I move a window to the edge of my screen and it snaps into place at the last second so that it's exactly at the edge of my window. I can keep any window I want on top of or behind other windows so that I can work with two windows at once without having to constantly Alt-Tab between them or make them ridiculously small. When I browse an audio CD, it displays the tracks in a series of folders that shows me what the files look like ripped and encoded in all of the audio codecs I have installed ready for me to drag and drop onto my hard drive. When I zoom in on a jpeg, my photoviewer applies an algorithm to blow it up without pixelating it. When I want a piece of software I just pick it out of a list and it's there... oh wait. I don't remember any of that from using a Mac.
You must have not used a Mac for very long then. Not trying to be snarky, but, yeah.
Although Macs have switched to Intel processors I bet OS X wouldn't be as easy to install on all the PC configurations that Ubuntu has to deal with which I think is a point that most people miss out on.
If we're not talking PPC or Intel platforms, fair enough. But new Macs really are "Wintel" PCs without the Windows part. I'd be willing to bet I could grab a three bins of "Windows PC" peripherals from the closest Best Buy, Micro Center or Fry's and find more that work in Mac OS X than do in Linux.
"The only reboots were due to other problems, like when a stray 7.62mm bullet knocked out our generator one time, but as for linux running...this thing ran like a champ."
I wasted 15 minutes trying to explain to several coworkers of mine that FreeBSD is not a Linux distro. It's probably better just to pat them on the back and tell them "let's go get some graham crackers and koolaid, it will all blow over."
The more likely answer is that they have a policy of not assisting people with restoral and backups who just walk in the door. The printed user guide that comes with the late 2006 iMacs mentions on page 43 how to do an Apple Hardware Test by rebooting and holding down the letter D as it boots. Nowhere in the printed book does it mention holding T instead to go into Target Disk Mode. (this is however, mentioned in the built-in help in Mac OS X). From having experience working in customer service for IBM and SBC back in my college days, I can almost guarantee management told their minions "do not freely offer advice about backing up and restoring their own data unsolicited because of something they did, because if the smallest little thing goes wrong they're going to be blaming us for the entire situation. So don't even mention it, tell them to pay up or hit the door, they've already made the mistake the minute they didn't run a backup before." I can't say I blame any service department at any company that takes this stance.
On that thread he says he has a 17" Macbook Pro bought 9/06, I bought my 17" iMac a month later. I was able to run Software Update from OS X 10.4.10 to 10.4.11 without incident and I also have the Boot Camp beta (1.3 to be exact). Anecdotal evidence really doesn't prove much in his case.
The thing I don't understand about his story is that he took his Macbook Pro to a Apple store genius bar and they told him his only option was a reinstall, they wouldn't tell him how to boot into target disk mode and now he's online asking how to fix this problem? Uh... I'm sorry, but I just don't believe that.
Tell them you bought it for your kid and it contains lead. Also make sure to mention you know the mailing address of your local CBS, NBC and ABC affiliates.
What you're missing is the applications you are trying to "maximize" have nothing more to display. They're already showing everything they can in the window they have. To make the application window even bigger would be to fill the screen with gray space.
What you are suffering from is a commong Windows users disorder known as Fullscreenitis. The symptoms are maximizing every app window and switching between them using the taskbar. Non-Windows users know this malady as "MS-DOS". The cure is to familiarize oneself with the concept of using windows and icons as they were intended.
How did we acquire the idea that languages have some values of their own? A language is a tool, to be replaced with a better one when it comes along.
Just as in computer languages, spoken languages each have their own value. Who knows, we may all end up speaking the equivalent of GW-BASIC to each other in a few hundred years.
Sure it does. Now that I've heard the Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" on the radio 24/7 for the last 18 months I can't stand to hear it any more.
I hope everybody shows class and doesn't rub his nose in it. It was probably a very hard admission to make.
Well, it shouldn't be, especially for a reporter who which like all reporters should, make an attempt to be objective. When someone grudgingly admits mistakes, it means that their pride is getting in the way. Some people might even call that bias.
...those screenshots of "IBM Lotus Symphony" make me shudder. After all these years IBM still can't seem to find a single competent UI designer in their entire gigantic organization. What is that, Courier New on the tabs and widgets? And it looks like IBM is announcing their brand new version of Office 97.
Thanks but no thanks. I'd rather pay the money for something a little less 10-years ago, like iWork '08.
You're forgetting the DRM-free AAC files available on iTunes that will play on any player that supports AAC, including the Zune. The last time I checked, Steve Jobs was trying to encourage all of the record labels to follow EMI's lead and drop the DRM.
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I move a window to the edge of my screen and it snaps into place at the last second so that it's exactly at the edge of my window. I can keep any window I want on top of or behind other windows so that I can work with two windows at once without having to constantly Alt-Tab between them or make them ridiculously small. When I browse an audio CD, it displays the tracks in a series of folders that shows me what the files look like ripped and encoded in all of the audio codecs I have installed ready for me to drag and drop onto my hard drive. When I zoom in on a jpeg, my photoviewer applies an algorithm to blow it up without pixelating it. When I want a piece of software I just pick it out of a list and it's there... oh wait. I don't remember any of that from using a Mac.
You must have not used a Mac for very long then. Not trying to be snarky, but, yeah.
Although Macs have switched to Intel processors I bet OS X wouldn't be as easy to install on all the PC configurations that Ubuntu has to deal with which I think is a point that most people miss out on.
If we're not talking PPC or Intel platforms, fair enough. But new Macs really are "Wintel" PCs without the Windows part. I'd be willing to bet I could grab a three bins of "Windows PC" peripherals from the closest Best Buy, Micro Center or Fry's and find more that work in Mac OS X than do in Linux.
There's a difference between bugfixes and actual reasons to upgrade.
"The only reboots were due to other problems, like when a stray 7.62mm bullet knocked out our generator one time, but as for linux running...this thing ran like a champ."
But you can't say it was bulletproof.
Trance has lyrics?
I wasted 15 minutes trying to explain to several coworkers of mine that FreeBSD is not a Linux distro. It's probably better just to pat them on the back and tell them "let's go get some graham crackers and koolaid, it will all blow over."
"Us" being me and the other people who own a Mac. Hope this helps.
Please Activision do not cut us out. We like Blizzard and they seem to like us.
The more likely answer is that they have a policy of not assisting people with restoral and backups who just walk in the door. The printed user guide that comes with the late 2006 iMacs mentions on page 43 how to do an Apple Hardware Test by rebooting and holding down the letter D as it boots. Nowhere in the printed book does it mention holding T instead to go into Target Disk Mode. (this is however, mentioned in the built-in help in Mac OS X). From having experience working in customer service for IBM and SBC back in my college days, I can almost guarantee management told their minions "do not freely offer advice about backing up and restoring their own data unsolicited because of something they did, because if the smallest little thing goes wrong they're going to be blaming us for the entire situation. So don't even mention it, tell them to pay up or hit the door, they've already made the mistake the minute they didn't run a backup before." I can't say I blame any service department at any company that takes this stance.
On that thread he says he has a 17" Macbook Pro bought 9/06, I bought my 17" iMac a month later. I was able to run Software Update from OS X 10.4.10 to 10.4.11 without incident and I also have the Boot Camp beta (1.3 to be exact). Anecdotal evidence really doesn't prove much in his case.
The thing I don't understand about his story is that he took his Macbook Pro to a Apple store genius bar and they told him his only option was a reinstall, they wouldn't tell him how to boot into target disk mode and now he's online asking how to fix this problem? Uh... I'm sorry, but I just don't believe that.
Good gravy that's an ugly, ugly interface.
Now excuse me while I hug my OS X again.
So am I supposed to be happy when NBC decides to only broadcast on Samsung TVs?
Tell them you bought it for your kid and it contains lead. Also make sure to mention you know the mailing address of your local CBS, NBC and ABC affiliates.
Then do nothing. That should be enough.
Yes, Mac OS X comes with Safari, various Linux distros come with Konqueror or Firefox.
There is a difference. They can all be completely uninstalled except for IE.
Oh, I apt-get it.
What you're missing is the applications you are trying to "maximize" have nothing more to display. They're already showing everything they can in the window they have. To make the application window even bigger would be to fill the screen with gray space.
What you are suffering from is a commong Windows users disorder known as Fullscreenitis. The symptoms are maximizing every app window and switching between them using the taskbar. Non-Windows users know this malady as "MS-DOS". The cure is to familiarize oneself with the concept of using windows and icons as they were intended.
How did we acquire the idea that languages have some values of their own? A language is a tool, to be replaced with a better one when it comes along.
Just as in computer languages, spoken languages each have their own value. Who knows, we may all end up speaking the equivalent of GW-BASIC to each other in a few hundred years.
Who needs to count over 640, anyway?
If anyone really does, there's always the HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE plugins.
Apple's learned how to play nice with MS Office,
;)
I would say so. Excel, the oldest app in Office, was a Mac application a full two years before there was a Windows version.
Sometimes it does, but no more than it does on Windows at work.
I like Safari alot, but for some reason I cannot use it to login to my Linksys router. Blame Linksys I guess.
Music doesn't depreciate, it's not electronics.
Sure it does. Now that I've heard the Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" on the radio 24/7 for the last 18 months I can't stand to hear it any more.
Bundling isn't the issue. The requirement of bundling is.
I hope everybody shows class and doesn't rub his nose in it. It was probably a very hard admission to make.
Well, it shouldn't be, especially for a reporter who which like all reporters should, make an attempt to be objective. When someone grudgingly admits mistakes, it means that their pride is getting in the way. Some people might even call that bias.
...those screenshots of "IBM Lotus Symphony" make me shudder. After all these years IBM still can't seem to find a single competent UI designer in their entire gigantic organization. What is that, Courier New on the tabs and widgets? And it looks like IBM is announcing their brand new version of Office 97.
Thanks but no thanks. I'd rather pay the money for something a little less 10-years ago, like iWork '08.
You're forgetting the DRM-free AAC files available on iTunes that will play on any player that supports AAC, including the Zune. The last time I checked, Steve Jobs was trying to encourage all of the record labels to follow EMI's lead and drop the DRM.