No... Macs tend to seem like they are running as fast as ever-- until you head down to the Apple Store and drool over the Dual 2.5 GHz G5s there. Then your computer seems really slow. But before that, it was flying!
What does matter is that you didn't get Pro. See, I need Pro, and OS X gives me those features, but Microsoft wants an extra $80 from a company or $300 standalone for XP Pro.
So, while you don't need those features, OS X gives you them. For free.
Uh... a purple talking monkey... well, on OS X Speech Commands are built in natively. Under System Preferences. You can control most of what the computer does this way. It isn't speech to text but it IS "Open Safari" "Open Google" "Switch to Finder" and fun stuff like that.
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=59 9[CoolWebSearch] You will be glad that isn't on a Mac.
Gator is also malware. You'll be glad that it isn't on a Mac.
Bagle and Netsky are also bastardly little things. Score another point for the Mac.
You can get a lot of good free software for the Mac at versiontracker.com or Apple's website under the OS X tab.
If you want to switch, email me at this username (mechcozmo) at gmail DOT com.
Macs are nice, but overpriced. If they get popular enough, soon someone (Dell? Sony? IBM?) will copy the concept, but sell it *much* cheaper. Might take a few years.
I take it you have no clue what you are saying.
If you count up all the costs you save on a Mac by not needing to buy a "professional" operating system, not needing to buy anti virus software or anti malware software, and not needing to buy any software to start you off initially for making movies, burning DVDs, writing documents, the Mac is cheaper. Plus the REAL GPU, etc. comes out in favor of the Mac.
Define "Sony and Dell" will sell it cheaper.... they are pretty much selling it as cheap as possible now. Oh, and IBM just sold off their PC division a while ago.
Uh, Macs last forever. Really. The specs for OS X are any computer with a G3 processor, 128 MB of RAM, and built in FireWire. That's it. Those computers are over 8 years old and look to be supported for at least another two years. They might not be able to take advantage of all the new features in the new OS but they will run it.
I personally have an 8 year old Mac that runs OS 8.6 which has never had any problems whatsoever. It just runs. The hardware is pretty much standard-- RAM, hard drives, stuff like that is standard and easy to change. Apple's marketshare can only grow so it isn't limited.
My iMac hasn't crashed in any way, shape, or form for weeks now. It is going on 34 days of 24/7 uptime. OS X is extremely stable. And the neat thing is that Apple has made a number of parts of its OS open source. Look at AppleDarwin, the Mach core, etc. All of those are open source but Apple has helped them move along. Safari is powered by an open source rendering engine. There is a 30 page file of acknowledgments in the Library folder which have a number of open source projects listed among them.
Yeah... Virginia Tech... I think they bought a few of them, not sure on the exact number. But I do remember they bought Xserve G5s.
Oh, and the US Army's MACH5 supercomputer has Xserve G5's too. Can't remember the exact numbers in there too, but its bigger that Virginia Tech's.
Funny, my Mac running OS 8.6 hasn't needed any of these things and the most work I've ever done on my OS X based Mac is repair permissions....
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"com.apple.systempreferences.plist" has to do with the System Preferences application. Not your real system preferences, but I wouldn't be surprised if you could modify them via that plist. However, Command+Tab cannot be changed in System Preferences therefore you won't find any way to change it in there.
Actually, I'm apart of this lifestyle. I live off of a 12" PowerBook. It doesn't just get the job done-- it gets a number of jobs done, and quickly. So are we "Maccies" zealots? In a way. But then again, we also Think Different, Give Chance a Chance, and understand why "1984 won't be like '1984'".
We just use the best tools for the job.... and it so happens the best tool is 1" thin, gets 5 hours of battery life, and doesn't have to deal with viruses, etc.
Don't mean to attack you... just want to tell you why we Mac people use our computers the way we do.
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Finder has been multi-threaded since OS 8.6 actually, and was able to run many programs (Multi Finder) in System 7.
In OS X, 10.2 was when networking was placed into a separate thread than normal operations but I agree..... it does need a bit more work.
I forgot that there were such things as viruses, malware, etc. My Mac has never had an issue with them. In 1999 I was having fun while the rest of the world was worried about something called "Y2K"... hmmm...
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If anything, I've been helping more and more people rid their computers of viruses/malware that two years ago.
* RPC (Remote Procedure Call) and Remote Administration tools implemented on end user machines (If I'm not mistaken, Macs carry these features as well.)
Yes, Macs do have those features. But they are turned off by default. You need an admin's password to turn them on. There are Remote Apple Events, which are also turned off by default.
You're thinking of Remote Desktop or something, right? Which requires the (rather expensive) software to connect to if the computer is set to allow the connections.
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Eh, it was on the CD. So if the System was 150 MB that leaves about 600 MB (assuming 750 MB CD).
Or assuming a 650 MB CD, there is still 500 MB of space on there.
96 MB of movie would be a few seconds more being burnt at the factory-- not on the customer's hard drive.
Apple pulled most easter eggs from OS X due to security concerns... but...
Press and hold the Shift key and then activate something to do with the UI. Exposé, minimize to the dock, etc.
Cool, eh?
Slashdot Mirror
Appearing in the next version of Longhorn.....
Lynx?
Shiira?
Mac-- short for Macintosh, a product line of Apple
I guess it is the front page...
10.3.10 is looking like a reality currently...
You could have 10.341890834.1 if you wanted.
Personal experience speaking, here.
Yes, Tiger can and does come on DVDs.... Panther did.
What does matter is that you didn't get Pro. See, I need Pro, and OS X gives me those features, but Microsoft wants an extra $80 from a company or $300 standalone for XP Pro.
So, while you don't need those features, OS X gives you them. For free.
Uh... a purple talking monkey... well, on OS X Speech Commands are built in natively. Under System Preferences. You can control most of what the computer does this way. It isn't speech to text but it IS "Open Safari" "Open Google" "Switch to Finder" and fun stuff like that. http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=59 9[CoolWebSearch] You will be glad that isn't on a Mac.
Gator is also malware. You'll be glad that it isn't on a Mac.
Bagle and Netsky are also bastardly little things. Score another point for the Mac.
You can get a lot of good free software for the Mac at versiontracker.com or Apple's website under the OS X tab.
If you want to switch, email me at this username (mechcozmo) at gmail DOT com.
Macs are nice, but overpriced. If they get popular enough, soon someone (Dell? Sony? IBM?) will copy the concept, but sell it *much* cheaper. Might take a few years. I take it you have no clue what you are saying. If you count up all the costs you save on a Mac by not needing to buy a "professional" operating system, not needing to buy anti virus software or anti malware software, and not needing to buy any software to start you off initially for making movies, burning DVDs, writing documents, the Mac is cheaper. Plus the REAL GPU, etc. comes out in favor of the Mac. Define "Sony and Dell" will sell it cheaper.... they are pretty much selling it as cheap as possible now. Oh, and IBM just sold off their PC division a while ago.
Uh, Macs last forever. Really. The specs for OS X are any computer with a G3 processor, 128 MB of RAM, and built in FireWire. That's it. Those computers are over 8 years old and look to be supported for at least another two years. They might not be able to take advantage of all the new features in the new OS but they will run it. I personally have an 8 year old Mac that runs OS 8.6 which has never had any problems whatsoever. It just runs. The hardware is pretty much standard-- RAM, hard drives, stuff like that is standard and easy to change. Apple's marketshare can only grow so it isn't limited.
My iMac hasn't crashed in any way, shape, or form for weeks now. It is going on 34 days of 24/7 uptime. OS X is extremely stable. And the neat thing is that Apple has made a number of parts of its OS open source. Look at AppleDarwin, the Mach core, etc. All of those are open source but Apple has helped them move along. Safari is powered by an open source rendering engine. There is a 30 page file of acknowledgments in the Library folder which have a number of open source projects listed among them.
Yeah... Virginia Tech... I think they bought a few of them, not sure on the exact number. But I do remember they bought Xserve G5s. Oh, and the US Army's MACH5 supercomputer has Xserve G5's too. Can't remember the exact numbers in there too, but its bigger that Virginia Tech's.
Funny, my Mac running OS 8.6 hasn't needed any of these things and the most work I've ever done on my OS X based Mac is repair permissions....
"com.apple.systempreferences.plist" has to do with the System Preferences application. Not your real system preferences, but I wouldn't be surprised if you could modify them via that plist. However, Command+Tab cannot be changed in System Preferences therefore you won't find any way to change it in there.
Actually, I'm apart of this lifestyle. I live off of a 12" PowerBook. It doesn't just get the job done-- it gets a number of jobs done, and quickly. So are we "Maccies" zealots? In a way. But then again, we also Think Different, Give Chance a Chance, and understand why "1984 won't be like '1984'". We just use the best tools for the job.... and it so happens the best tool is 1" thin, gets 5 hours of battery life, and doesn't have to deal with viruses, etc. Don't mean to attack you... just want to tell you why we Mac people use our computers the way we do.
Finder has been multi-threaded since OS 8.6 actually, and was able to run many programs (Multi Finder) in System 7. In OS X, 10.2 was when networking was placed into a separate thread than normal operations but I agree..... it does need a bit more work.
I always thought the combination to it was "0001", "0010", "0011", "0100","0101".
If anything, I've been helping more and more people rid their computers of viruses/malware that two years ago.
Yes, Macs do have those features. But they are turned off by default. You need an admin's password to turn them on. There are Remote Apple Events, which are also turned off by default.
You're thinking of Remote Desktop or something, right? Which requires the (rather expensive) software to connect to if the computer is set to allow the connections.
Eh, it was on the CD. So if the System was 150 MB that leaves about 600 MB (assuming 750 MB CD). Or assuming a 650 MB CD, there is still 500 MB of space on there. 96 MB of movie would be a few seconds more being burnt at the factory-- not on the customer's hard drive.
Apple pulled most easter eggs from OS X due to security concerns... but... Press and hold the Shift key and then activate something to do with the UI. Exposé, minimize to the dock, etc. Cool, eh?