I find a big difference between opening a picture in a program called "preview", and not being able to perform the most common of tasks, and opening a picture in photoshop.
Either way, on a PC, this would never happen. Even with a default photoshop installed, when a double click a picture a nice preview comes up with options to do common tasks, email, print, open in photoshop, rotate, and yes, go forward and back, even start a slideshow.
Now, all that sounded, and really is easy and convenient. Why isn't it on Macs? Why in the world would i select all my pictures and open them all? most of the time i want to just browse. Quick view is a very specific tool to quickly flip through photos, windows has a similar feature, but the reality is that 99% of the time i want to see pictures, not glance at small versions of them.
So i guess it boils down to real convenience / usability. I will give OSX a plus for expose, but in the age of tabbed browsers and multiple monitors it is less useful. This being said, the ability to open a picture full screen and just press right / left on the keyboard is a deal breaker, and that was found in just a few hours of Mac use, i shudder to think what else i would find if i had to use it forever.
Great! So owning a Mac not only makes me better at high level computer work (not just Mac repair), but it ALSO makes me better an UNIX AND Windows at the same time! What a magical product.
Why is it so hard for a windows laptop maker to make a laptop that looks and feels decent, with decent battery life? Every laptop in Best Buy is full of cheap stickers and made of crappy plastic.
I know the oversized trackpad is patented by Apple, and that sucks, but how hard is it to get the other things correct?
I do disagree about the operating systems though. I find Win7 to be way ahead of OSX in terms of usability. There are problems, and i have bitches, but I tried OSX for a week, and had a TON more complaints. For example, opening a picture in a folder to look at it, then there is no way to view the next picture in the folder. There are no "next/previous" buttons, the arrow keys don't work, i couldn't figure out how to do it, save closing the window and opening the next picture manually. I have asked a couple of people that i know use macs about this, and they have either said they open (load) them all at the start, or they say they just close / open each picture individually. Now, there might be a way to do this, but it sure isn't intuitive, and (anecdotally) not a lot of mac users know it. This by itself blows away all the "small" gripes i have about windows7. (no default support for multi monitor taskbars, to name one)
Based on my anecdotal evidence from Texas A&M University, the % of desktops are around 30-40. People like to control their TVs, play video games, and download gigs and gigs of music and videos. Many people that come to school with a laptop switch to a desktop sophomore or junior year, due to the above reasons plus they realize that their laptop never leaves their desk, due to the vast number of 24/7 computer labs on campus.
So. . . the optics and the hard/soft ware were upgraded, just like i said.
Hell, in 2008 a repair caused hubble to be 90 times more powerful, and electronics have been both replaced and upgraded, as well as completely new main and supplemental cameras several times since launch.
The Interior Department didn't impose the moratorium, the president did it "for" them, with no justification or action since.
Have there been stricter demands made on offshore drilling? no. Has there been a mandatory safety review/inspection legislated? no. The problem is that nothing is happening. If Obama had put some requirment in place that the oil companies could start to comply with, that would be one thing, but as it is, no one is doing anything. The oil companies and a significant part of the jobs on the gulf are sitting idle by presidential decree, and the president is sitting idle by choice, as it pertains to the ban.
It is a problem because the drill ships will leave. They have multiyear contracts and places like Africa and Brazil are already buying them. This morning NPR reported that 9 of about 50 or so ships have already left the gulf, not to return for years.
The car example (yuck) is a good example of industry self regulation, it didn't take Obama arbitrarily closing down all us car manufacturing for 6 months for the big companies to learn that recalls (and oil spills) are expensive and should be avoided.
How much do you think that med schools cost in the states? It is close to the monthly salary of the avg American, or at least within range.
Since you didn't state what country you are from, probably so that real discussion can't happen, i don't know if you can get a student visa to the states easily.
Either way, the MAJORITY of students in med school here are operating on student loans, not daddies money. Do they not have student loans. . wherever. . you are from?
You can say all this, but the fact remains that there are no remote desktop (disabled by default btw) exploits in the wild.
Not to mention that the average user, hell, even a business user rarely uses exchange on an unsecured network, either VPNed or SSL.
Yes, any computer system that uses a network has vulnerabilities, but it is unfair to call them vulnerable if there are no known exploits., not to mention that you haven't proposed an exchange product that is more secure than MS's email solution.
does "promote the general welfare" include banning alcohol, cigarettes, fat people, and ice cream?
This country was founded in no small part due to taxes and infringement of liberties, putting the burden of some fatties poor lifestyle on me through taxes is an infringement of both.
The constitution also mentions liberty, maybe try reading that part.
Medical courses are expensive because practicing medicine is expensive. I hate to burst your bubble that a medical degree should cost the same as a literature class, but chemistry and biology labs cost more than a second hand copy of Shakespeare.
The limiting factor in Medical education is intelligence, not money, anyone who tells you otherwise is digging up excuses.
The fact that at the recent history of security conferences, widows did just as well out of the box as *nix did, and OSX was breached with ease speaks volumes as well.
No matter WHAT MS does, it isn't going to be able to secure home PCs against "cyber warfare" from China. end of story. MS's security isn't bad at all, in fact it's years ahead of it's nearest competitor (OSX).
Which is the same perception when you buy a Mac, or even a Linux PC from Dell, so what is the comparison?
Yes, dumb people think all software that comes pre-installed is "free", but they think that about ALL preinstalled software.By that token, Apple, Ubunto and ALL operating systems are exactly the same "cheap"
our eye have sensors only for Red 580 nm, Green 540nm, and Blue 440 nm (RGB),
please, please please actually learn that cones average peak at these frequencies, but that they respond to a GREAT deal more, and yes, these overlap a LOT.
We "get away" with RGB, but not because our eyes see things in 3 colors only.
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Either way, on a PC, this would never happen. Even with a default photoshop installed, when a double click a picture a nice preview comes up with options to do common tasks, email, print, open in photoshop, rotate, and yes, go forward and back, even start a slideshow.
Now, all that sounded, and really is easy and convenient. Why isn't it on Macs? Why in the world would i select all my pictures and open them all? most of the time i want to just browse. Quick view is a very specific tool to quickly flip through photos, windows has a similar feature, but the reality is that 99% of the time i want to see pictures, not glance at small versions of them.
So i guess it boils down to real convenience / usability. I will give OSX a plus for expose, but in the age of tabbed browsers and multiple monitors it is less useful. This being said, the ability to open a picture full screen and just press right / left on the keyboard is a deal breaker, and that was found in just a few hours of Mac use, i shudder to think what else i would find if i had to use it forever.
If only we could try and make a language that works regardless of operating environment. . . .
OS X Loses Market Share for Fourth Straight Month http://www.maclife.com/article/news/os_x_loses_market_share_fourth_straight_month
Great! So owning a Mac not only makes me better at high level computer work (not just Mac repair), but it ALSO makes me better an UNIX AND Windows at the same time! What a magical product.
Where do -you- think that the majority of both Linux and Apple operating systems are developed?
College freshmen buy macs because they are hip and pretty. And they are hip (when is the last time you saw a PC in a movie?), and they are pretty.
And i guess you missed the article last? week that detailed OSX losing market share this year.
My question is why you think that macs have a less forced upgrade cost?
Why is it so hard for a windows laptop maker to make a laptop that looks and feels decent, with decent battery life? Every laptop in Best Buy is full of cheap stickers and made of crappy plastic.
I know the oversized trackpad is patented by Apple, and that sucks, but how hard is it to get the other things correct?
I do disagree about the operating systems though. I find Win7 to be way ahead of OSX in terms of usability. There are problems, and i have bitches, but I tried OSX for a week, and had a TON more complaints. For example, opening a picture in a folder to look at it, then there is no way to view the next picture in the folder. There are no "next/previous" buttons, the arrow keys don't work, i couldn't figure out how to do it, save closing the window and opening the next picture manually. I have asked a couple of people that i know use macs about this, and they have either said they open (load) them all at the start, or they say they just close / open each picture individually. Now, there might be a way to do this, but it sure isn't intuitive, and (anecdotally) not a lot of mac users know it. This by itself blows away all the "small" gripes i have about windows7. (no default support for multi monitor taskbars, to name one)
Based on my anecdotal evidence from Texas A&M University, the % of desktops are around 30-40. People like to control their TVs, play video games, and download gigs and gigs of music and videos. Many people that come to school with a laptop switch to a desktop sophomore or junior year, due to the above reasons plus they realize that their laptop never leaves their desk, due to the vast number of 24/7 computer labs on campus.
OP is on a budget for a modest home scope. You really want to make an analogy where you suggest a Ferrari over a Hundai?
What other countries will you boycott as well?
Hell, in 2008 a repair caused hubble to be 90 times more powerful, and electronics have been both replaced and upgraded, as well as completely new main and supplemental cameras several times since launch.
It wasn't. They have done numerous upgrades to both the optics and the hard/soft/firm ware since launch.
How is solar more stable (cost) than nuclear?
Have there been stricter demands made on offshore drilling? no. Has there been a mandatory safety review/inspection legislated? no. The problem is that nothing is happening. If Obama had put some requirment in place that the oil companies could start to comply with, that would be one thing, but as it is, no one is doing anything. The oil companies and a significant part of the jobs on the gulf are sitting idle by presidential decree, and the president is sitting idle by choice, as it pertains to the ban.
It is a problem because the drill ships will leave. They have multiyear contracts and places like Africa and Brazil are already buying them. This morning NPR reported that 9 of about 50 or so ships have already left the gulf, not to return for years.
The car example (yuck) is a good example of industry self regulation, it didn't take Obama arbitrarily closing down all us car manufacturing for 6 months for the big companies to learn that recalls (and oil spills) are expensive and should be avoided.
Since you didn't state what country you are from, probably so that real discussion can't happen, i don't know if you can get a student visa to the states easily.
Either way, the MAJORITY of students in med school here are operating on student loans, not daddies money. Do they not have student loans. . wherever. . you are from?
Not to mention that the average user, hell, even a business user rarely uses exchange on an unsecured network, either VPNed or SSL.
Yes, any computer system that uses a network has vulnerabilities, but it is unfair to call them vulnerable if there are no known exploits., not to mention that you haven't proposed an exchange product that is more secure than MS's email solution.
This country was founded in no small part due to taxes and infringement of liberties, putting the burden of some fatties poor lifestyle on me through taxes is an infringement of both.
The constitution also mentions liberty, maybe try reading that part.
The limiting factor in Medical education is intelligence, not money, anyone who tells you otherwise is digging up excuses.
No matter WHAT MS does, it isn't going to be able to secure home PCs against "cyber warfare" from China. end of story. MS's security isn't bad at all, in fact it's years ahead of it's nearest competitor (OSX).
Yes, dumb people think all software that comes pre-installed is "free", but they think that about ALL preinstalled software.By that token, Apple, Ubunto and ALL operating systems are exactly the same "cheap"
Granted, OSX in use is a bit pricier, but not -that- much, and Unix/Linux is as close to free as you can get.
Microsoft isn't low cost at all, if anything, it is high cost in a great many areas.
please, please please actually learn that cones average peak at these frequencies, but that they respond to a GREAT deal more, and yes, these overlap a LOT.
We "get away" with RGB, but not because our eyes see things in 3 colors only.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamut
wow, best buy had a magic version of Avatar that was recorded in RGBY !! Neato, i would LOVE to see how they got a brdvd to play that.