You should try out Expose (Panther's most-likely-to-be-ripped-off-by-Microsoft feature) and see how much it improves productivity. I'd estimate that when I'm heavily multitasking, it makes me at least 10-20% more efficient.
You can compile plenty of open source software on Mac. Everything I've tried compiling works without any Makefile hackery. This includes Apache, PHP, Perl, OpenSSH...
What's to flame? That's how I recover from GUI hangs.
Also, having a Linux box around can be very useful. I can just ssh -X to the Linux machine, and run programs on my Mac without bothering to compile them. Tunneling X over gigabit ethernet is a beautiful thing.
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You should try out Expose (Panther's most-likely-to-be-ripped-off-by-Microsoft feature) and see how much it improves productivity. I'd estimate that when I'm heavily multitasking, it makes me at least 10-20% more efficient.
"Desktop interface"? Perhaps.
Not to mention that 10.4 will ship about a year before 10.5. I would even be willing to bet that Apple releases 10.5 before Longhorn is released.
Microsoft did it with Sobig. :)
You can compile plenty of open source software on Mac. Everything I've tried compiling works without any Makefile hackery. This includes Apache, PHP, Perl, OpenSSH...
My girlfriend runs slackware 9.1 on her P4/1.6 laptop, and the GUI is *slightly* more responsive than it is on my G3/450 desktop.
He may have noticed speed issues due to the automatic defragging. Some of my MP3s really lagged out my computer when I first installed Panther.
What's to flame? That's how I recover from GUI hangs.
Also, having a Linux box around can be very useful. I can just ssh -X to the Linux machine, and run programs on my Mac without bothering to compile them. Tunneling X over gigabit ethernet is a beautiful thing.
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Interesting combination of executive and judicial branch. Presidency? Precedence?
The GUI sucks. There's nothing more to be said about that.
In regards to your comment about a text editor: BBEdit. I can't stress this enough. BBEdit is the best text editor I've ever used.
Not only that, the Rage 128 supports OpenGL, which Quake3 really likes. Who needs 3dfx?
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