That annoyance you just described was near the top of my list when I contemplated ditching Windows for OS X full-time on my desktop. The most common offender was Trend Micro's PC-Cillin, and we all remember what was happening in mid-2003. PC-Cillin would update its defs two, three or more times a day, and every time, it would interrupt what I was typing.
It still irks me -- and I have not regularly used Windows in two years!
There's not much difference on N on some of my data sets. I work with Excel weekly, but I would never trust it for data-intensive purposes. It's probably just me, but I have used it since 1990. I am comfortable with what I trust it with and what I will not.
Yes, some data organizing or cleaning of files is faster -- much faster -- in Excel. But I won't use it for formulae, other than means for grades;)
In my somewhat limited experience with Stata, it just never seems to break a sweat. And I love the logs for peer analysis/review.
SPSS on OS X is so-so at best, when compared to its Windows counterpart(s), although the last couple of point releases have improved it considerably to where it is at least functional.
I've been scratching my way through Stata on OS X since last April, more out of curiosity for a replacing SPSS/Mac than anything else. Stata's a damn good app, and although it's not quite second nature to me, it will be in the next six months to a year.
My data sets are not impressive compared to the applied sciences. I'm in edu and teach [gasp] advertising [/gasp] in addition to directing a research institute, but Stata absolutely smokes SPSS on my OS X box for pure crunching power.
Just installed and set up a new XServe last week. It is a very nice server, indeed. Although not quite perfect for the point-and-click admins (not that Slashdot readers are, anyway), the hardware is nothing short of incredible, IMO. The only hiccup I've encountered with XServe (10.3.8) is its mod_perl implementation, so I will have to roll my own.
I have a "nice" Dell PowerEdge 4600 Xeon single running Mandrake that has been rock-solid in the 2.5 years it has been up, but it sounds like a vacuum cleaner on steroids 24x7. It puts off a goodly amount of heat, too -- thank goodness for server rooms. I love it, and am a little nervous about giving it up. It was my first real test with Linux, and I've come away with nothing but good experiences with it. I've come to appreciate the Linux experience from a reliability standpoint.
Time will tell if the XServe box is as good, but based on my 18+ years experience with Apple's Mac hardware, it stands more than a reasonable chance.
My 2x2.0 G5 tower is next to silent (except with the 10.3.8 update and I had to switch proc performance from "automatic" to "highest" to keep them from become overly excited executing even the simplest of tasks).
I finally received my XServe (2x2.3) and set it up Friday. It is dead quiet. So quiet, in fact, that I had to temporarily shut down the Dell PowerEdge 4600 just to hear it. Still not satisfied, I slid off the top panel for visible proof the fans were running. I spotted only three fans, but the software reports 8 up and running within normal ranges.
For now, I'll trust the blowers tab on Apple's Server Monitor software.
Many universities have changed to a more business-oriented model - for better or for worse.
Students are perceived by some administrations as a "product," and if the university makes a good product, then others will go to that university. All with the ultimate goals that donations and prestige will follow.
Never fails, despite warnings to the contrary. So I INSIST that they take the call -- right then, right there.
I see a few others stealthily reaching into their backpacks to turn theirs off.
I don't have any problems... for the rest of the semester, at least.
And while Napster's at it, it needs to take Advertising 101, too.
Napster ran its US$2.4M spot during the third quarter of the Super Bowl -- the one where the cat holds up the "Do the Math" poster.
Half the audience was sufficiently inebriated by that time that "doing math" was the LAST thing on anyone's mind.
Guess that's why the Napster advertisement ranked dead last..
A similar message was posted for Safari users when gmail was first coming online in its earlier beta versions.
I do remember a Google spokesperson expressing in a news story that Mac/Safari users were very important to Google, and gmail would be working with Safari soon (at that time).
A month or so later, all was well with Apple's browser and gmail.
Honestly, though, it would be nice of more of the major OS X apps took advantage of Cocoa instead of hanging onto Carbon for dear life. Dreamweaver MX 2004 runs like a dog, and Photoshop CS is little better.
On a whim, I installed SubEthaEdit for a recent collaborative project for use on a P'book and a friend's iBook. Both of us were editing (wirelessly) the same document within five minutes -- w/o reading a line from TFM . Nothing scientific to back it up, but we agreed that it saved us a good amount of total project time (and it completely changed our workflow on all projects from that time forward).
I agree. It's just that it is in stark contrast to the drone from Redmond that says research shows Windows users don't want tabbed browsing -- which may very well be true. I would think that MS would want its employees to tote the company line, especially when this is essentially their publicly stated counter to Firefox.
Not to mention the hypocrisy of admitting to running something called Maxthon instead of IE because "tabbed browsing" got him hooked on it. Seriously, this guy is speaking out of both sides of his mouth. MS says "our users don't want tabbed browsing." This guy basically repeats the mantra but admits to running another browser.
What the hell is going on at MS these days???? Between Ballmer's recent frothing in the press, and now they throw this clown to the wolves for an interview?
All Cocoa apps (e.g. Safari) have a spell check option.
Edit->Spelling->Spelling
Or Edit->Spelling->Check Spelling
Or Edit->Spelling->Check Spelling as You Type
Creative is going on an all-out blitz/preemptive strike against Apple, which will immediately become a contender in January for the flash-based player market.
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Evidently, the CRMP are great at sifting through Mac OS X, too.
I bet they don't support PNG, either.
That annoyance you just described was near the top of my list when I contemplated ditching Windows for OS X full-time on my desktop. The most common offender was Trend Micro's PC-Cillin, and we all remember what was happening in mid-2003. PC-Cillin would update its defs two, three or more times a day, and every time, it would interrupt what I was typing.
It still irks me -- and I have not regularly used Windows in two years!
My perception of SPSS is that it is much more tailored/geared for business and social sciences stats. Matlab is a whole new game.
There's not much difference on N on some of my data sets. I work with Excel weekly, but I would never trust it for data-intensive purposes. It's probably just me, but I have used it since 1990. I am comfortable with what I trust it with and what I will not. ;)
Yes, some data organizing or cleaning of files is faster -- much faster -- in Excel. But I won't use it for formulae, other than means for grades
In my somewhat limited experience with Stata, it just never seems to break a sweat. And I love the logs for peer analysis/review.
SPSS on OS X is so-so at best, when compared to its Windows counterpart(s), although the last couple of point releases have improved it considerably to where it is at least functional.
I've been scratching my way through Stata on OS X since last April, more out of curiosity for a replacing SPSS/Mac than anything else. Stata's a damn good app, and although it's not quite second nature to me, it will be in the next six months to a year.
My data sets are not impressive compared to the applied sciences. I'm in edu and teach [gasp] advertising [/gasp] in addition to directing a research institute, but Stata absolutely smokes SPSS on my OS X box for pure crunching power.
Just installed and set up a new XServe last week. It is a very nice server, indeed. Although not quite perfect for the point-and-click admins (not that Slashdot readers are, anyway), the hardware is nothing short of incredible, IMO. The only hiccup I've encountered with XServe (10.3.8) is its mod_perl implementation, so I will have to roll my own.
I have a "nice" Dell PowerEdge 4600 Xeon single running Mandrake that has been rock-solid in the 2.5 years it has been up, but it sounds like a vacuum cleaner on steroids 24x7. It puts off a goodly amount of heat, too -- thank goodness for server rooms. I love it, and am a little nervous about giving it up. It was my first real test with Linux, and I've come away with nothing but good experiences with it. I've come to appreciate the Linux experience from a reliability standpoint.
Time will tell if the XServe box is as good, but based on my 18+ years experience with Apple's Mac hardware, it stands more than a reasonable chance.
If you build it, they will come.
My 2x2.0 G5 tower is next to silent (except with the 10.3.8 update and I had to switch proc performance from "automatic" to "highest" to keep them from become overly excited executing even the simplest of tasks).
I finally received my XServe (2x2.3) and set it up Friday. It is dead quiet. So quiet, in fact, that I had to temporarily shut down the Dell PowerEdge 4600 just to hear it. Still not satisfied, I slid off the top panel for visible proof the fans were running. I spotted only three fans, but the software reports 8 up and running within normal ranges.
For now, I'll trust the blowers tab on Apple's Server Monitor software.
Many universities have changed to a more business-oriented model - for better or for worse.
Students are perceived by some administrations as a "product," and if the university makes a good product, then others will go to that university. All with the ultimate goals that donations and prestige will follow.
except when one rings during my lecture.
... for the rest of the semester, at least.
Never fails, despite warnings to the contrary. So I INSIST that they take the call -- right then, right there. I see a few others stealthily reaching into their backpacks to turn theirs off.
I don't have any problems
Not surprisingly -- the spot was generated in-house!!!
Bingo. You win.
And while Napster's at it, it needs to take Advertising 101, too.
Napster ran its US$2.4M spot during the third quarter of the Super Bowl -- the one where the cat holds up the "Do the Math" poster. Half the audience was sufficiently inebriated by that time that "doing math" was the LAST thing on anyone's mind. Guess that's why the Napster advertisement ranked dead last..
A similar message was posted for Safari users when gmail was first coming online in its earlier beta versions.
I do remember a Google spokesperson expressing in a news story that Mac/Safari users were very important to Google, and gmail would be working with Safari soon (at that time).
A month or so later, all was well with Apple's browser and gmail.
or simply to steal thunder, press, mindshare.
ummm ... research?!? Yeah, that's it!
Honestly, though, it would be nice of more of the major OS X apps took advantage of Cocoa instead of hanging onto Carbon for dear life. Dreamweaver MX 2004 runs like a dog, and Photoshop CS is little better.
I could not agree with you more.
Whoa. Déja vu.
On a whim, I installed SubEthaEdit for a recent collaborative project for use on a P'book and a friend's iBook. Both of us were editing (wirelessly) the same document within five minutes -- w/o reading a line from TFM . Nothing scientific to back it up, but we agreed that it saved us a good amount of total project time (and it completely changed our workflow on all projects from that time forward).
Not to discredit an excellent point you made, but to correct a minor error in fact regarding branding: SuperMac was UMAX. Starmax was Moto.
No "Microsoft Bob" on the list?
I agree. It's just that it is in stark contrast to the drone from Redmond that says research shows Windows users don't want tabbed browsing -- which may very well be true. I would think that MS would want its employees to tote the company line, especially when this is essentially their publicly stated counter to Firefox.
Not to mention the hypocrisy of admitting to running something called Maxthon instead of IE because "tabbed browsing" got him hooked on it. Seriously, this guy is speaking out of both sides of his mouth. MS says "our users don't want tabbed browsing." This guy basically repeats the mantra but admits to running another browser.
What the hell is going on at MS these days???? Between Ballmer's recent frothing in the press, and now they throw this clown to the wolves for an interview?All Cocoa apps (e.g. Safari) have a spell check option. Edit->Spelling->Spelling Or Edit->Spelling->Check Spelling Or Edit->Spelling->Check Spelling as You Type
Creative is going on an all-out blitz/preemptive strike against Apple, which will immediately become a contender in January for the flash-based player market.