The playing field will be levelled. After the initial adjustment to OS 9 (c. 2000) I found myself wondering how I'd become so accustomed to Windows 95/98/2k.
While it is easy to get attached to the hardware, especially for instance when one processor architecture is diametrically opposed to the other (probably talking out my ass), as Jobs says, the OS is the heart of the Mac.
So that's all I give a shit about. If Firefox, iMovie, InDesign, or whatever runs faster, that's enough for me. And if I can continue to get the ergonomics of Mac OS with the usability of Linux, all the better.
The list of applications quiting unexpectedly is up to 2: Terminal.app and Diablo 2 LOD. This is due to a nifty little app called Codetek Virtual Desktop.
Now, I realize that Diablo is hardly that important, and that Virtual Desktop is up to 2.0 or something and I am running the latest 1.x release, but Terminal.app?!
Mine had stopped working when I upgraded to 10.1.5, so when I did a clean install of Jaguar on my OS X partition, I neglected to even reinstall it. I'm figuring that 10.2.1 might simply support 5 button mice.:)
It seems that all of a sudden my Intellimouse Explorer magically became functional; back and forward buttons that I had pretty much forgotten about are now actively doing their jobs.:)
Thanks, Apple. I was getting tired of waiting for MS to get their act together.
Umm, the first time I installed OS X the scrollwheel on my Microsoft mouse magically started working with out any drivers, and this was during the install.
I waited a couple more months for Intellipoint software to come out and then my back and forward history buttons on the mouse started working too.
One offtopic post deserves another...
I wonder though if running AfterEffects on a machine that supports it natively versus one that only emulates OS 9 is a fair comparison.
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The playing field will be levelled. After the initial adjustment to OS 9 (c. 2000) I found myself wondering how I'd become so accustomed to Windows 95/98/2k.
While it is easy to get attached to the hardware, especially for instance when one processor architecture is diametrically opposed to the other (probably talking out my ass), as Jobs says, the OS is the heart of the Mac.
So that's all I give a shit about. If Firefox, iMovie, InDesign, or whatever runs faster, that's enough for me. And if I can continue to get the ergonomics of Mac OS with the usability of Linux, all the better.
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WTF, man?
This happens to be a brilliant idea. I am personally sick of PC cable hell.
Why don't you write your local PC representative and ask them to start incorporating it, instead of complaining about 'standards.'
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The list of applications quiting unexpectedly is up to 2: Terminal.app and Diablo 2 LOD. This is due to a nifty little app called Codetek Virtual Desktop.
Now, I realize that Diablo is hardly that important, and that Virtual Desktop is up to 2.0 or something and I am running the latest 1.x release, but Terminal.app?!
Come on...
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Mine had stopped working when I upgraded to 10.1.5, so when I did a clean install of Jaguar on my OS X partition, I neglected to even reinstall it. I'm figuring that 10.2.1 might simply support 5 button mice. :)
Did anyone else notice this?
It seems that all of a sudden my Intellimouse Explorer magically became functional; back and forward buttons that I had pretty much forgotten about are now actively doing their jobs. :)
Thanks, Apple. I was getting tired of waiting for MS to get their act together.
Umm, the first time I installed OS X the scrollwheel on my Microsoft mouse magically started working with out any drivers, and this was during the install.
I waited a couple more months for Intellipoint software to come out and then my back and forward history buttons on the mouse started working too.
Stunning indeed.
One offtopic post deserves another... I wonder though if running AfterEffects on a machine that supports it natively versus one that only emulates OS 9 is a fair comparison.