The OSX crash screen is sneaky: "Your need to restart your computer". I haven't used Macs almost at all, and when I was playing with Hackintosh, I thought it was some routine restart related to configuring the system or installing updates. It's so friendly that you don't necessarily even know there is a complete system crash behind.
People that rant about the start screen usually are those that don't seem to have tried win 8.
Just nuked my Windows 8 installation a couple days ago after using it for about three months. I never got over the pain and mess that the Start Screen causes.
Seriously if you hate it then disable it and put a start menu in, but apart from that screen the UI is pretty much the same.
The Start menu is a third-party hack... the OS is clearly meant to use without it.
someone willing to pay for a nice screen expects things besides high resolutions, like color accuracy, low (or no) latency, and little to no blurring. the macbook pro screen sucks in these areas.
Hmm! At least in the Notebookcheck.net 13" rMBP review the display was found completely superior. Not in the typical silly way of saying "the display is sharp and the colors are vivid". Check it out, in the article they have laboratory measurements of the contrast ratio, brightness, sRGB coverage, etc. The glossy coating might be seen as a downside, though.
I can already picture the romantic, cheesy Apple video advertisement where some guy talks "I was astonished when our team realized that we can finally build it. Something from a science fiction movie. A smart watch. We just had to invent that." White background, soft piano music playing in the background.
We can take a song, whack it with a MP3 encoder and say "there, just like new" and it takes less space. But do we have to go through that process? There is plenty of HDD space and we can use WAV/FLAC to always enjoy the original quality without compromises.
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The OSX crash screen is sneaky: "Your need to restart your computer". I haven't used Macs almost at all, and when I was playing with Hackintosh, I thought it was some routine restart related to configuring the system or installing updates. It's so friendly that you don't necessarily even know there is a complete system crash behind.
At Win7 they said they would go back to the number scheme for a good while.
People that rant about the start screen usually are those that don't seem to have tried win 8.
Just nuked my Windows 8 installation a couple days ago after using it for about three months. I never got over the pain and mess that the Start Screen causes.
Seriously if you hate it then disable it and put a start menu in, but apart from that screen the UI is pretty much the same.
The Start menu is a third-party hack... the OS is clearly meant to use without it.
And it still looks like shit.
Hehheh! A little comparison: Windows Blue screenshot from the Hothardware article and default Ubuntu desktop. Indeed, which one looks better...
someone willing to pay for a nice screen expects things besides high resolutions, like color accuracy, low (or no) latency, and little to no blurring. the macbook pro screen sucks in these areas.
Hmm! At least in the Notebookcheck.net 13" rMBP review the display was found completely superior. Not in the typical silly way of saying "the display is sharp and the colors are vivid". Check it out, in the article they have laboratory measurements of the contrast ratio, brightness, sRGB coverage, etc. The glossy coating might be seen as a downside, though.
A larger amount of the Linux desktop ideas are actually copied from Mac.
Another confusing one is to use "mousepad" for "touchpad", while at the same time "mousepad" means the pad under a desktop mouse.
That's a bad thing?
No.
MATE and Cinnamon (my personal preference) are actually quite similar, I don't know why they even bother maintaining both of them.
I was surprised to find that CentOS is still based on GNOME 2.
Sad but true. Well, not that sad actually because Linux is awesome.
The most sane solution I have found is to always just use vanilla Ubuntu and that way at least concentrate all the problem solving in one place.
Linux Mint users carry some disease that makes them buzz around Ubuntu users and pushing them to make the switch. :P
Why couldn't you as well recommend Xubuntu or Kubuntu, no shopping lens there.
Not bad. Xubuntu is pure gold.
Shouldn't an authority such as ICANN understand its responsibility and maintain a certain conservatism towards silly things like this?
Yes! Sign me up, too.
Language changes - deal.
Ahh, so more junk in the steaming pile of "I could care less" and "queue in the musicians".
Ian McKellen - Ducktales
Actually, the Internet is a Steve Jobs' invention.
I can already picture the romantic, cheesy Apple video advertisement where some guy talks "I was astonished when our team realized that we can finally build it. Something from a science fiction movie. A smart watch. We just had to invent that." White background, soft piano music playing in the background.
We can take a song, whack it with a MP3 encoder and say "there, just like new" and it takes less space. But do we have to go through that process? There is plenty of HDD space and we can use WAV/FLAC to always enjoy the original quality without compromises.
That's certainly something I'd like to see there too.
Hey, thanks! I'm a beginner C++ dummie in Finland and will definitely check out your book.
Just install Kubuntu 13.04 when it comes out.
Well, we have not seen Mr. APK for a while and I think he is not accepting your challenge either.
Hahhah, good one!
On the other hand, I think the Leisure Suit Larry 1 hint book sold more than the game itself...