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Windows Journalist Takes On Tiger
BRSQUIRRL writes "Paul Thurrott has posted a review of Mac OS X 'Tiger' on his SuperSite for Windows. He gives it a score of 4 out of 5. Interesting to get a Microsoft Windows journalist's take on Tiger, especially one as hardcore as Thurrott. In the article, he actually confesses that he has 'been a Mac fan [his] entire life.' Interesting, considering some of his criticism of Apple's work in the past."
Apple fans are like Cubs fans. Everyone is routing for them at one point, and pretty much hates them the rest of the time.
You always hurt the ones you love =)
Prof. Farnsworth - "Oh a lesson in not changing history from Mr I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!"
...except on versions of their operating system below 10.0 that weren't AUX...
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
"My history with Mac" - ugg... skip to the end.
and skim-reading, wtf is this?
"Apple touts the ease with which you can upgrade your existing Mac OS X installation to Tiger, or perform a clean install. But if you're not really paying attention during Setup, you can quite easily do the wrong thing, especially if you want to do a clean install."
if you're not fucking paying attention when installing a new OS you can make a mistake!?!?! oh noes, what were Apple THINKING!!!???
It's the sign of changing times - Mac lovers no longer have to hide their feelings for fear of being ridiculed and discriminated against by society.
Expect to see more examples of Mac pride across the country, as more people come to terms with who they are, and stand up for their rights.
An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
The Microsoft searching will be so good it will allow adopted children to find their own father's with just the click of a mouse.
Good thing Luke didn't have that in A New Hope.
FTFA: "Dashboard, a controversial new feature that owes more than a little to a third party application called Konfabulator."
I fail to see how it's "controversial". Unless the author as something against little widgets on his screen.
Widget hater...
But who's your money on in a twelve round rumble between a Tiger and something that goes "Moo"?
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As far as I'm concerned, we aren't truly living in a tolerant and enlightened society until ABBA-fans openly can admit that they are fans and still feel safe and respected.
The Internet is full. Go Away!!!
and gets mauled.
Well bust my buttons. I didn't know there were "niceties" in the XP UI that make it more "appealing" to new users. Colors? Whiz-bang? Buttons the size of Delaware? Conversely, is he purporting that OS X is better for the power user -- to "get your job done?"
I always thought it was the other way around. My bad, dude.
This guy writes like a car reviewer that has never seen under the hood of a car.
"Ah, still using four tires, I see. And there's a steering wheel, too. Still, the color is nice, and the radio looks expensive."
I prefer reviews that do more than comment on the styling and goo-gahs. I expect him to drive the damn thing, pop the hood and see what has changed. Offer an explanation of why and how these changes improve the user's day-to-day work experience.
I propose that the reason he's discounted the other 198 claimed features is that he has not the foggiest idea what they do or how they fit into the future of Mac OS X.
-Hope
I should have also mentioned the early benchmarks which show massive increases in CPU speed for G4's, healthy increases in memory speed for G5's, and no performance hit at all on G3's.
I can confirm this. I just installed it on my 1.6Ghz G5 and it's now turned into a dual 2.5Ghz G5!
Go Apple!
Windows OS releases have come with major new features?
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DOS 5.0
1) Built in menu editor which worked (major upgrade for Dos 4)
2) Built in upper & enhanced memory manager (QEMM lite)
3) Task switcher (Desqview lite)
4)
A major upgrade NQA.
If such was the case, then SOMEONE would be able to tell me what hardware/software combination would yield Linux-like stability.
Dell SC400, factory config, for $300. Put in a AGP ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon and installed Windows 2000. It surfs, prints, scans, syncs, plays music and TV. It's solid as a fucking rock. It's never crashed, and I never reboot it. I only shut it down when I'm gone for more than one night. People bash Dell all the time, but this is the best PC purchase I've ever made. And it's damn near silent most of the time.
Just an anecdote, I know. Just wanted to give you an example. I'm ready to buy a G5, but if you have to use Windows, 2000 is the cat's meow.
Couldn't even splurge on one last drink. Cheap bastard...
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In all fairness, many Windows API's are holes in the ground.
At least, that's where the documentation is kept.
R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.
And the really big laugh from the article:
"Tiger may lack some of the niceties that make Windows more appealing to new users"
Like, err, people just love to have to make six choices before they can search for anything, I guess. Oh, and Mac OS X doesn't have that oh-so-cute animated dog!
COMPUTER! Whatever happened to Blueberry Muffin?