You only use ONE application at a time? Ok... 1980 called, it wants its workflow back.
It's not a waste if: 1) Maximizing the window makes it actually harder to absorb the content in that window (as is the case with web browsers) 2) I use the extra space for something I look at often, like my IM buddy list and messages.
yes. i really can't interact with more than one program simultaneously. and i've not seen anyone who can read slashdot and chat simultaneously. you switch between windows or tabs to chat, and for me it really breaks the flow of conversation if it is interspersed with arrogant boasts of people like you.
Now with Gnome-3 there is a new level of tweakability for the power users - the entire UI is written in Javascript and theming is controlled by CSS. So anything you like/don't like/need to change can be rebuilt trivially and tested. So yes - the main UI is getting stripped down but the underlying infrastructure is not.
thus bringing never-seen-before sluggishness in pc ui. why in hell would you use javascript for the fucking ui on your computer? things like these prevent computers from getting substantial speed improvements over computers 5 years older.
yeah tell me one thing, how did you arrive at the 2x figure? 2x faster at what? graphics? cpu? ram i/o? what? and no, you can't average together everything to get a total '2x faster!'
nobody's gonna jump ship. look at what came of the fact that the latest iteration of their iphone does not connect to any kind of network if you hold it in your left hand. nothing. nobody who cares about functionality buys apple. so they aren't bothered by such problems. people will buy apple laptops and get them repaired again and again while in warranty then upgrade after 2 years. everyone is happy. customers get to brandish around a cool, hip laptop. apple charges 5 times the cost (random number) so it can easily cover the warranty repair cost.
I've had friends had other failing parts in MacBooks (HDs the most common).
how can hdd failiure be the most common one? i've NEVER seen an hdd fail in my life. even on the pos hp that has failed bluetooth, dvd writer, usb/esata port, overheating graphics, etc. but hard disks i've found to be ultra-reliable.
i think you might wanna look at some thinkpads. i've found them to be really high quality and devoid of logos except 'thinkpad' (which i think is awesome) and a small 'lenovo'.
And at least Apple attempts to mitigate the damage of a throw-away society by putting a checkbox on the order form that gives you an option of mailing in your old computer so they can recycle it.
yeah but then you'd be paying a fraction for that hp/dell. if apple wants to sell overpriced pcs, then they should make sure that their quality is top-notch.
maybe you could try removing the bin from the desktop? i never empty the trash. it automatically deletes the oldest files when it reaches the disk usage limit.
if you're using one of them newfangled laptops without the buttons on the trackpad
the only laptops i've seen like this are macs, which have bigger problems than no buttons on the trackpad. all others have atleast 2 buttons and sometimes three. thinkpads even have a pointer and 3 separate buttons.
i've had an experience that is almost opposite to what you have had. i too turned off the blue theme in xp and reverted it to 'classic'. no functionality was lost and my pc was considerably faster. in windows 7, i turn everything on. aero, transparency, everything. that makes my pc faster. windows uses the graphics chip and relieves the cpu a bit. also the ui is fantastic. very non-cluttered, very intuitive and fewer clicks for everything. in fact, a mac feels outdated and stuck in history when you come over from windows 7. i must make it clear that i'm not talking about beauty. i'm talking about usability. most people clutter up their dock with literally 60-70 programs. you can't find ANYthing. but usually, windows 7 users have only 3-4 programs pinned to the taskbar and the rest are tucked away. yeah, they have lots of icons cluttering the desktop but that is besides the point.
At least with a menu I could just browse and read from the text what the option is. Now I often have to guess what that icon does and I'm not going to remember all those from the large amount of applications I have to support.
what are you even talking about? below or to the right of every icon is text that tells you what the button does. so you're complaining that showing only text is better than showing icons AND text?
i dunno about you but office 2007 and 10 have been the most usable versions yet. they re-thunk the ui and created something that was better than all existing solutions. excel has become order of magnitudes much easier, with many functions out in the open, taking only 1 or 2 clicks to activate. earlier you had to dig deep into menus that are hard to use with a mouse.
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switching windows is easy on the computer, but it takes my mind time to switch tasks.
alt+tab=100ms
brain task switching~10s
You only use ONE application at a time? Ok... 1980 called, it wants its workflow back.
It's not a waste if:
1) Maximizing the window makes it actually harder to absorb the content in that window (as is the case with web browsers)
2) I use the extra space for something I look at often, like my IM buddy list and messages.
yes. i really can't interact with more than one program simultaneously. and i've not seen anyone who can read slashdot and chat simultaneously. you switch between windows or tabs to chat, and for me it really breaks the flow of conversation if it is interspersed with arrogant boasts of people like you.
Now with Gnome-3 there is a new level of tweakability for the power users - the entire UI is written in Javascript and theming is controlled by CSS. So anything you like/don't like/need to change can be rebuilt trivially and tested. So yes - the main UI is getting stripped down but the underlying infrastructure is not.
thus bringing never-seen-before sluggishness in pc ui. why in hell would you use javascript for the fucking ui on your computer? things like these prevent computers from getting substantial speed improvements over computers 5 years older.
i dont see any mouse button on this macbook in front of me.
yeah tell me one thing, how did you arrive at the 2x figure? 2x faster at what? graphics? cpu? ram i/o? what? and no, you can't average together everything to get a total '2x faster!'
and i've not reinstalled my os since the last 10 years. not once. and none of my machines was made by apple. so what's your point.
yes, buying stuff just because its shiny and apple is fan-boyish behavior.
nobody's gonna jump ship. look at what came of the fact that the latest iteration of their iphone does not connect to any kind of network if you hold it in your left hand. nothing. nobody who cares about functionality buys apple. so they aren't bothered by such problems. people will buy apple laptops and get them repaired again and again while in warranty then upgrade after 2 years. everyone is happy. customers get to brandish around a cool, hip laptop. apple charges 5 times the cost (random number) so it can easily cover the warranty repair cost.
it costs you 200% more!
oh, and it does not have right or middle click.
I've had friends had other failing parts in MacBooks (HDs the most common).
how can hdd failiure be the most common one? i've NEVER seen an hdd fail in my life. even on the pos hp that has failed bluetooth, dvd writer, usb/esata port, overheating graphics, etc. but hard disks i've found to be ultra-reliable.
i think you might wanna look at some thinkpads. i've found them to be really high quality and devoid of logos except 'thinkpad' (which i think is awesome) and a small 'lenovo'.
sony can be evil. but stuff made in japan is still super high quality. like lens assemblies.
And at least Apple attempts to mitigate the damage of a throw-away society by putting a checkbox on the order form that gives you an option of mailing in your old computer so they can recycle it.
oh, you mean like dell?
yeah but then you'd be paying a fraction for that hp/dell. if apple wants to sell overpriced pcs, then they should make sure that their quality is top-notch.
no because you can get a stellar pc for $500 and you can choose any vendor, any software.
maybe you could try removing the bin from the desktop?
i never empty the trash. it automatically deletes the oldest files when it reaches the disk usage limit.
if you're using one of them newfangled laptops without the buttons on the trackpad
the only laptops i've seen like this are macs, which have bigger problems than no buttons on the trackpad. all others have atleast 2 buttons and sometimes three. thinkpads even have a pointer and 3 separate buttons.
you can already right click on any file and select restore previous versions. it works quite nicely usually but fails horribly sometimes.
it is not an issue on win 7. i do not have to do anything to ensure that my hdds remain defragmented. the computer does it automatically.
let me tell you that is a problem that is unique to you. does not happen on any of my machines.
i've had an experience that is almost opposite to what you have had. i too turned off the blue theme in xp and reverted it to 'classic'. no functionality was lost and my pc was considerably faster. in windows 7, i turn everything on. aero, transparency, everything. that makes my pc faster. windows uses the graphics chip and relieves the cpu a bit. also the ui is fantastic. very non-cluttered, very intuitive and fewer clicks for everything.
in fact, a mac feels outdated and stuck in history when you come over from windows 7. i must make it clear that i'm not talking about beauty. i'm talking about usability. most people clutter up their dock with literally 60-70 programs. you can't find ANYthing. but usually, windows 7 users have only 3-4 programs pinned to the taskbar and the rest are tucked away. yeah, they have lots of icons cluttering the desktop but that is besides the point.
At least with a menu I could just browse and read from the text what the option is. Now I often have to guess what that icon does and I'm not going to remember all those from the large amount of applications I have to support.
what are you even talking about? below or to the right of every icon is text that tells you what the button does. so you're complaining that showing only text is better than showing icons AND text?
i dunno about you but office 2007 and 10 have been the most usable versions yet. they re-thunk the ui and created something that was better than all existing solutions. excel has become order of magnitudes much easier, with many functions out in the open, taking only 1 or 2 clicks to activate. earlier you had to dig deep into menus that are hard to use with a mouse.
yeah, the one-time fee is a $1000 mac.
fonts look nice in ie9. its firefox doing some sort of shit.