This looks like a bad 3d-render. And this sounds suspisiously like another keyboard hoax that was making the rounds before MOOG came out with the Voyager.
This page is full of the latest buzzwords, and the fact that the submitter is an AC leads me to believe this is a hoax. More info here.
I meant backing up the whole drive, rather than just "My Documents" - according to MS, there is no way to do it - you need a re-install. I know there are things like Norton Ghost, which I have had some success with, but it doesn't compare to the Mac's ability to use a disk image from a *completely different machine!* (Carbon Copy Cloner)
I would say that OS X is new enough that some leeway has to be given. 10.2.8 and Panther have really shown that OS X is here to stay - and lead. As a Beige G3 owner that runs 10.2.8, I know that I'm not going to be watching DVDs (without extra hardware), using the floppy drive (without a hack), doing anything with localtalk (without an adapter). I'm fine with that. I was pissed at first, but expecting the floppy to live forever is somewhat futile, and my newer network printer blows my old Localtalk Printer away many times over.
And this humble 333 G3 is incredible with Jaguar. I still can't believe how usable it is.
Apple has taken OS X from Windows 3.1 to Windows XP and beyond in the space of a few years, rather than the 15+ years it's taken Microsoft.
Considering my Mac gets faster and is filled with incredible new features (Expose) every time I update, I'll happily hand over $$$ for 10.4 and 10.5.
The experience is hard to describe. I know this is corny, but it's like finding your dream girl - a gorgeous female that also is intelligent and can put up with all your geeky quirks. I find myself fighting less to get things working, and instead simply working. Mac OS X has definitely changed my perspective on computing. Though it has its own minor problems, the bar has been set so high by OS X in my eye that I now frown on software environments that I once used on a daily basis just one year ago. What I once saw as quirks to put up with, I now see as fundamental problems I do not want to have to think about.
You, my friend, have nailed it. It's the most transparent OS/hardware combo that I've ever used without 'using'. Very zen.:)
Well, for one everything works out of the box - and it's easy! With Win XP's default install - I am thrust into a GUI that tries to second guess all I do, not to mention the fact that things like browsing and email are several (shareware or freeware) programs away. I won't and can't run Windows without virus scanning, firewalls, and some knowlege of what is vulnerable and needs to be patched. I have seen many an new XP box owned after 1 minute of being connected to the net. None of my macs have any virus scanners or firewalls (beyond the router); as far as patching - I've needed to download 12-15 patches (10.2 -> 10.8 on a Beige G3) rather than the 40 or more patches recommended by Windows Update for a default XP install.
Windows: Product activation. Uninstallable browser and email client. File associations stolen. Kludgy interface, that doesn't follow it's own rules. Crappy audio management. (I have a rather specialized sound card and breakout box. The driver is great, the 'Control Panel' handling of it is not.)
I won't count Trusted Computing and DRM as there isn't really an implementation of it currently (ignoring WMP), but why wait for it to come?
No way to efficiently back up, standards that have been 'extended', and refusal to work with other OSes.
With the Mac, I don't have to worry about any of that. OS X is rather seamless and easy to use. The install takes no time at all, you don't have to activate it, and most everything is out in the open - let's not forget that it keeps getting faster every time I update!.
Yes, there are mistakes, such as the 'improved' network browser, and the now crippled iTunes that doesn't let me listen to my music at work. The Mac doesn't like legacy hardware much (but then again, neither do I) and there are other issues (say with laptop build quality, and initial price) that make a Mac less attractive. It is closed source (based on open source) and built by one company (don't die, Apple!), so that may be a concern - however, the benefits to having a singular vision of how the OS works and how the GUI looks far outweigh the negatives for me.
Linux intrigues me, but I have yet to find it simple enough for me to choose to use. I don't want to have to deal with the issues that my Linux-running friends have. I want to sit down and DO.
On a side note, I think that OpenBeOS will make a solid competitor to Linux 'on the desktop' - I really think it's all about consistency in the GUI. Gnome seems to be on the right track, but there are still too many things for the average person to configure. I know I might come off as a Mac/BeOS zealot, but I don't think I am. I am a realist when it comes to my computing experience - I can configure Apache, but I really don't want to. I don't want to spend my time getting things to work, I want them to work, now. I see the value in Macs being the ease of use, yet no lack of command line power *if you want it*, the consistency of the GUI, the apps that run on it, and the workflow that it fosters.
I see the potential in OpenBeOS as a consistent GUI coupled with an emphasis on the user - add open source to that, and I think we have a winner.
Whew. Long rambly post. Hope I answered your one line question.:)
but I am now and forever more going to use Macs. When OS X came with a mac we got for work, I gave it a shot, and have never looked back. I bought a 15" AL Powerbook last year and it has been the best computing experience ever.
Sure, back in the day, I had an Apple IIgs, and used Apple II computers at school - but when I got out on my own, I built a PC (for games of course).
Now that my gaming has been replaced by other things, I find that my last objection to going to Mac is moot. Of course, this is even more moot (can that happen?), because there is a fine selection of games available for the Mac.
I still would like to see GTA for the mac, as that is one you can play for 10 min, or ten days...
My last PC will be my last.
I look forward to see what else Apple will improve - I still think that I should never have to wait for anything on a computer, that I should be able to comunicate with it in plain language, and that it remains a tool for me, rather than a 'content delivery and licensing kiosk' like many of our Windows friends are ending up with.
I'm sure you can find more sources if you look, I just went as fast I could, and tried to pick sources that are generally trusted to be accurate.
There will always be those who say 'if the records aren't there, how can it be true?', but when you are in charge of who keeps them, where they are kept, and who has access to them, you can certainly manipulate them.
Does the head IT guy at a company ever get busted for looking at porn?...
and I live in Minnesota, I had done quite a bit of reading on this. Apart from Northwest justifying it by saying, "We don't sell information to marketers - but this wasn't for marketing..", I find the most asnine thing to be NASA wanting to 'give the information back'.
Now, this info is on 5 CDs. How can *anyone* believe that it stayed on those CDs, and din't make the rounds from FBI to NSA to CIA to DHS to whatever other 3 letter acroymn that is supposed to 'protect us'?
That information is everywhere you don't want it to be - and you won't know what they're doing with it until it bites you in the ass.
I guarantee that this will be abused - everything else has, why would this be anything different.
I wonder if good ol' boy George would be allowed to fly if the CAPPS2 system had access to his military AWOL status, his DUI, his credit scores, and his drug abuse.
Oh, wait. Invasive and ineffective programs like these are only for the 'commoners'.
Yes, the likelyhood and feasibillity of this 'crazy idea' are small to none, but I have yet to see a application of DRM that is not about content control for the big players. Sure there's the spam prevention that gets tossed around, but I can't see that being available until the $$$-making stuff gets good and locked down.
DRM and anti-fair use legislation will mean the end of independent artists, writers and coders. Welcome to the brave new world.
Maybe they left it out because it is largely transparent to the user. I would guess that once your three computers are 'authorized', you will rarely see it restrict you under normal circumstances.
Sure, they aren't absolutely noiseless - the fans come on when you're playing a game or running something processor intensive, but they are quiet enough to have to strain to hear.
I have a 733 Quicksilver mac at work and that can be one noisy computer at times; my PC at home takes the cake - it's loud as hell, which is unfortunate since that is my recording PC.
I'll be soon recording on my Powerbook, which is fast, beautiful and quiet.
Plus, I can take it to a pals house to lay down some tracks. I will never buy a noisy PC again.
Why not just make it a desktop in laptop form? Save $$$ on hardware and you get the smaller form factor. Sure you can't take it with you, but that's what custom welded racks of battery backups on a large diesel-powered cart are for.
If I search for playboy (on google FSOA) and get playboy.com at the top and a whole bunch of other stuff beneath, what is the problem?
If someone wants 'whatever.com', type it in - otherwise be prepared to get results not directly related. It's how searching works.
This ruling is assuming that people lack *any* abillity to tell what the real site is. Granted, eBay password grabbers are fake and look real, but where is any site trying to pass itself off as playboy.com or obviously infringing?
Isn't this what the cyber-squatting laws are all about? Do we really want to have all trademarks banned from communication because someone might get the wrong idea?
How many people do you know who resell the things they download?
Copy protection and copyright has shown itself to be as worthless as much of the music and movies being peddled today. Why bother? The RIAA takes what it wants. Your rights to fair use, artists' rights to control their works, and money that should go to artists, songwriters, and musicians - not to mention your time and money when you are inaccurately targeted and portrayed as a thief or run up against one of their lobbied laws or 'taxes'.
I can't feel too bad about their plight, as my record and songs are currently being sold and relicenced without MY consent. Where is my protection?
The system is broken, and it is only going to get worse for regular music fans and the artists that make music for them and themselves.
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I thought it was protecting the fake president and currency, myself...
This page is full of the latest buzzwords, and the fact that the submitter is an AC leads me to believe this is a hoax. More info here.
I would say that OS X is new enough that some leeway has to be given. 10.2.8 and Panther have really shown that OS X is here to stay - and lead. As a Beige G3 owner that runs 10.2.8, I know that I'm not going to be watching DVDs (without extra hardware), using the floppy drive (without a hack), doing anything with localtalk (without an adapter). I'm fine with that. I was pissed at first, but expecting the floppy to live forever is somewhat futile, and my newer network printer blows my old Localtalk Printer away many times over.
And this humble 333 G3 is incredible with Jaguar. I still can't believe how usable it is.
Apple has taken OS X from Windows 3.1 to Windows XP and beyond in the space of a few years, rather than the 15+ years it's taken Microsoft.
Considering my Mac gets faster and is filled with incredible new features (Expose) every time I update, I'll happily hand over $$$ for 10.4 and 10.5.
The experience is hard to describe. I know this is corny, but it's like finding your dream girl - a gorgeous female that also is intelligent and can put up with all your geeky quirks. I find myself fighting less to get things working, and instead simply working. Mac OS X has definitely changed my perspective on computing. Though it has its own minor problems, the bar has been set so high by OS X in my eye that I now frown on software environments that I once used on a daily basis just one year ago. What I once saw as quirks to put up with, I now see as fundamental problems I do not want to have to think about. You, my friend, have nailed it. It's the most transparent OS/hardware combo that I've ever used without 'using'. Very zen. :)
Windows: Product activation. Uninstallable browser and email client. File associations stolen. Kludgy interface, that doesn't follow it's own rules. Crappy audio management. (I have a rather specialized sound card and breakout box. The driver is great, the 'Control Panel' handling of it is not.)
I won't count Trusted Computing and DRM as there isn't really an implementation of it currently (ignoring WMP), but why wait for it to come?
No way to efficiently back up, standards that have been 'extended', and refusal to work with other OSes.
With the Mac, I don't have to worry about any of that. OS X is rather seamless and easy to use. The install takes no time at all, you don't have to activate it, and most everything is out in the open - let's not forget that it keeps getting faster every time I update!.
Yes, there are mistakes, such as the 'improved' network browser, and the now crippled iTunes that doesn't let me listen to my music at work. The Mac doesn't like legacy hardware much (but then again, neither do I) and there are other issues (say with laptop build quality, and initial price) that make a Mac less attractive. It is closed source (based on open source) and built by one company (don't die, Apple!), so that may be a concern - however, the benefits to having a singular vision of how the OS works and how the GUI looks far outweigh the negatives for me.
Linux intrigues me, but I have yet to find it simple enough for me to choose to use. I don't want to have to deal with the issues that my Linux-running friends have. I want to sit down and DO.
On a side note, I think that OpenBeOS will make a solid competitor to Linux 'on the desktop' - I really think it's all about consistency in the GUI. Gnome seems to be on the right track, but there are still too many things for the average person to configure. I know I might come off as a Mac/BeOS zealot, but I don't think I am. I am a realist when it comes to my computing experience - I can configure Apache, but I really don't want to. I don't want to spend my time getting things to work, I want them to work, now. I see the value in Macs being the ease of use, yet no lack of command line power *if you want it*, the consistency of the GUI, the apps that run on it, and the workflow that it fosters.
I see the potential in OpenBeOS as a consistent GUI coupled with an emphasis on the user - add open source to that, and I think we have a winner.
Whew. Long rambly post. Hope I answered your one line question. :)
Sure, back in the day, I had an Apple IIgs, and used Apple II computers at school - but when I got out on my own, I built a PC (for games of course).
Now that my gaming has been replaced by other things, I find that my last objection to going to Mac is moot. Of course, this is even more moot (can that happen?), because there is a fine selection of games available for the Mac.
I still would like to see GTA for the mac, as that is one you can play for 10 min, or ten days...
My last PC will be my last.
I look forward to see what else Apple will improve - I still think that I should never have to wait for anything on a computer, that I should be able to comunicate with it in plain language, and that it remains a tool for me, rather than a 'content delivery and licensing kiosk' like many of our Windows friends are ending up with.
Shut up, you had me at hello. *tear*
heh.
DUI
Cocaine (from a right wing puplication!)
I'm sure you can find more sources if you look, I just went as fast I could, and tried to pick sources that are generally trusted to be accurate.
There will always be those who say 'if the records aren't there, how can it be true?', but when you are in charge of who keeps them, where they are kept, and who has access to them, you can certainly manipulate them.
Does the head IT guy at a company ever get busted for looking at porn?...
Now, this info is on 5 CDs. How can *anyone* believe that it stayed on those CDs, and din't make the rounds from FBI to NSA to CIA to DHS to whatever other 3 letter acroymn that is supposed to 'protect us'?
That information is everywhere you don't want it to be - and you won't know what they're doing with it until it bites you in the ass.
I guarantee that this will be abused - everything else has, why would this be anything different.
I wonder if good ol' boy George would be allowed to fly if the CAPPS2 system had access to his military AWOL status, his DUI, his credit scores, and his drug abuse.
Oh, wait. Invasive and ineffective programs like these are only for the 'commoners'.
Say, if I buy something online and request that they not sell my info - they are unable to.
Or if I fly, I can be assued that my information is not given to secret government projects.
Yes, the likelyhood and feasibillity of this 'crazy idea' are small to none, but I have yet to see a application of DRM that is not about content control for the big players. Sure there's the spam prevention that gets tossed around, but I can't see that being available until the $$$-making stuff gets good and locked down.
DRM and anti-fair use legislation will mean the end of independent artists, writers and coders. Welcome to the brave new world.
Maybe they left it out because it is largely transparent to the user. I would guess that once your three computers are 'authorized', you will rarely see it restrict you under normal circumstances.
I'll say no more, but there is a link to the mini-interview in my sig (or Journal).
Clear Channel uses *real people* in their broadcasts?!
I have a 733 Quicksilver mac at work and that can be one noisy computer at times; my PC at home takes the cake - it's loud as hell, which is unfortunate since that is my recording PC.
I'll be soon recording on my Powerbook, which is fast, beautiful and quiet.
Plus, I can take it to a pals house to lay down some tracks. I will never buy a noisy PC again.
Now a G5, with that I'll just play louder... :)
I'll grant you, I haven't looked at buying a PC since I bought my Mac, and I won't be - so perhaps my info is out of date.
But I'm no n00b - I was selling 486s when Pentium was still vaporware.
Didn't I see you on the Powerbook forum?
Why not just make it a desktop in laptop form? Save $$$ on hardware and you get the smaller form factor. Sure you can't take it with you, but that's what custom welded racks of battery backups on a large diesel-powered cart are for.
eMachines: When 300 services battle over your network connection just isn't enough.
If someone wants 'whatever.com', type it in - otherwise be prepared to get results not directly related. It's how searching works.
This ruling is assuming that people lack *any* abillity to tell what the real site is. Granted, eBay password grabbers are fake and look real, but where is any site trying to pass itself off as playboy.com or obviously infringing?
Isn't this what the cyber-squatting laws are all about? Do we really want to have all trademarks banned from communication because someone might get the wrong idea?
I will not use your P2P
:)
I will not use it, can't you see?
I will not use it in my house
Don't infringe on Mickey Mouse!
I download only legal things you know
like the latest Linux ISO.
Or is it illegal and SCO's?
I've tried them movies from the MPAA
I've heard the crap from the RIAA.
I will not use your P2P
I do not like the poor quality.
This is how I'm 'sposed to use
this P2P that lets you choose,
anything from A to Z, like
Lara Croft, Paris and Britney.
So if you take one thing from this
learn that Congress don't give a rip,
about your rights
to distributions
they only want their contributions!
Just remember, you'll be viewed
as a criminal if you even use
this amazing thing called P2P.
The RIAA will sue your Mom,
The MPAA will soon be 'long
Wait I hear a knock - so loud!
It's the BSA come to trash my house!
Well it's been fun, I have to go
Remember kids, spend your dough!
on movies and music and wares of soft
you can do all three with Lara Croft!
One more thing before I go,
it's never for the children - it's for the IPO!
*Please feel free to P2P this*
Not really. I have a nice old lady read it to me, 'cause I'm scared of the Metal Ones.
These days, when most people have giant TVs, you can drive down the street at night and do your very own Neilsen ratings.
I can't see how you could be resposible for it - unless it's the Spice channel, and you have kids gathered under your window.
Suck it up.
Copy protection and copyright has shown itself to be as worthless as much of the music and movies being peddled today. Why bother? The RIAA takes what it wants. Your rights to fair use, artists' rights to control their works, and money that should go to artists, songwriters, and musicians - not to mention your time and money when you are inaccurately targeted and portrayed as a thief or run up against one of their lobbied laws or 'taxes'.
I can't feel too bad about their plight, as my record and songs are currently being sold and relicenced without MY consent. Where is my protection?
The system is broken, and it is only going to get worse for regular music fans and the artists that make music for them and themselves.
So meh on your devil's advocate post.
Apart from not even working, it is so much less easy to use.
I'm surprised no one has brought this up yet, as it has made networking in OS X as much of a pain as OS 9.
It's the biggest step backwards I have seen Apple make. I'd point out the posts on the Apple boards, but they are down for maint.