I soon realized that the Mac had horrible file management support. The Finder in OS X is a joke (I hear it was better in OS 9)
true.
and not being able to create a directory in the save as dialog was paralyzing.
every save dialog has a 'New Folder' button, its just not there in the default simple save dialog, you have to click on the little down arrow widget and then its there...
My favorite IDE (intelliJ Idea) had moved on to JDK 1.4 and Apple was languishing far behind in their delivery of a current JDK.
i don't keep up with intellij Idea so I don't know when it was released, although Apple has recently released Java 1.4.1
Various utilities that I think are essential to my work (WinZip, TextPad) did not have suitable OS X approximations.
So I'm guessing that you didn't check/Applications/Utilities for Stuffit. As for TextPad, I too am a fan of it, but there's a multitude of text editors out there...for code support, Project Builder is a free download and you don't have to use the IDE functionality of it, just as an editor...don't forget about BBEdit or [X]Emacs, vi, pico...
The lack of a start menu and context menus are a throwback. You will never convince me that these functions don't increase a user's mobility in a system.
the dock, IMHO, is a pretty decent replacement for the start menu...what functionality of that UI item specifically did you feel was missing...? As for contextual menu support, Stuffit has got plugins for that but on the whole the commands are available to you but not necessarily in the context menu...again what specific functionality was missing for you...?
Also the single menu bar!? The mac makes me feel like I am working with only one program at a time.
the mac is built around a different UI paradigm so the single-menu thing is really a matter of opinion....Coming from a windows world I can see how it'd be frustrating but after having made the switch, I've become quite comfortable with it....
in general, it sounds like you moved to a completely different OS expecting the same things in the same places like your previous OS...you should've known there'd be differences...If you didn't know something, there are multitudes of forums and user-based websites out there to help you.
If you are a linux fan, then you understand that sometimes books and classes don't help, its about getting advice from real users and trial-and-error....
There's quite a bit in here, not necessarily all new observations but a pretty solid collection of opinions that I think would seem to reflect the bulk of users on both platforms....
These comparisons are nice but for a significant number of ppl it mainly comes down to what they are comfortable with. If people don't know any better than they really aren't missing much of anything....
my gf said she didn't need a ring. but I got one for her anyways. why? I don't know about everyone else, but I found one that was beautiful and I wanted her to have it. it's a very nice ring and I spent quite a bit of money on it, but the look on her face made it all worth it.
somethings to note: I went through a family friend which I think helped in terms of price, and I did my best to get a stone that was not in conflict (prob no way to know for sure though).
once you are done with the physical layout you should consider a vpn-type solution along with WEP and an ACL to prevent passer-by's from hacking the tenant's machines...
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by far, the greatest phenomenon in the world is that of the rich man with too much time on his hands....
I soon realized that the Mac had horrible file management support. The Finder in OS X is a joke (I hear it was better in OS 9)
/Applications/Utilities for Stuffit. As for TextPad, I too am a fan of it, but there's a multitude of text editors out there...for code support, Project Builder is a free download and you don't have to use the IDE functionality of it, just as an editor...don't forget about BBEdit or [X]Emacs, vi, pico...
true.
and not being able to create a directory in the save as dialog was paralyzing.
every save dialog has a 'New Folder' button, its just not there in the default simple save dialog, you have to click on the little down arrow widget and then its there...
My favorite IDE (intelliJ Idea) had moved on to JDK 1.4 and Apple was languishing far behind in their delivery of a current JDK.
i don't keep up with intellij Idea so I don't know when it was released, although Apple has recently released Java 1.4.1
Various utilities that I think are essential to my work (WinZip, TextPad) did not have suitable OS X approximations.
So I'm guessing that you didn't check
The lack of a start menu and context menus are a throwback. You will never convince me that these functions don't increase a user's mobility in a system.
the dock, IMHO, is a pretty decent replacement for the start menu...what functionality of that UI item specifically did you feel was missing...? As for contextual menu support, Stuffit has got plugins for that but on the whole the commands are available to you but not necessarily in the context menu...again what specific functionality was missing for you...?
Also the single menu bar!? The mac makes me feel like I am working with only one program at a time.
the mac is built around a different UI paradigm so the single-menu thing is really a matter of opinion....Coming from a windows world I can see how it'd be frustrating but after having made the switch, I've become quite comfortable with it....
in general, it sounds like you moved to a completely different OS expecting the same things in the same places like your previous OS...you should've known there'd be differences...If you didn't know something, there are multitudes of forums and user-based websites out there to help you.
If you are a linux fan, then you understand that sometimes books and classes don't help, its about getting advice from real users and trial-and-error....
just my 2 cents...
There's quite a bit in here, not necessarily all new observations but a pretty solid collection of opinions that I think would seem to reflect the bulk of users on both platforms....
These comparisons are nice but for a significant number of ppl it mainly comes down to what they are comfortable with. If people don't know any better than they really aren't missing much of anything....
here's hoping they use more than just WEP to protect the damn thing....airsnort...
oh well, now all those green peace boats sailing by can get wireless access and look at all the pr0n passing through the chilly sea air....
[marge] there's a man here that can help you ...batman's a scientist!
[homer] is it batman?
[marge] no, he's a scientist...
[homer]
sorry, I just couldn't help myself...
call me crazy, or whatever....
my gf said she didn't need a ring. but I got one for her anyways. why? I don't know about everyone else, but I found one that was beautiful and I wanted her to have it. it's a very nice ring and I spent quite a bit of money on it, but the look on her face made it all worth it.
somethings to note: I went through a family friend which I think helped in terms of price, and I did my best to get a stone that was not in conflict (prob no way to know for sure though).
As a mac fan and user, it sucks to hear that you've had experiences like this...
:) powerbook owner,
but, in any event, good luck with your decision and your iBook purchase
proud (but not too proud
-sandeep
once you are done with the physical layout you should consider a vpn-type solution along with WEP and an ACL to prevent passer-by's from hacking the tenant's machines...
didn't compaq sell off the rights to the Alpha (and along with that, Tru64) to Intel some time ago?
there's goes another good dist out the window...
prob not...my guess is that they just carbonized it and didn't rewrite any of the low-level code b/c it still runs on 9...