Why not just give your "woman" what "she" wants. If it works and it is easy to use, what's the problem?
Out of curiosity, what OS and software would you use to replace the easy to use GUI and iLife Apps? Windows XP? Linux is not ready for the desktop and it is sorely lacking in cheap and easy to use media content creation software. Even with windows, you would be hard pressed to replace iLife 04 let alone iLife 05 cheaply.
It's cheap, get it for your "woman" for crying out loud.
That's because freedom of press is supposed to protect against government abuses. Without a free press, it is difficult to keep the government accountable to the people.
What you seem to be confused about is that companies, like people have rights which have to be considered.
I don't think you understand how the commmon law legal system. Laws under common law are not codified but rather interpreted based on the spirit of the law and past decisions by previous judges.
This helps to ensure that the legal system cannot simply apply the letter of the law and steamroll over everyone. It also helps to prevent people from using laws to shield illegal activity.
Uh, of course you can't replace a slot loading drive with a tray model. You have to use a slot-loading model. Apple is not the only company that makes use of slot loading drives.
And I'll stick with machines with Open "firmware" and hardware that does not need fixing.
Why can't you replace the CD/DVD drive on a mac laptop? Stop spreading FUD.
If I have a well paying IT job and an extended warranty, why should I care? My free time is far too valuable to me to be spending my free time messing with hardware.
Did you read that page i linked to? They are knowingly soliciting tips anonymously. If the are anonymous, they cannot be checked now can they? This has nothing to do with speculating on future products. When you speculate, you are taking "your" best guess about future product direction.
This is about deliberately soliciting proprietary information without concerning for the ethics/standards of journalism.
Did he perform proper fact checking/checking his sources? No.
Did he look at balancing right to privacy versus the public interest? Was it really in the public interest? No.
Journalists routinely make decisions not to publish information which involve national security or Police stings.
Do you see serious journalist publishing trade secrets? No.
If the source is totally anonymous, how can they, as journalists: fact check, check their sources? How can they be sure that what they receive is in the public interest, is factual and is not a trade secret or in violation of a publication ban?
They are a tabloid at best and a fanboy blogging site at the worst. Neither of those are journalism or eligible for protection by the freedom of press IMNSHO.
You are not thinking visually. GUI's are "visual environments". When you are ejecting the drive, you are removing it from the computer and removing it from the desktop.
You are taking things too literally. Try thinking in abstract/visual terms.
Have you ever taken an IQ test? Did you score low on the abstract part of of the test by any chance?
Explain to me again why throwing a disk in the trash to get rid of it does not fit with ejecting a disk.
A trashcan is "not" a shredder. You are not destroying it by trashing it but rather removing it from view/use.
Are you sure you are a developer? Many developers use text editors with syntax highlighting to develop with and then do final tweaking/GUI design in the IDE.
I would tend to disagree. I have found that the atheists have been putting out that image of religious people and trying to paint every religious person with the same broad stroke.
Why is it that religious intolerance is somehow more acceptable in our society than racial intollerance?
Are we intollerant if we are not zealous about proceeding head first regardless the risks? Should ethics not temper our experimentation in science? Science is a "tool" for discovery. It is not a religion. It is sad that some of the non-religious zealots on slashdot forget that at times.
I work as a developer on windows all day and I find that my creative productivity at home improved a great deal when I switched to OS X from windows 2 and a half years ago.
Some of the features I miss while at work are:
-Search as you type in the finder.
-Exposé
-Launch speed of apps and responsiveness of the UI under heavy load.
-universal spelling checkers (really handy in Safari).
The list goes on. I find that I have been churning out icons, wallpapers, boot screens, boot panels and other them elements on the mac whereas I was just a consumer on windows before.
The iApps like iMovie and iDVD are also brilliant.
In my opinion, both Apple and Microsoft would do well to learn one more lesson: That separating the base operating system from the GUI entirely is the best way to go. With Linux (my preference by a thin margin over OS X) I can have a complex GUI like KDE, a simpler one like Gnome, or a dozen others with their own strengths and weaknesses... or I can run them all at the same time!
That's all great and all for power users but what about the average user who want/needs/expects consistency? De-coupling the GUI like that may give you flexibility but it also means that you have very little base functionality in the apps. With such a de-coupled system, you end up with a bunch of roll your own controls/subsystems in every app which are usually totally inconsistent between apps in both appearance and behaviour. Don't forget that until recently, there was a great deal of difficulty copying and pasting between apps on linux.
If you really want to use KDE, Gnome or fluxbox on OS X in fullscreen mode, you can do that with the X11.app. In fact, you could setup OS X to not boot into Aqua at all and just go directly into fullscreen X11.
Linux lacks killer apps like Photoshop and a consistent and robust UI/UI framework. Sorry but X just does not cut it.
So all of a sudden, people will be born knowing how to use a computer? Please. Do you really think everyone is into technology?
Do you want to know why OS X is still easy to use? They alpha test it with execs like Steve Jobs. Mr. Jobs was one of the main testers for Keynote and look how great it turned out.
Why is it so difficult for my fellow IT geeks to understand that a UI should be easy enough for a CEO to use? You people just don't "get it". There is nothing wrong with offering power features to power users as long as everything remains accessible to the average user and new users through other means.
You really should follow my advice to do some serious website development before tackling desktop UI work. I did website development for a number of years before entering into the windows desktop realm. None of the inhouse windows software I write makes use of any right clicks or cryptic key combinations.
It saddens me that most developers on window are totally clueless when it comes to getting inside the head of users. Well designed software should require minimal documentation for a totally uninitiated user to use it.
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Why not just give your "woman" what "she" wants. If it works and it is easy to use, what's the problem?
Out of curiosity, what OS and software would you use to replace the easy to use GUI and iLife Apps? Windows XP? Linux is not ready for the desktop and it is sorely lacking in cheap and easy to use media content creation software. Even with windows, you would be hard pressed to replace iLife 04 let alone iLife 05 cheaply.
It's cheap, get it for your "woman" for crying out loud.
You complain about paying for a new kernel and framework version? What about MSFT charging for a .1 upgrade of their NT kernel (Win2k 5.0 to XP 5.1)?
What you seem to be confused about is that companies, like people have rights which have to be considered.
This helps to ensure that the legal system cannot simply apply the letter of the law and steamroll over everyone. It also helps to prevent people from using laws to shield illegal activity.
Uh, of course you can't replace a slot loading drive with a tray model. You have to use a slot-loading model. Apple is not the only company that makes use of slot loading drives.
Why can't you replace the CD/DVD drive on a mac laptop? Stop spreading FUD.
If I have a well paying IT job and an extended warranty, why should I care? My free time is far too valuable to me to be spending my free time messing with hardware.
Are IBM X-Series called something different depending what OS you run on it?
Get the picture yet?
A Mac is any box made by Apple that is "capable" of running a version of Mac OS natively.
The Dual G5 is called a Power "Mac", not a Power Apple. Where can buy those iApples? Oh wait... they are called iMacs.
It's not journalism either.
Tech journalist quoting rumour sites is not the same a overtly soliciting information from insiders.
This is about deliberately soliciting proprietary information without concerning for the ethics/standards of journalism.
The ethics/standards of journalism:d s - 2002.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalistic_standar
http://www.spj.org/ethics_code.asp
Canadian Journalism Standards:
http://www.caj.ca/principles/principles-statement
European standards:
http://www.uta.fi/ethicnet/
Did he perform proper fact checking/checking his sources? No. Did he look at balancing right to privacy versus the public interest? Was it really in the public interest? No.
Journalists routinely make decisions not to publish information which involve national security or Police stings.
Do you see serious journalist publishing trade secrets? No.
http://www.thinksecret.com/contact/anonymous.html
If the source is totally anonymous, how can they, as journalists: fact check, check their sources? How can they be sure that what they receive is in the public interest, is factual and is not a trade secret or in violation of a publication ban?
They are a tabloid at best and a fanboy blogging site at the worst. Neither of those are journalism or eligible for protection by the freedom of press IMNSHO.
MS Office, especially the mac version, is not that bad actually.
Don't forget that before windows came out, Microsoft was developing GUI applications like MS Word and Excel on the mac platform.
There is no excuse.
I might not agree with the beliefs of JW's or Mormons but I don't care as long as they are not knocking on my door to convert me.
You are taking things too literally. Try thinking in abstract/visual terms.
Have you ever taken an IQ test? Did you score low on the abstract part of of the test by any chance?
Explain to me again why throwing a disk in the trash to get rid of it does not fit with ejecting a disk.
A trashcan is "not" a shredder. You are not destroying it by trashing it but rather removing it from view/use.
Are you sure you are a developer? Many developers use text editors with syntax highlighting to develop with and then do final tweaking/GUI design in the IDE.
Why is it that religious intolerance is somehow more acceptable in our society than racial intollerance?
Are we intollerant if we are not zealous about proceeding head first regardless the risks? Should ethics not temper our experimentation in science? Science is a "tool" for discovery. It is not a religion. It is sad that some of the non-religious zealots on slashdot forget that at times.
If you want a multi-document programming editor, check out:
http://smultron.sourceforge.net/
There is also: BBEdit http://www.barebones.com/
I find VS.NET and other pre-VS.NET IDE's like VFP 8.0 extremely frustrating to use on dual monitors with differing resolutions.
Some of the features I miss while at work are:
-Search as you type in the finder.
-Exposé
-Launch speed of apps and responsiveness of the UI under heavy load.
-universal spelling checkers (really handy in Safari).
The list goes on. I find that I have been churning out icons, wallpapers, boot screens, boot panels and other them elements on the mac whereas I was just a consumer on windows before.
The iApps like iMovie and iDVD are also brilliant.
This metaphor is used in a lot of apps on both OS X and windows when you want to get rid of something.
That's all great and all for power users but what about the average user who want/needs/expects consistency? De-coupling the GUI like that may give you flexibility but it also means that you have very little base functionality in the apps. With such a de-coupled system, you end up with a bunch of roll your own controls/subsystems in every app which are usually totally inconsistent between apps in both appearance and behaviour. Don't forget that until recently, there was a great deal of difficulty copying and pasting between apps on linux.
If you really want to use KDE, Gnome or fluxbox on OS X in fullscreen mode, you can do that with the X11.app. In fact, you could setup OS X to not boot into Aqua at all and just go directly into fullscreen X11.
Linux lacks killer apps like Photoshop and a consistent and robust UI/UI framework. Sorry but X just does not cut it.
The are registered developers. They are not hacking anything. I'm sure they obtained an AES key from Apple.
Rogue Amoeba are not some hacker group but rather respected developers.
Not if you rip from Store bought CD's into Apple Lossless or AIFF (if you have a massive drive).
Do you want to know why OS X is still easy to use? They alpha test it with execs like Steve Jobs. Mr. Jobs was one of the main testers for Keynote and look how great it turned out.
Why is it so difficult for my fellow IT geeks to understand that a UI should be easy enough for a CEO to use? You people just don't "get it". There is nothing wrong with offering power features to power users as long as everything remains accessible to the average user and new users through other means.
You really should follow my advice to do some serious website development before tackling desktop UI work. I did website development for a number of years before entering into the windows desktop realm. None of the inhouse windows software I write makes use of any right clicks or cryptic key combinations.
It saddens me that most developers on window are totally clueless when it comes to getting inside the head of users. Well designed software should require minimal documentation for a totally uninitiated user to use it.