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Boo.com was a beauty/fashion portal, wasn't it? What on earth were they thinking? I'd say old-school Mac users are at least as fashionable as most PC users, not to mention a damn sight easier on the eyes.

Boo.com was a beauty/fashion portal, wasn't it? What on earth were they thinking? I'd say old-school Mac users are at least as fashionable as most PC users, not to mention a damn sight easier on the eyes.

and heres a photo of him

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/7412/louiswawer u0nl.jpg

poor kid, spamming his home adsl connection, and a black gangster/brit wannabe, guess Mcdonalds didnt want to hire him, must be a hard life in NYC

All right, to each his own. You have a few valid points, granted, and I have a few valid points about Linux as well. (Though it's a nice OS that I have used for some time, but don't use often any more.) But that's a topic for another thread. I don't want to be party to an OS war right now. Let's just leave it at that.

However, I do want to clear up some misconceptions you may have, and give some advice as to how you can become better at using OS X. Knowledge is power and all. :-)

And as you mentioned, virtual desktops *is* possible under Mac OS X if you buy software for it. Let's just leave it at that. ;-)

In a similar way, your point about k3b being better than Finder's disk burning is a bit flawed. Finder's disk burning support is just for when you want to burn a few files to a CD.

For one, if you just want to burn ISO files, it's possible with the bundled tools in Mac OS X as well, using Disk Utility. (Like so.). It's just a case of knowing the operating system. If I didn't know what K3B was, I'd never guess it was for burning CDs -- just like I wouldn't know that Disk Utility couldn't burn ISOs if I weren't a seasoned Mac user.

If you want a more flexible program, there's always Roxio Toast, which is even more flexible and easier to use. (Screenshot.) The Titanium edition does pretty much everything you "need" to do, even more advanced stuff like burning VCDs and stuff. But, sure, that costs money. But the functionality is there if you want it.

Hope this helps in any of your future usage of Mac OS X. :-)

All right, to each his own. You have a few valid points, granted, and I have a few valid points about Linux as well. (Though it's a nice OS that I have used for some time, but don't use often any more.) But that's a topic for another thread. I don't want to be party to an OS war right now. Let's just leave it at that.

However, I do want to clear up some misconceptions you may have, and give some advice as to how you can become better at using OS X. Knowledge is power and all. :-)

And as you mentioned, virtual desktops *is* possible under Mac OS X if you buy software for it. Let's just leave it at that. ;-)

In a similar way, your point about k3b being better than Finder's disk burning is a bit flawed. Finder's disk burning support is just for when you want to burn a few files to a CD.

For one, if you just want to burn ISO files, it's possible with the bundled tools in Mac OS X as well, using Disk Utility. (Like so.). It's just a case of knowing the operating system. If I didn't know what K3B was, I'd never guess it was for burning CDs -- just like I wouldn't know that Disk Utility couldn't burn ISOs if I weren't a seasoned Mac user.

If you want a more flexible program, there's always Roxio Toast, which is even more flexible and easier to use. (Screenshot.) The Titanium edition does pretty much everything you "need" to do, even more advanced stuff like burning VCDs and stuff. But, sure, that costs money. But the functionality is there if you want it.

Hope this helps in any of your future usage of Mac OS X. :-)

He's actually working to hack the DRM if you read about his work and not come to retarded conclusions.

Get a clue! - http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9736/appletpmrota tesharpen4nw.jpg

Lets see - anonymous developer says "test boxes do not have DRM or TCPA components", then your answer to the evidence of the chip on the board is..?

Sadly, you Johnnies-come-lately will never blend in with we true-blue old school Mac users.

Sadly, you Johnnies-come-lately will never blend in with we true-blue old school Mac users.

While the article states that there is no DRM or TCPA in the dev boxes, there is still proof to the contrary.

The article also states that these in no way represent the shipped product, which makes sense, but if they say that there is no DRM and then say that the shipped product will be different, does that mean that production Macintels will have DRM?

I had been concerned recently and was considering not recommending Macs to people asking me what computer to buy. Please Apple, give us a definite answer on this.

...does not make you a chicken. And installing OS X on your PC does not make you a Mac user. We real Mac users still won't let you into our parties. But don't worry--you'll always have your old friends to hang out with.

...does not make you a chicken. And installing OS X on your PC does not make you a Mac user. We real Mac users still won't let you into our parties. But don't worry--you'll always have your old friends to hang out with.

...does not make you a chicken. And installing OS X on your PC does not make you a Mac user. We real Mac users still won't let you into our parties. But don't worry--you'll always have your old friends to hang out with.

...does not make you a chicken. And installing OS X on your PC does not make you a Mac user. We real Mac users still won't let you into our parties. But don't worry--you'll always have your old friends to hang out with.

...does not make you a chicken. And installing OS X on your PC does not make you a Mac user. We real Mac users still won't let you into our parties. But don't worry--you'll always have your old friends to hang out with.

...does not make you a chicken. And installing OS X on your PC does not make you a Mac user. We real Mac users still won't let you into our parties. But don't worry--you'll always have your old friends to hang out with.

...does not make you a chicken. And installing OS X on your PC does not make you a Mac user. We real Mac users still won't let you into our parties. But don't worry--you'll always have your old friends to hang out with.

Posting anonymously, here...

While it is very much correct that the Developer Transition Platform does not represent shipping or production hardware, the motherboard does indeed have an Infineon Trusted Platform Module controller right on the motherboard. Mac OS X for Intel Platforms contains a TCPA/TPM kernel extension, by the name of AppleTPMACPI.kext.

It's very much correct that this doesn't necessarily represent the shipping hardware. Apple today doesn't have serialization, product activation, or any other limiting copy protection technology in place on Mac OS X. It is purely tied to Apple hardware by the Mac OS X EULA, which, by tying Mac OS X to Apple-branded hardware only, effectively quashes any commercial entity from developing and promoting any other platform that might support Mac OS X. Granted, the landscape changes with Mac OS X running on the x86 architecture, but until a production Mac OS X machine ships, there is absolutely nothing to indicate the final scenario one way or the other.

The rest of the article, however, makes no sense in that, while he correctly asserts that the Developer Transition Platform doesn't represent the final shipping product, it does indeed contain an Infineon TPM module.

Keep in mind that the motherboard in the Developer Transition Platform is a very generic one, and could just as easily be a preexisting Intel motherboard that already includes TPM. Remember: everything in the Developer Transition Platform at present is generic Intel components. They don't support FireWire 800, Bluetooth, 802.11, and have a generic standard Intel BIOS. Does that imply shipping machines will be that way? No? Then neither does the inclusion of a TPM chip on this particular motherboard. There is precedent for Apple taking special care to disallow the spread of prerelease/developer software and hardware, while having no such equivalent restrictions in the final product.

In short, to quote Dean Reece of Apple:

"Don't assume that what you see in the transition boxes represents what will be present in the final product."

and this is what you get.

The first search term I used was freedom and lots of hits were found. When searching for "democracy", however, it just outright spit out that dialog box. Interesting.

It's no secret that Microsoft, and its customers, don't have quite the same refined aesthetic sensibilities as other operating systems, and their customers.

It's no secret that Microsoft, and its customers, don't have quite the same refined aesthetic sensibilities as other operating systems, and their customers.

It's no secret that Microsoft, and its customers, don't have quite the same refined aesthetic sensibilities as other operating systems, and their customers.

It's no secret that Microsoft, and its customers, don't have quite the same refined aesthetic sensibilities as other operating systems, and their customers.

It's no secret that Microsoft, and its customers, don't have quite the same refined aesthetic sensibilities as other operating systems, and their customers.

It's no secret that Microsoft, and its customers, don't have quite the same refined aesthetic sensibilities as other operating systems, and their customers.

...neither page passes the Validator. Don't forget though, that you can also add a column to start, if you want to make use of, say, your 1080p screen. Not so with "ig". Also, compare the 60 or so errors across all three versions with the 200 or so on Google's single page.

Besides, start 3's other address has a l33t edge.

Apple's demographic is real people with real lives, as opposed to dweebs like you.

Apple's demographic is real people with real lives, as opposed to dweebs like you.

Apple's demographic is real people with real lives, as opposed to dweebs like you.

Apple's demographic is real people with real lives, as opposed to dweebs like you.

Apple's demographic is real people with real lives, as opposed to dweebs like you.

Try Luxi Sans with grayscale antialiasing (or sub-pixel if you're on an LCD screen) with hinting off. See my my desktop. It's an incredibly nice looking font, nicer than MS' or Apple's fonts IMHO, at large and small sizes. I don't know what there is to complain about really, however most screenshots of GNOME have the not-so-nice Bitstream Vera Sans, so maybe people are not aware of the Luxi set of font's existence/niceness

Don't kid yourself, PC boy. We Mac users aren't dweebs like you.

Don't kid yourself, PC boy. We Mac users aren't dweebs like you.

Don't kid yourself, PC boy. We Mac users aren't dweebs like you.

They're probably tasteless dweebs, not real people who care about good design.

They're probably tasteless dweebs, not real people who care about good design.

They're probably tasteless dweebs, not real people who care about good design.

They're probably tasteless dweebs, not real people who care about good design.

They're probably tasteless dweebs, not real people who care about good design.

They're probably tasteless dweebs, not real people who care about good design.

They're probably tasteless dweebs, not real people who care about good design.

There are other reasons to switch to Apple, you know... unless you'd rather party with these guys.

There are other reasons to switch to Apple, you know... unless you'd rather party with these guys.

There are other reasons to switch to Apple, you know... unless you'd rather party with these guys.

Sure, but we real Mac users still won't let you into our parties. Not until you prove you're the real thing.

Until then... you've got buddies of your own to hang out with.

Sure, but we real Mac users still won't let you into our parties. Not until you prove you're the real thing.

Until then... you've got buddies of your own to hang out with.

Sure, but we real Mac users still won't let you into our parties. Not until you prove you're the real thing.

Until then... you've got buddies of your own to hang out with.

Sure, but we real Mac users still won't let you into our parties. Not until you prove you're the real thing.

Until then... you've got buddies of your own to hang out with.

Sure, but we real Mac users still won't let you into our parties. Not until you prove you're the real thing.

Until then... you've got buddies of your own to hang out with.