and reopening System Preferences is enough to make the icon there go away, but to be really sure, you can open up a terminal and simply type “java”. You’ll be presented with the message, “No Java runtime present, requesting install”. And then a little dialog box will pop up with the OK button highlighted, indicating that everything is going to be OK now. We’ve also covered if you want to do that.
The question first, then some background info: What are your experiences, if any, with developing Games/Apps on a mac mini (alternatively, on an iBook), and can you use Eclipse at comfortable speeds? I'm planning to buy a new Computer. I want a computer that fullfills the following three criteria:. silent!. fast enough to comfortably develop Java apps using Eclipse, use OpenOffice, and watch DVDs occasionally. price tag of no more than $1200 (or $1500 for a Notebook) Also, additional factors are:.
small size (I have a Shuttle XPC SS-51 w/ Pentium 4 2 Ghz at the moment - fast enough, but way too noisy). Graphics card with DVI out and Pixel Shader support. very good 5.1 sound quality. I just bought some very good 5.1 Speakers and would like to make use of them. My Audigy 2 ZS is more than adequate, but the PC that it's in is too noisy) The Mac mini seems to easily fulfill the three mandatory criteria, except that its lousy 32MB Video card will probably ruin it all for me (I would like to make 3D games in Java with it, among other things). Also, it seems to only have a small headphone/line out jack, which is.
Quite inadequate. Can you recommend another system config?
(I'm based in Europe, but most US stuff is available here, as well). Quote: Original post by capnmidnight OSX is kind of behind the curve when it comes to new releases of JVMs and SDKs because you have to wait for Apple to write their own.
For Java 5 this didn't happen until a new release of OSX. Actually, Java 5 was made available with 10.3.7 through a public beta program, IIRC. I use Eclipse, OpenOffice and watch DVDs on my Powerbook - I have no complaints with either (though I wish Apple would write a damn DVD ripper). I like writing games on it, and Eclipse performs rather well on it. My Powerbook is mostly identical to an iBook of the same age, except with a different case, faster bus and much nicer GPU. It has DVI-out (I think the iBook does too). Neither the Mac Mini nor iBook have video cards with pixel-shader support, iirc (though the iBook has been upgraded recently).
I don't know about 5.1 sound support. I'd buy a Mac mini, or an older QuickSilver G4 and upgrade the video card on it. As long as 'Java 5' is available in one form or another, I can live with being not on the absolute bleeding edge. The scabby edge has always been fine with me.:) The QuickSilver G4 idea is something I'll look into.
Thanks so far! The middle-end Powerbook is 2000 Euros with only 512 MB Ram here in Europe. That's about 2350 USD and just waaaay out of my league.
The low end one has a crappy GPU, as well. I might make use of my old GeForce FX5700, which has plenty of memory, and is adequately fast for all the things I find myself doing recently. However, that card isn't precisely 'silent', but I could mod it to be quiet enough for a few bucks. I don't think one can put an AGP video card (or any expansion cards, for that matter) into a mac mini.
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