You know that the two "most American cars" (defined by percent parts and manufacturing done in the US) are the Accord and the Camry. There's no shame in "Buying American", especially if you truly buy cars that are more American than American cars.
I go about 10k on synthetic. When a turbo something-or-other blew on my car (under warranty), the first thing the dealership demanded was a service history. I told them I don't keep that stuff and it was none of their business anyway, and they refused to replace the warrantied part...until my lawyer called them.
5 computers simultaneously. You can always clear out the associated computers from your AppleID and start over on 5 more machines.
I think 5 copies is more than reasonable...for $30...if your family has more than 5 Macs, then I'm sure you can afford a second $30 copy of the OS. If you need more, I'm sure there are plenty of sales people that can work with you.
I'll get it for Messages alone. No more juggling my iPad and computer at work when my wife chats me from her phone one second and her Macbook the next.
15 minutes? There's a freakin' movie on first install that shows you how to switch back if you can't be bothered to look in system prefs/mouse and change it back.
I thought the disappearing scroll bars were a UI mistake as well, but with all the gesture devices (trackpad and mouse, namely) it takes just a slight twitch to make them reappear. I haven't really been bothered by it since. It's actually pretty smart to hide them, as the user is not inclined to think of the scroll direction as being associated with the scroll bar and instead is associated with which way you want the page to go.
Weirdly, the new scroll behavior seems to be more intuitive with my Macbook Pro than it is my MacPro. Maybe it's the proximity of the screens, or the form factor of the Macbook Pro being more similar to an iPad?
Sorry, but the sandboxing complaint is lame. Sandboxed apps have interfered with my work (use Lion at work) exactly zero times since Lion came out. I had to actually research an example of how sandboxing can interfere with your work, and it was so nominal that I don't even remember what it was.
saving is a process you don't need so they named it Duplicate.
Except that when you are done editing your duplicate, you are prompted to Save it when you close the app, because it is a new instance. So evidently saving is still a process we need.
While everything in your post is correct, and I personally agree, all the novice users at my work are confused by the lack of Save as... I think they should keep the functionality and just rename Duplicate - Save as Save as...(and deal with the slashdot pedants that will come out in full force to ridicule the fact that Save as is really just versioning and how they are "dumbing down" the OS again).
Ahh the old, "finder sucks but I can't tell you why because I only read that it sucks from people who hate Apple" argument. You forgot the one-button mouse argument while you were at it.
Yeah, um, you have to actually run Launchpad to get the iOS look and feel of icons on your desktop. Otherwise, OS X 10.8's desktop looks pretty much like OS X 10.0's desktop from the early 2000s.
Purchases from the Mac App store skip that step. Purchases go right into/Applications. I never thought installing an app could get easier than the "drag this to the Application folder", but it has.
Third benefit. Buy once, put on all your Macs. Buy once, put on you Mac any time you restore the OS. Buy once, put it on the new Mac you buy next week. Buy once, put it on a friend's machi......errr, um wait, I didn't say that.
Which is an absolute pain in the ass. When I restore a machine from a backup, I want to 1) start the process 2) end the process 3) reboot 4) start using the machine.
Um, which is exactly what you do. You 1) start the process of restoring a backup, 2) end the process, 3) reboot then go to the purchased items tab and select "download all", 4) start using the machine.
You don't even have to wait for everything to finish downloading (except the thing you want to use, obviously, but you can select that first). The whole process takes less time than your PC restore/reboot scenario.
A free account is 5GB, which can't even handle a full ipad backup (something I recently encountered as it tries to back up your apps as well, and with a game like rage weighing in at 1.1GB, you can see it fills up quickly). More than that and you have to use their paid service. Its a freemium model.
I'm really tired of bogus claims about what iCloud is and isn't.
From the iCloud FAQ:
Your iCloud account includes 5 GB of free storage for Mail, Documents, and your iCloud Backup. Your purchased music, apps, books, and TV shows, as well as your Photo Stream, don’t count against the 5 GB of free storage.
So if you want to use an anecdote to claim how bad iCloud sucks, you should use real anecdotes and not make stuff up that makes it obvious that you are making stuff up. My current backup file sizes are 305MB (iPhone), 252MB (Wife's iPhone), 46MB (iPad), 35MB (Wife's iPad). So your mythical 1.1GB app simply isn't a factor, considering the way Apple handles your backups as counted against your storage. I have FOUR iOS devices that barely exceed a half GB...for EVERYTHING on them (that is counted against your storage).
If you are dubious, just go to settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup>Manage Storage and it will show you all the devices associated with that iCloud account. If you want to come back and claim that you have more than 1GB backup file for a single iPhone/iPad (let alone a single App taking up 1GB), I'm all ears.
I agree, but they still should give the user the option to revert to old habits if they want to. Like the scrolling thing...you can go back to the old way if you want, but you can't go back to Save As... You have to learn the new paradigm, which is fine for new users, but like you said, it's hard to break 20 years of habits. I'm only now getting used to it and I use Macs at work and home and have been on Lion since last June.
Interestingly enough, I've only used the versioning feature one time to go back and get a previously "saved" version, but I'm pestered with the "duplicate/unlock" thing with every file. Seems like a pretty low ROI to me.
unless you obtained the Apple Software from the Mac App Store or under a volume license, maintenance or other written agreement from Apple, you are granted a limited, non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-branded computer at any one time.
"Unless" is a very important word here. Since most people bought Lion from the Mac App Store, the rest of the quote is irrelevant. Simply put, you can buy one copy of Lion from the Mac App Store and use that single copy on ANY Apple-branded computer...according to your cited text, it doesn't even have to be one you own (unless that is stipulated elsewhere in the EULA).
It's not "simply copyright violation". And you are correct, you didn't even need to consult the EULA, because when you did, you got it wrong.
Except for the fact that after, oh, 15 minutes, the old way feels wrong on nearly every level...especially valid considering many Mac users are also iOS device users.
I would think that a geek would care enough about the world's most valuable tech company to stomach "2 or 3 stories in the last 2 weeks" about Apple products.
I once wore my Macbook Air into a store...oh wait, I guess your definition of fashion is different than mine, because I couldn't find any clothes in the Apple store last time.
Best Buy doesn't have expert anything. That's why I dislike them, because when I do have a question, I would like the person giving the answer to be faster and more reliable than a quick internet search result would yield.
Simple question -- can this Playstation 3 model run Playstation 2 games? I never did get a correct answer on that one.
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You know that the two "most American cars" (defined by percent parts and manufacturing done in the US) are the Accord and the Camry. There's no shame in "Buying American", especially if you truly buy cars that are more American than American cars.
ALL CARS are junk, says the guy with one of the biggest pieces of shit cars every manufactured.
I go about 10k on synthetic. When a turbo something-or-other blew on my car (under warranty), the first thing the dealership demanded was a service history. I told them I don't keep that stuff and it was none of their business anyway, and they refused to replace the warrantied part...until my lawyer called them.
5 computers simultaneously. You can always clear out the associated computers from your AppleID and start over on 5 more machines.
I think 5 copies is more than reasonable...for $30...if your family has more than 5 Macs, then I'm sure you can afford a second $30 copy of the OS. If you need more, I'm sure there are plenty of sales people that can work with you.
I'll get it for Messages alone. No more juggling my iPad and computer at work when my wife chats me from her phone one second and her Macbook the next.
I fear they’re going gaga over social networking and consumer electronics.
Yes, because Apple has a long track history of being late to the game and relying on old, outdated paradigms....oh wait...
"It still doesn't work well in enterprise!"
Works well enough for the largest tech company on the planet. Unless you want to claim that Apple doesn't use Macs in their enterprise, that is.
15 minutes? There's a freakin' movie on first install that shows you how to switch back if you can't be bothered to look in system prefs/mouse and change it back.
I thought the disappearing scroll bars were a UI mistake as well, but with all the gesture devices (trackpad and mouse, namely) it takes just a slight twitch to make them reappear. I haven't really been bothered by it since. It's actually pretty smart to hide them, as the user is not inclined to think of the scroll direction as being associated with the scroll bar and instead is associated with which way you want the page to go.
Weirdly, the new scroll behavior seems to be more intuitive with my Macbook Pro than it is my MacPro. Maybe it's the proximity of the screens, or the form factor of the Macbook Pro being more similar to an iPad?
Sorry, but the sandboxing complaint is lame. Sandboxed apps have interfered with my work (use Lion at work) exactly zero times since Lion came out. I had to actually research an example of how sandboxing can interfere with your work, and it was so nominal that I don't even remember what it was.
saving is a process you don't need so they named it Duplicate.
Except that when you are done editing your duplicate, you are prompted to Save it when you close the app, because it is a new instance. So evidently saving is still a process we need.
While everything in your post is correct, and I personally agree, all the novice users at my work are confused by the lack of Save as... I think they should keep the functionality and just rename Duplicate - Save as Save as...(and deal with the slashdot pedants that will come out in full force to ridicule the fact that Save as is really just versioning and how they are "dumbing down" the OS again).
Renaming something and adding steps does not make it simpler.
Yes, because a novice user has NEVER opened a template, added their own information, then saved over the template, right?
Ahh the old, "finder sucks but I can't tell you why because I only read that it sucks from people who hate Apple" argument. You forgot the one-button mouse argument while you were at it.
Yeah, um, you have to actually run Launchpad to get the iOS look and feel of icons on your desktop. Otherwise, OS X 10.8's desktop looks pretty much like OS X 10.0's desktop from the early 2000s.
Purchases from the Mac App store skip that step. Purchases go right into /Applications. I never thought installing an app could get easier than the "drag this to the Application folder", but it has.
Third benefit. Buy once, put on all your Macs. Buy once, put on you Mac any time you restore the OS. Buy once, put it on the new Mac you buy next week. Buy once, put it on a friend's machi......errr, um wait, I didn't say that.
Which is an absolute pain in the ass. When I restore a machine from a backup, I want to 1) start the process 2) end the process 3) reboot 4) start using the machine.
Um, which is exactly what you do. You 1) start the process of restoring a backup, 2) end the process, 3) reboot then go to the purchased items tab and select "download all", 4) start using the machine.
You don't even have to wait for everything to finish downloading (except the thing you want to use, obviously, but you can select that first). The whole process takes less time than your PC restore/reboot scenario.
A free account is 5GB, which can't even handle a full ipad backup (something I recently encountered as it tries to back up your apps as well, and with a game like rage weighing in at 1.1GB, you can see it fills up quickly). More than that and you have to use their paid service. Its a freemium model.
I'm really tired of bogus claims about what iCloud is and isn't.
From the iCloud FAQ:
Your iCloud account includes 5 GB of free storage for Mail, Documents, and your iCloud Backup. Your purchased music, apps, books, and TV shows, as well as your Photo Stream, don’t count against the 5 GB of free storage.
So if you want to use an anecdote to claim how bad iCloud sucks, you should use real anecdotes and not make stuff up that makes it obvious that you are making stuff up. My current backup file sizes are 305MB (iPhone), 252MB (Wife's iPhone), 46MB (iPad), 35MB (Wife's iPad). So your mythical 1.1GB app simply isn't a factor, considering the way Apple handles your backups as counted against your storage. I have FOUR iOS devices that barely exceed a half GB...for EVERYTHING on them (that is counted against your storage).
If you are dubious, just go to settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup>Manage Storage and it will show you all the devices associated with that iCloud account. If you want to come back and claim that you have more than 1GB backup file for a single iPhone/iPad (let alone a single App taking up 1GB), I'm all ears.
I agree, but they still should give the user the option to revert to old habits if they want to. Like the scrolling thing...you can go back to the old way if you want, but you can't go back to Save As... You have to learn the new paradigm, which is fine for new users, but like you said, it's hard to break 20 years of habits. I'm only now getting used to it and I use Macs at work and home and have been on Lion since last June.
Interestingly enough, I've only used the versioning feature one time to go back and get a previously "saved" version, but I'm pestered with the "duplicate/unlock" thing with every file. Seems like a pretty low ROI to me.
unless you obtained the Apple Software from the Mac App Store or under a volume license, maintenance or other written agreement from Apple, you are granted a limited, non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-branded computer at any one time.
"Unless" is a very important word here. Since most people bought Lion from the Mac App Store, the rest of the quote is irrelevant. Simply put, you can buy one copy of Lion from the Mac App Store and use that single copy on ANY Apple-branded computer...according to your cited text, it doesn't even have to be one you own (unless that is stipulated elsewhere in the EULA).
It's not "simply copyright violation". And you are correct, you didn't even need to consult the EULA, because when you did, you got it wrong.
Except for the fact that after, oh, 15 minutes, the old way feels wrong on nearly every level...especially valid considering many Mac users are also iOS device users.
About the only thing that has me puzzled is how the parent post rated a 5.
Because Macs can't run Linu.....oh wait...nevermind.
I would think that a geek would care enough about the world's most valuable tech company to stomach "2 or 3 stories in the last 2 weeks" about Apple products.
I once wore my Macbook Air into a store...oh wait, I guess your definition of fashion is different than mine, because I couldn't find any clothes in the Apple store last time.
Best Buy doesn't have expert anything. That's why I dislike them, because when I do have a question, I would like the person giving the answer to be faster and more reliable than a quick internet search result would yield.
Simple question -- can this Playstation 3 model run Playstation 2 games? I never did get a correct answer on that one.