...is having all my extensions and themes disabled whenever I install a new version of Firefox. Granted, you can re-enable them through about:config, but wouldn't it be nicer to have a dialogue box on first launch (along the lines of "You have some old extensions installed which may not be 100% compatible - do you want to disable them?")?
Remember: Apple haven't 'switched' to using BIOS yet. While the official line is that Mactels won't be using Open Firmware, they've yet to tell us what they will be using. Certainly, the Developer Preview Macs are BIOS-based, but I would expect some serious changes to come.
Vinyl records are very much making a comeback, particularly among teenage audiophiles. Doing a quick search on Amazon for 'vinyl' promptly reveals all number of new LPs - the most recent Manic Street Preachers album, for example, saw release on vinyl. I prefer vinyl to CDs, myself, so I'm certainly not complaining.
RTFS. Apple aren't the ones claiming these machines are this fast - it's the developers (developers, developers!). Apple didn't choose Intel because of their current products, they chose them for what's in the pipeline. For all we know, there could be some kind of experimental chicanery inside the Developer Preview Macs that we've not yet seen in a shipping product.
It's exactly this attitude - that hey, maybe we can improve on something - that drives progress. Horse and carriage was kinda cool, but I think I can make it better - bam! The motorcar. Vacuum tubes work alright, but I think I can make it better - bam! Transistors!
Why is the close box larger than the minimise and maximise/restore buttons? I can see a lot of accidental closing of windows simply by flicking up to where the buttons 'ought' to be. Why emphasise a destructive task?
In the Internet Explorer window, why are there still several different icons for a web page? The icon in the title bar is older than that in the address bar.
In Computer Management, why have the icons still not been updated to match the rest of the interface? In Windows XP, for example, there are still some folder icons (Downloaded Program Files, for example) which maintain the Windows '98/2000 appearance. This just looks sloppy.
In Internet Explorer, why are the File, Edit, etc. menues below the tabs? That makes no sense at all.
Windows Media Player. 'nuff said, really.
I think I'll stick with Mac OS X. Eye candy, stability, and complete immunity from the masses of Windows viruses/trojans/worms/spyware? Yes please.
Even more useful is the ability to use QWERTY keyboard shortcuts with a DVORAK layout. When typing normally without holding a modifier, the keyboard is pure DVORAK. With this option enabled, holding Command or Option will make it revert back to QWERTY until you let go again. This means you can use the familiar Command+Z/X/C/V shortcuts (for example) from their convenient position near the modifiers without having to stretch all over the place.
Hanff wasn't fired for using peer-to-peer software, as that story states, but instead for voicing an opinion (on national television, natch) that wasn't quite in fitting with his employer's.
Perhaps you should 'read your own fucking links'?;-)
Hello Mr. PowerBook. Would you like some more RAM?
*unclips and removes keyboard, inserts DIMM, re-clips keyboard*
How about you, Mr. G4? Want a new hard drive?
*turns latch on side door, removes. Inserts new HD. Re-attaches door*
That's funny. For a company so dedicated to keeping the user 'out of the machine', upgrading those two is simpler than opening my Windows desktop or laptop. No screws, for one.
Why would the choice of processor compromise this? The operating system will still be Mac OS X, will still be immune to all the Windows viruses, will still be running a Unix underneath it all, will still Just Work (tm). Relax - Apple have a reputation to defend, and they know that'd be a painful thing to lose.
And, as we all know, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a fully democratic state - oh, wait, it's not? Guess you can call something by a name that isn't truthful.
Castle's Iyonix system has been very successful since its launch, turning a profit for Castle, so there is definately enough of a market to make launching a new system viable.
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...is having all my extensions and themes disabled whenever I install a new version of Firefox. Granted, you can re-enable them through about:config, but wouldn't it be nicer to have a dialogue box on first launch (along the lines of "You have some old extensions installed which may not be 100% compatible - do you want to disable them?")?
I gave up on Slashdot's search ages ago - try using Google instead. Using "site:slashdot.org" then the search term usually works wonders.
Remember: Apple haven't 'switched' to using BIOS yet. While the official line is that Mactels won't be using Open Firmware, they've yet to tell us what they will be using. Certainly, the Developer Preview Macs are BIOS-based, but I would expect some serious changes to come.
Interesting - didn't know that was how the distinction was made. Thanks for clearing that up.
The red button should appear for all non-Apple widgets; those provided by Apple won't have it.
Vinyl records are very much making a comeback, particularly among teenage audiophiles. Doing a quick search on Amazon for 'vinyl' promptly reveals all number of new LPs - the most recent Manic Street Preachers album, for example, saw release on vinyl. I prefer vinyl to CDs, myself, so I'm certainly not complaining.
Is it a bad thing that I recognised where that goes without having to click it?
RTFS. Apple aren't the ones claiming these machines are this fast - it's the developers (developers, developers!). Apple didn't choose Intel because of their current products, they chose them for what's in the pipeline. For all we know, there could be some kind of experimental chicanery inside the Developer Preview Macs that we've not yet seen in a shipping product.
Methinks you've been had. This is an update of a quite famous rant made about one of the earlier PPC Macs, the 8600/300, as found here.
It's exactly this attitude - that hey, maybe we can improve on something - that drives progress. Horse and carriage was kinda cool, but I think I can make it better - bam! The motorcar. Vacuum tubes work alright, but I think I can make it better - bam! Transistors!
Some criticisms:
Why is the close box larger than the minimise and maximise/restore buttons? I can see a lot of accidental closing of windows simply by flicking up to where the buttons 'ought' to be. Why emphasise a destructive task?
In the Internet Explorer window, why are there still several different icons for a web page? The icon in the title bar is older than that in the address bar.
In Computer Management, why have the icons still not been updated to match the rest of the interface? In Windows XP, for example, there are still some folder icons (Downloaded Program Files, for example) which maintain the Windows '98/2000 appearance. This just looks sloppy.
In Internet Explorer, why are the File, Edit, etc. menues below the tabs? That makes no sense at all.
Windows Media Player. 'nuff said, really.
I think I'll stick with Mac OS X. Eye candy, stability, and complete immunity from the masses of Windows viruses/trojans/worms/spyware? Yes please.
Even more useful is the ability to use QWERTY keyboard shortcuts with a DVORAK layout. When typing normally without holding a modifier, the keyboard is pure DVORAK. With this option enabled, holding Command or Option will make it revert back to QWERTY until you let go again. This means you can use the familiar Command+Z/X/C/V shortcuts (for example) from their convenient position near the modifiers without having to stretch all over the place.
Timothy now has all power-ups and 30 continues, ICT market unchanged. Konami executives currently giving no comments.
Hanff wasn't fired for using peer-to-peer software, as that story states, but instead for voicing an opinion (on national television, natch) that wasn't quite in fitting with his employer's.
Perhaps you should 'read your own fucking links'? ;-)
U.S. Won't Let Go of DNS? Hi, we've met before. Yeah, I know, I was drunk too, but it's all coming back to me now. I'm sorry. It's time to move on.
Hello Mr. PowerBook. Would you like some more RAM? *unclips and removes keyboard, inserts DIMM, re-clips keyboard* How about you, Mr. G4? Want a new hard drive? *turns latch on side door, removes. Inserts new HD. Re-attaches door* That's funny. For a company so dedicated to keeping the user 'out of the machine', upgrading those two is simpler than opening my Windows desktop or laptop. No screws, for one.
Why would the choice of processor compromise this? The operating system will still be Mac OS X, will still be immune to all the Windows viruses, will still be running a Unix underneath it all, will still Just Work (tm). Relax - Apple have a reputation to defend, and they know that'd be a painful thing to lose.
You mis-spelled 'Russia'.
"Dell should just liquidate the company and return the money to the shareholders..." - Jobs
"The Stone Roses?"
"No!"
"It's The Second Coming"
"I liked it..."
"Soundtrack to Batman?"
"Chuck it."
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And, as we all know, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a fully democratic state - oh, wait, it's not? Guess you can call something by a name that isn't truthful.
Castle's Iyonix system has been very successful since its launch, turning a profit for Castle, so there is definately enough of a market to make launching a new system viable.
That's not being debated. The Mac Mini will not run RISC OS, which is something wholly different.