Oh well, the performance issues of when a folder has, say, more than six files in it (or so)--the ol' color wheel spins for a few minutes while the Finder does something, figuring out how to draw those vector icons I guess...
I am under the impression this is no longer an issue with Panther's Finder. It may also be true in Jaguar but word-of-mouth was that it remained a problem so I never bothered to invest the $129, deciding to wait on it.
I suppose I should hasten to add that even though I have used MacOS from 7.1 thru to 10.1, I have also used in a business environment, all versions of Windows from 3.1-2000 excepting NT 3.x.
I have also done system admin work on NT networks. I still think NT 4 was the most pleasant version of the OS; with IE 4's Active Desktop and SP5, the only downside was the lack of USB support.
THAT was the most pleasant version of Windows I've ever used. I do not know what happened between NT 4 and NT 5.x (XP being 5.1) but it is obvious that certain design flaws in NT have been brought to the fore by the many functions which have been piled on top of it...
Hear hear!
I've been suffering with an Athlon 1GHz with XP Pro for the last three months. Finally got tired of the crap, and managed to get my G4/533 MHz back online.
There are a lot of "little things" one must do with a PC that don't matter with Macs, like looking for Spyware and crap constantly; not to mention the performance issues of XP, even on reasonable hardware.
Aside from the Finder issues (which I'm hoping the new one in Panther will clear up), having the Mac back was a breath of fresh air.
Downside: hard to get bootleg music software as easily.;)
Hear hear!
My biggest bone of contention with the modern job-search process... you have to be "pre-qualified" to get a job; but if you are seeking any sort of growth that will only force you to stretch or fudge your prior experience.
Furthermore, any mention of tranisitioning between job categories is stonewalled.
I should know--I've been attempting to transition out of development, but I'm still "just a tech" to a few too many people.
Everytime I used a headhunter, I felt taken advantage of and swore I would never use one again. If I said "I would really prefer to work in the city", rather then "I only want to see jobs in manhattan, no exceptions," they would try to shuffle me off to some smelly job in New Jersey with a bunch of cultural cretins or to upstate New York to work with name-tag wearing Fundamentalists.
You've been able to avoid cultural cretins, even in Manhattan? I envy you--my jobs here have not been so successful in that category... *sigh*
My experience?
Indians make piss-poor programmers.
EOT.
I don't even know why it should be the case, but I have never worked with an Indian and been impressed by his output. It seems they could care less about quality.
And communication, oy! It seems like the thinking process they use is the complete reverse of a Westerner's, like they see things right-to-left and we see them left-to-right.
I know I'll be attacked for this, but I'm gonna stand by it--I cry for all these outsourcers, because they are dooming themselves to fail...
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Oh well, the performance issues of when a folder has, say, more than six files in it (or so)--the ol' color wheel spins for a few minutes while the Finder does something, figuring out how to draw those vector icons I guess... I am under the impression this is no longer an issue with Panther's Finder. It may also be true in Jaguar but word-of-mouth was that it remained a problem so I never bothered to invest the $129, deciding to wait on it.
I suppose I should hasten to add that even though I have used MacOS from 7.1 thru to 10.1, I have also used in a business environment, all versions of Windows from 3.1-2000 excepting NT 3.x.
I have also done system admin work on NT networks. I still think NT 4 was the most pleasant version of the OS; with IE 4's Active Desktop and SP5, the only downside was the lack of USB support.
THAT was the most pleasant version of Windows I've ever used. I do not know what happened between NT 4 and NT 5.x (XP being 5.1) but it is obvious that certain design flaws in NT have been brought to the fore by the many functions which have been piled on top of it...
Hear hear! I've been suffering with an Athlon 1GHz with XP Pro for the last three months. Finally got tired of the crap, and managed to get my G4/533 MHz back online. There are a lot of "little things" one must do with a PC that don't matter with Macs, like looking for Spyware and crap constantly; not to mention the performance issues of XP, even on reasonable hardware. Aside from the Finder issues (which I'm hoping the new one in Panther will clear up), having the Mac back was a breath of fresh air. Downside: hard to get bootleg music software as easily. ;)
...and coherence seems to be firmly behind you...
Hear hear! My biggest bone of contention with the modern job-search process... you have to be "pre-qualified" to get a job; but if you are seeking any sort of growth that will only force you to stretch or fudge your prior experience. Furthermore, any mention of tranisitioning between job categories is stonewalled. I should know--I've been attempting to transition out of development, but I'm still "just a tech" to a few too many people.
I'm sorry but, this just seems a wee-bit... suspicious. Not saying it didn't happen, but I'm having a hard time buying this story.
My experience? Indians make piss-poor programmers. EOT. I don't even know why it should be the case, but I have never worked with an Indian and been impressed by his output. It seems they could care less about quality. And communication, oy! It seems like the thinking process they use is the complete reverse of a Westerner's, like they see things right-to-left and we see them left-to-right. I know I'll be attacked for this, but I'm gonna stand by it--I cry for all these outsourcers, because they are dooming themselves to fail...