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assign9.md

@@ -26,30 +26,10 @@ the YARN resource manager.
 Note that bash is the default shell everywhere, but the `.cshrc` is set up
 correctly if you feel like dropping into `tcsh`.
 
-### Mac and Homebrew
-```
-  brew install apache-spark
-  brew install psutils
-```
-
-### Docker
-From the distribution directory:
-```
-  docker build spark424:alpha .
-  docker run -it spark424:alpha
-```
-The second command logs you in to a `tcsh` shell in the container. The
-distribution directory is mounted read/write at `/assign9`.
 
-### Other
-- Download spark from [here](https://archive.apache.org/dist/spark/spark-3.0.1/spark-3.0.1-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz).
-- Move the downloaded file to the `assignment9/` directory (so it is available
-in '/vagrant' on the virtual machine), and uncompress it using: `tar zxvf
-spark-3.0.1-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz` in your VM.
-- This will create a new directory: `spark-3.0.1-bin-hadoop2.7`.
-
-  
 ### Vagrant
+This is the **recommended** way to do this project. 
+
 As before, we have provided a VagrantFile in the `assignment9` directory. Since
 the Spark distribution is large, we ask you to download that directly from the
 Spark website.
@@ -61,6 +41,17 @@ This step is included in the VagrantFile, but if you get any error
 
 We are ready to use Spark.
 
+### Mac and Homebrew
+I'd rather not pollute my mac w/ all the detritus from starting
+`spark` up, so I have not pioneered a mac approach, though you are
+free to.
+
+If you have apple silicon, I recommend you wait until the docker
+approach has been checked out (soon).
+
+### Docker
+Probably before Thanksgiving.
+
 ### Spark and Python
 
 Spark primarily supports three languages: Scala (Spark is written in Scala),