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Syllable - The Little OS with a Big Future?

Posted by simoniker on from the um-ah-dah-leh dept.

Vanders writes "Tired of endless Windows security problems? Intrigued by Linux's power but discouraged by its complexity? Tempted by Mac OS but not thrilled with the hardware cost? In an OSNews article, Michael Saunders takes a look at Syllable, the OS that picked up where AtheOS left off over two years ago. Michael takes you through Syllable and shows you what we have been doing these past few years."

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  1. Re:Macs are not expensive by sean23007 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    First of all, resolution is not the only measure of graphics capability. Secondly, if that's your only criterion for a laptop, I'm sorry. When people compare computers, they usually consider the whole package. Not just the price and the screen. You're buying more than a monitor, when you purchase a notebook. Troll.

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  2. Re:MacOS Comparison by aristotle-dude · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I call bullshit. You are a tech support rep? I feel sorry for your users.

    Do an experiment. Get really drunk and try targeting that narrow script between the content and window caption. Oh and try to avoid hitting the close button by accident when going for the file menu. The lower the res, the easier that paradigm is to use.

    Ok, now try the same thing on a mac. Go ahead and fling that mouse forward. See how you never miss the menu bar?

    Windows and linux are designed by developers for developers. See balmer's "developers, developers, developers" video.

    Are you taking about mac OS 9 again or 10.1?

    Should we start talking about 3.11? OS 9 is to OSX as Win 3.11 is to Win32 based OSes. You could equate 10.1 to Windows 9X. With Windows 2k and XP, MS got some things right and with Panther, Apple got it right.

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  3. Re:Macs are not expensive by aristotle-dude · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    "I'm using 1600x1200 on my low end Dell right now."

    Have you checked out the "desktop" LCDs? Notice how most of 17" models only support 1280X1024? Want to know why? Because 1600X1200 is utterly unusable on a desktop 17" LCD. Heck, I only go 1280X960 on my 19" LG CRT attached to my 12" pbook when I'm at home.

    Here you are advocating 1600X1200 when I would not use that res on my CRT. Normal people would not want that resolution on a small laptop screen.

    Are you running at a DPI higher than 96? If so, how do you like the distorted fonts and UI?

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