I used to worry about this, because the overall responsiveness under Jag was slightly slower in feel. Panther removed much of my concerns here.
But, funny, I began to not worry about this nearly as much after just a short time.
After a couple of weeks on the PowerBook, I realized that my overall savings of time -- with the whole "It Just Works(TM)" concept of computing -- more than overshadowed differences in speed - perceived or real.
I don't have to worry about wasted processes allocated to AV, ad/spyware detection, firewalls.
I don't have daily alerts telling me there's a new security patch available for installation (reboot required).
I don't have Norton AV updating its defs file up to twice a day.
I DO NOT live in fear about clicking on an attachment. I DO NOT keep my fingers crossed when surfing the Net.
To be certain, MacOS X is not quite perfect. But I will be damned if it is not the most incredible OS I have ever used, and that includes everything from DOS to XP, from AUX to IRIX to Solaris, a good number of Linux distros, and, even, OS/2 and Be.
... but Microsoft is a part of this problem.
Look at its marketing and advertising, from touting the user-friendliness of IE through it's MSN "Butterfly" logo and commercials, it's as if they've thrown the keys to a car to a ten-year old without explaining any of the dangers, responsibilities or precautions that need to be taken when behind the wheel.
My question is: What position will these schools be in when the cozy first-round MS contracts expire and Redmond has them over the barrel?
For heaven's sake, what do the universities have for leverage?
NOTHING.
And to make it worse, it has cultured this damn-the-torpedoes mentality as the tech veeps have to cover their collective arses to make the MS "solution" work.
I figured, what the heck and upgraded to Spymac Pro for $20, but in three months of using it, I know it is not ready for prime-time.
Pros: Lots of features (?)
Cons: Sluggish, confusing and inconsistency in feature packages, e.g. my "Pro" account is now called "Wheel." Somewhat confusing to navigate and determine which features are enable based on what you paid for.
Spymac management seems to be flying by the seat of their pants as they add software and features that clearly are not stable. Documentation is sparse.
GMail, on the other hand, rocks. It is streamlined, bare-bones and ridiculously F-A-S-T (blows away all other web-based clients).
Bouncing between it and my Hotmail account makes me want to ditch Hotmail all the more. Hotmail used to be OK (pre-MS days), but so many stinking ads and an overall MS-kludgey design and interface, and a ton of spam make the "experience" pale in comparison to GMail.
I really don't see what Macromedia has to lose here. Does it cower to MS? If so, then shouldn't Macromedia be just a little more than worried about "Sparkle?"
Anecdotally, from an Asian graduate professor I had years ago, the difference in the previous emigration cultures of then (Germany, Italy, Poland...) to the predominant ones today (Asian, Mexican) is that it was "forbidden" to speak their native tongue around children. The unspoken mandate was, for assimilation in this country, one had to lose the language and the accent. Economic survival was paramount to early immigrants, as they had no one else to lean on.
Yield has been an issue since the 2.0s. Recall the 2.3 X Serves that were announced, but never shipped, and Apple had to fall back to 2.0 versions.
The new iMac reportedly is a radically new form factor/case design. Heat is an issue in this design with the 1.8s that are currently the low-end of the 970s
Cooling issues are at the heart. For those who did not catch it, Apple unloaded on IBM today during the Q3 conference call for delays. IBM promises to have its wafer problems fixed by Q1.
Agree: Tread lightly, indeed, for the points you've made.
Also, throw in that little piece of MS software called Office:Mac and you have another reason why Apple is not banging the drums louder.
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Apple seems to be using events to announce specific products at specific events (I know, Marketing 101).
MacWorld San Francisco was iTunes, iPod Mini and the new iLife suite. April's NAB show was all video-related announcements (HiDef FCPro, Xsan.). WWDC was all about Tiger.
Perhaps it learned its lesson with the G5 XServe delays, because I can't help but wonder if Steve's "Oh yeah, and one more thing" was supposed to be the new iMac at WWDC this week.
My dad's the same way, except he's on an OS X box. I doubt he would notice a site not rendering "properly" in Safari; he's just used to IE. No creature comforts or anything that make it special, just habit. I went so far as to remove the IE alias from the dock, and I'll be damned, he figured out how to replace it.
I would absolutely insist on another browser were he running XP.
Isn't Mail.app's Exhange support closer to glorified IMAP? Ability to schedule? I don't think that part's there...
And, there are issues with iSync for AddressBook and Exchange.
Perhaps a derivative is. But the originals were designed in ~1495 by Claude Garamond. Apple's official corporate typeface was tooled in the '80s and was based on ITC's Garamond Condensed.
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Because not everyone will not upgrade to Tiger immediately, if ever.
They were sold through retail channels with the addition of a metal nameplate stating its node number.
I used to worry about this, because the overall responsiveness under Jag was slightly slower in feel. Panther removed much of my concerns here.
But, funny, I began to not worry about this nearly as much after just a short time.
After a couple of weeks on the PowerBook, I realized that my overall savings of time -- with the whole "It Just Works(TM)" concept of computing -- more than overshadowed differences in speed - perceived or real.
I don't have to worry about wasted processes allocated to AV, ad/spyware detection, firewalls.
I don't have daily alerts telling me there's a new security patch available for installation (reboot required).
I don't have Norton AV updating its defs file up to twice a day.
I DO NOT live in fear about clicking on an attachment. I DO NOT keep my fingers crossed when surfing the Net.
To be certain, MacOS X is not quite perfect. But I will be damned if it is not the most incredible OS I have ever used, and that includes everything from DOS to XP, from AUX to IRIX to Solaris, a good number of Linux distros, and, even, OS/2 and Be.
... but Microsoft is a part of this problem. Look at its marketing and advertising, from touting the user-friendliness of IE through it's MSN "Butterfly" logo and commercials, it's as if they've thrown the keys to a car to a ten-year old without explaining any of the dangers, responsibilities or precautions that need to be taken when behind the wheel.
My question is: What position will these schools be in when the cozy first-round MS contracts expire and Redmond has them over the barrel?
For heaven's sake, what do the universities have for leverage?
NOTHING.
And to make it worse, it has cultured this damn-the-torpedoes mentality as the tech veeps have to cover their collective arses to make the MS "solution" work.
OMG111 Some1's gonna break teh intarweb1?1
Mac users have this http://homepage.mac.com/carsten.guenther/GmailStat us/ as a freeware option.
It's drama, plain and simple.
To witness: Apple has less than 3/4 (70%) of the downloaded music business, which comprises less than 5% of music sales.
That, my friends, makes Apple a monopoly these days (compounding the humorous irony point you made).
I figured, what the heck and upgraded to Spymac Pro for $20, but in three months of using it, I know it is not ready for prime-time.
Pros: Lots of features (?) Cons: Sluggish, confusing and inconsistency in feature packages, e.g. my "Pro" account is now called "Wheel." Somewhat confusing to navigate and determine which features are enable based on what you paid for.Spymac management seems to be flying by the seat of their pants as they add software and features that clearly are not stable. Documentation is sparse.
GMail, on the other hand, rocks. It is streamlined, bare-bones and ridiculously F-A-S-T (blows away all other web-based clients).
Bouncing between it and my Hotmail account makes me want to ditch Hotmail all the more. Hotmail used to be OK (pre-MS days), but so many stinking ads and an overall MS-kludgey design and interface, and a ton of spam make the "experience" pale in comparison to GMail.
So, it's like a public beta, only without the time bomb or crippleware code.
I really don't see what Macromedia has to lose here. Does it cower to MS? If so, then shouldn't Macromedia be just a little more than worried about "Sparkle?"
Anecdotally, from an Asian graduate professor I had years ago, the difference in the previous emigration cultures of then (Germany, Italy, Poland ...) to the predominant ones today (Asian, Mexican) is that it was "forbidden" to speak their native tongue around children. The unspoken mandate was, for assimilation in this country, one had to lose the language and the accent. Economic survival was paramount to early immigrants, as they had no one else to lean on.
I, too, am disappointed in Sprint's Bluetooth offerings, or lack thereof.
As sure as the sun will rise. And as sure as certain P. Thurrott will shrill.
Yield has been an issue since the 2.0s. Recall the 2.3 X Serves that were announced, but never shipped, and Apple had to fall back to 2.0 versions. The new iMac reportedly is a radically new form factor/case design. Heat is an issue in this design with the 1.8s that are currently the low-end of the 970s
Cooling issues are at the heart. For those who did not catch it, Apple unloaded on IBM today during the Q3 conference call for delays. IBM promises to have its wafer problems fixed by Q1.
Agree: Tread lightly, indeed, for the points you've made. Also, throw in that little piece of MS software called Office:Mac and you have another reason why Apple is not banging the drums louder.
Apple seems to be using events to announce specific products at specific events (I know, Marketing 101). MacWorld San Francisco was iTunes, iPod Mini and the new iLife suite. April's NAB show was all video-related announcements (HiDef FCPro, Xsan.). WWDC was all about Tiger. Perhaps it learned its lesson with the G5 XServe delays, because I can't help but wonder if Steve's "Oh yeah, and one more thing" was supposed to be the new iMac at WWDC this week.
No can do. There is still too much stuff -- especially sports audio streaming -- that is IE only.
Hey! I think this is MS finally living up to to the term Internet Exploiter.
My dad's the same way, except he's on an OS X box. I doubt he would notice a site not rendering "properly" in Safari; he's just used to IE. No creature comforts or anything that make it special, just habit. I went so far as to remove the IE alias from the dock, and I'll be damned, he figured out how to replace it. I would absolutely insist on another browser were he running XP.
Yes, it does. Pretty well I might add (better than Office X 10.1.4).
Isn't Mail.app's Exhange support closer to glorified IMAP? Ability to schedule? I don't think that part's there ...
And, there are issues with iSync for AddressBook and Exchange.
Perhaps a derivative is. But the originals were designed in ~1495 by Claude Garamond. Apple's official corporate typeface was tooled in the '80s and was based on ITC's Garamond Condensed.
No. It's blatant. All the way down to Apple's corporate identity typeface (Garamond Condensed) to brand it.