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<blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 1130217" data-attributes="member: 6777">Yes. Check out the following sites:<a href="http://developer.apple.com/macosx/" target="_blank">http://developer.apple.com/macosx/</a><a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/xcode.html" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/xcode.html</a><a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/jaguar/unix.html" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/macosx/jaguar/unix.html</a><a href="http://macdevcenter.com/" target="_blank">http://macdevcenter.com/</a>Since MacOS X is Unix-based, you've got tools like gcc and other 'nix goodies. The OS package also comes with developer tools that currently have a IDE called Project Builder. The Xcode mentioned in the link above is the new IDE rolling out with the next version.From what I've heard, *in general* it does, but it's not 100% perfect. If your finacee can get an academic discount on Office, I'd just go with that.&nbsp;<a href="http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/routingpage.html" target="_blank">http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/routingpage.html</a>As a student, she should qualify for discounts on Apple hardware. The discounts aren't huge, but any discount is a good discount. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="buzz, post: 1130217, member: 6777"] Yes. Check out the following sites: [URL]http://developer.apple.com/macosx/[/URL] [URL]http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/xcode.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.apple.com/macosx/jaguar/unix.html[/URL] [URL]http://macdevcenter.com/[/URL] Since MacOS X is Unix-based, you've got tools like gcc and other 'nix goodies. The OS package also comes with developer tools that currently have a IDE called Project Builder. The Xcode mentioned in the link above is the new IDE rolling out with the next version. From what I've heard, *in general* it does, but it's not 100% perfect. If your finacee can get an academic discount on Office, I'd just go with that. [URL]http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/routingpage.html[/URL] As a student, she should qualify for discounts on Apple hardware. The discounts aren't huge, but any discount is a good discount. :) [/QUOTE]

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