If they could find a way to make these little things rewriteable, it could be a huge boon to the computer industry. At such a small form factor, there might finally be a replacement for hard drives.
Dont get me wrong, there are huge techinical difficulties to overcome. The whole process seems inherently permanent.
Just think, a credit card sized iPod.
Although Apple has introduced a lot of GPL based software, it has remained consistent in pushing "the Apple look."
Just look at the Aqua interface and their hardware. Clearly built to push a image.
What I would like to see is a more liberal stance. IF Steve wants to push OS X as a alternative to Linux, then the least he could do is try putting themes into the OS. I like aqua, but those lovely blue buttons just aren't me.
(Incidentially, I have information from a credible source stating that themes would make the OS considerably less stable.)
Ahh, Amiga. I remember the days. I can't believe that platform didn't catch on, and dos did. Sure, typing in command lines is fun, and gives you a real sense of computer intelligence, but the Amiga was just plain cool.
If I had the money I would get one of the new one's, but I dont, being a poor college student and all.
In response to the idea that OS X is slow, ya've got a point.
For one, I am running a G4 400 with 288 Mb RAM, and I see that damned beachball every now and then while I wait for IE to do whatever the hell it is doing. It does get old.
But Seriously, Apple has done a good job, considering all things. Those of us who "saw the light" as it were and converted to mac remember the days of >shudders Windows95.
For Microsoft, this was a major overhaul of their pilot product, and it was riddled with problems. I actually lost count of how many times I had to reinstall windows because of silly, incomprehensible errors like "I/O Protection error." Now what 8th grader is gonna understand something like that.
In short, Windows95 was an abysmal excuse for an OS, but it was still better than Windows3.1 at times, if you had the hardware to run it well. I personally had a 2 year old Aptiva when it came out, and i couldn't even install it. Took me until '97 when I could actually move up, but that's another story.
Now take Apple's switch. They've settled into using a very stable core, and an open source one to boot. Ahh, my UNIX knowledge expands. I like the window management as well, being able to start a internet audio stream and hide it immediately afterwards. Plus I get a terminal, something woefully lost to those pesky windows computers. Praise be to tcsh.
In other words, Apple has done a very good job in completely changing their operating system. If our only complaints are over such simple little things as a beachball wait cursor every now and then (as compared to the incessive crashing of windows v.anything), were pretty good off.
Besides, I like being able to click a check box and use it as a FTP server. very convienient for us UNIX newbies.
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If they could find a way to make these little things rewriteable, it could be a huge boon to the computer industry. At such a small form factor, there might finally be a replacement for hard drives. Dont get me wrong, there are huge techinical difficulties to overcome. The whole process seems inherently permanent. Just think, a credit card sized iPod.
Well that works well for those of us who actually *KNOW* what GIMP is. Now what about newbies, one of Apple's target consumer groups?
Although Apple has introduced a lot of GPL based software, it has remained consistent in pushing "the Apple look." Just look at the Aqua interface and their hardware. Clearly built to push a image. What I would like to see is a more liberal stance. IF Steve wants to push OS X as a alternative to Linux, then the least he could do is try putting themes into the OS. I like aqua, but those lovely blue buttons just aren't me. (Incidentially, I have information from a credible source stating that themes would make the OS considerably less stable.)
Apple really dows ram their image down your throat. I would prefer skins in OS X, but Id authority that it will make Aqua extremely unstabel.
Like I said, I am a poor college freshman....
Money is like, well, gold...
Ahh, Amiga. I remember the days. I can't believe that platform didn't catch on, and dos did. Sure, typing in command lines is fun, and gives you a real sense of computer intelligence, but the Amiga was just plain cool. If I had the money I would get one of the new one's, but I dont, being a poor college student and all.
In response to the idea that OS X is slow, ya've got a point.
For one, I am running a G4 400 with 288 Mb RAM, and I see that damned beachball every now and then while I wait for IE to do whatever the hell it is doing. It does get old.
But Seriously, Apple has done a good job, considering all things. Those of us who "saw the light" as it were and converted to mac remember the days of >shudders Windows95.
For Microsoft, this was a major overhaul of their pilot product, and it was riddled with problems. I actually lost count of how many times I had to reinstall windows because of silly, incomprehensible errors like "I/O Protection error." Now what 8th grader is gonna understand something like that.
In short, Windows95 was an abysmal excuse for an OS, but it was still better than Windows3.1 at times, if you had the hardware to run it well. I personally had a 2 year old Aptiva when it came out, and i couldn't even install it. Took me until '97 when I could actually move up, but that's another story.
Now take Apple's switch. They've settled into using a very stable core, and an open source one to boot. Ahh, my UNIX knowledge expands. I like the window management as well, being able to start a internet audio stream and hide it immediately afterwards. Plus I get a terminal, something woefully lost to those pesky windows computers. Praise be to tcsh.
In other words, Apple has done a very good job in completely changing their operating system. If our only complaints are over such simple little things as a beachball wait cursor every now and then (as compared to the incessive crashing of windows v.anything), were pretty good off.
Besides, I like being able to click a check box and use it as a FTP server. very convienient for us UNIX newbies.
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