Sorry, that was dumb and rude on my part - I glossed over everything but multiplexing.

Your right, Nginx doesn't have a FastCGI process manager built in. PHP has a couple, I use PHP-FPM which is part of PHP as of 5.3.3. There's also spawn-fcgi ( http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/spawn-fcgi/wiki ) for more generic needs. This completely seperates the HTTP server from the application (even to another machine if you like), but is certainly another thing to configure.

As for actual connection persistence to backends, I know that has been discussed, but thought the performance difference was negligible and added serious complexity to have Nginx maintain a connection pool to backends.

mod_fastcgi doesn't support multiplexing either. Why would you make an incorrect comment when you can just Google something simple like this?

http://www.fastcgi.com/mod_fastcgi/docs/mod_fastcgi.html

"The FastCGI protocol supports a feature, described in the specificiation as "multiplexing", that allows a single client-server connection to be simultaneously shared by multiple requests. This is not supported."

It is unbelievable how completely backwards you and others get this situation.

Chrome for Windows actually follows the correct model, you just aren't used to it because so many Windows applications are completely backwards in requiring admin privileges for no good reason.

Windows allows users to execute arbitrary applications and install them as a regular user in isolated directories and registry space, that's a choice Microsoft made (and has frequently encouraged developers to support). If that's too open for you, you need to look to lock down software or get crafty with your Group Policy It's NOT Microsoft's or Google's fault, you just don't understand it.

Ahh, of course, Google pretends OSM doesn't exist... right...

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code

Not supported != doesn't work

I think you need to investigate the definition of the word may.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/may?show=1&t=1303413953

You realize I was replying to someone who suggested you can get by just the same with a $600 Windows notebook?

For more money, you probably get a nice machine.

So your managers two year old computer might be under more strain then your new computer - or have a bad fan?

Oh, and look at that, when I option the Lenovo to have specs somewhat similar to the MacBook Pro 13, it's $30 more.

I'm sure it's a fine machine, I have no problem with PCs, I was raised on them from day one. I used high end business HP's up till late 2009. I only started using Mac's because that's what the company I work for uses, and like I said, the MBP has been a surprisingly pleasant experience.

I've had one since launch, been repaired twice under warranty. Xbox Live has been the best online experience for a long time and it's where most of my friends play.

It's also largely for Medica Center. Engadget recently said it's probably the best DVR experience available.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/05/tivo-premiere-vs-windows-7-media-center/

So yeah, quality.

OS X

Not sure when it happened, but it was in the XP era.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/russel_02may13.mspx

I believe it also depends on the error, some more critical ones still seem to halt on the blue screen (perhaps because the machine is in a state that it can't even reboot in software). My Windows 7 desktop has done both on me (in fact I could blue screen it on demand with LogMeIn at one point, think an update fixed that).

Like I said, I've worked IT, I've made purchasing decisions for notebooks from $600 to $4000 (generally HP). I still compare to the new Windows high end HP machines my company purchases and I'm comfortable saying that the MBP is competitively priced and I wouldn't trade it for any Windows machine to develop every day.

Not sure what you are talking about. I'm currently a software developer, I'm typing this on a MBP that has been running for months with multiple virtualized development servers running Apache, Varnish, Memcached, natively I'm running MySQL with a multi GB database and Eclipse all at the same time. Even my relatively beefy Windows desktop machine would be unhappy in this situation.

I won't argue with anecdotal evidence, trust me I used to think like you (and I'm not a Windows hater at all, the only way to watch TV in my house is in an Xbox 360 streaming from a Windows 7 machine).

BUT like I said, having worked on a MBP for a year, I couldn't be happier. It's just a workhorse, and considering how much I depend on it, worth every penny.

I thought the same before using a MacBook Pro every day for work for a year.

You just don't get the stability, performance, battery life and build quality in a cheap Windows notebook (I've bought tons of them after much research when I worked in IT). Runs for months on end, 80 hour weeks, never shutdown, rarely restarted, basically never gets in my way.