If a piece of hardware is supported in Linux, it's easier to install than in Windows.
Bullcrap. Only somebody who's never tried to install the IVTV driver for Hauppauge video capture cards can say that.
Or the driver to a Netgear USB wireless ethernet adaptor.
Or the driver to an ATI video card.
Bullplop. I hope nobody's buying this statement, because it's about the dumbest thing I've ever read. You must really be drinking the kool-aid if you actually believe this enough to type it as if it were fact.
Hate to tell you this, but that's already scheduled for the next version of OS X (10.5), and the next version of Windows (Vista, although I'm not sure if it will be there at release, or if it'll be patched in in a service pack.)
The Linux community's gonna have to move pretty damned fast if they want to beat the two established OSes to it.
That said, I do think Apple made a *huge* mistake by not using vectors all over OS X 10.0, considering they were basically rewriting it all from scratch anyway. Microsoft has backwards compatibility to contend with, but Apple's pretty free to do what they want-- they should have gone for it. The OS includes built-in PDF rendering anyway, they should have just stored all the icons/widgets as PDF in the first place.
Except that nobody's going to check that list, and you know it. Then they'll install OS X on whatever hardware they happen to have sitting around, and OS X will come up in 640x480x8 color because there's no video driver, and what's that person going to say? He's not going to say "well, I bet OS X is really awesome if you follow the hardware compatibility list", he's going to go on forums and say, "holy shit, OS X sucks donkey balls."
It's the same reason that Microsoft has to fix bugs in non-Microsoft products every time they do a release, because if program X uses an undocumented call to do something, and WinXP changes that call breaking program X, people won't say "wow, program X was coded by morons who did it all wrong", they'll say "program X worked in Windows 2000, WinXP must suck!"
These are the realities of the computer market, and Apple knows it. The worst thing that could happen to OS X, business-wise, is to be hacked to run on uncontrolled software... it would destroy OS X's reputation.
it's called Backup and is very flexible and easy: 1. select files (either by type, location or presets such as application prefernces) 2. select backup location (internet drive, local drive, external drive, ipod etc.) 3. select schedule if desired I have it backup small files (work files, preferences etc.) to my internet drive and larger files to my ipod.
I'm sitting in front of an OS X box right now and I don't have any app called "Backup." The program you have sounds nice, and I'd like a link to it so I can try it out, but it's not part of OS X.
okay, so with ad-hoc, you only connect to ad-hoc with auto-share printer and files and need to turn it OFF when you don't want to share them, which in my experience is the majority of the time. anyway
I'm not exactly sure if that's what it does by default, as I'm not in the Vista beta program. However, it does allow file/printer sharing only over ad-hoc networks, and can automatically disable it when the network disappears, something which isn't in any current OS. Whether it does what you presume by default or not, I have no clue.
since when is saving about 3 clicks to manually turn on sharing a reason to upgrade an OS?
Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Depends on the user. But it's certainly a selling point, and it's a feature that doesn't exist anywhere else.
No, I'm suggesting that you have no clue what you're talking about and obviously didn't even read the article.
Vista includes a backup utility *apart* from System Restore, although it also still has System Restore. This new backup utility can cope with backing up huge disks, unlike the old one, and sounds like it's pretty easy to use regularly. You don't think that's exciting? That doesn't exist in OS X, I don't know about Linux. (But if it does exist in Linux, I'm sure it's not easy-to-use.
The P2P thing allows you to automatically share your printer or files with other people on the ad-hoc network, then turn off that sharing automatically when you leave the network. That doesn't exist in OS X or Linux. This is *automatic*, meaning you don't have to go to the control panel and enable sharing every time you want to use one of these ad-hoc networks.
btw, are you actually suggesting that being about to turn services on and off on the Mac is somehow a bad thing?
No I'm not. You might want to work on your reading comprehension.
Ok, come on, be fair... your last three there are total bullshit.
8) 8. new backups almost as good as things not breaking in the first place
Backups are for *hardware failures* and *accidental deletion* more than software failures. Saying "having an OS that doesn't break" is a substitute for good backups is the most idiotic thing I've ever heard. And Vista including a built-in backup utility that doesn't suck is a *good thing*... even if all you do is work on a relative's PC when it breaks. (You now have a good reason to ask, "did you make a backup? The backup utility is right there.")
9) new P2P almost as good as turning off your firewall
Huh? That one doesn't even make sense. The feature is the ability to make ad-hoc file/print-sharing networks using a Rendezvous-like auto-detecting network protocol. What does that have to do with turning off your firewall? (And, BTW, no Apple doesn't have this... OS X can do media sharing via. iChar over Rendezvous, but it can't do file or printer sharing unless you specifically go to your control panel and turn sharing for those on and off as needed.)
10) new quick install almost as good as all the other planned features that don't actually exist yet
Given, it doesn't exist yet, but it's an exciting change if/when it does get released.
You might mention that Microsoft *expected* to lose money during the first generation Xbox release, and that they've actually done better than their projections. In that sense, the product is a success.
Well, to be fair, you have to admit that Slashdot is so pro-Nintendo that the Xbox and PS3 fans probably think they have to shout louder to be heard, as it were. If the discussion were more balanced, there'd be fewer trolls/potential trolls.
It's a blog from one of the UI guys working on the new Office 12. It sounds like they're addressing all your concerns in the next version, and I'm pretty excited about it myself.
you could eliminate the hours and hours of headaches from virii and worms
And add hours and hours of headaches from people who can't figure out what to do, glitchy software, or having to use a crappy clone of some Windows product that works better.
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In most fighting games (if not all), the boss usually makes some move indicating what he's going to do. A good example is the final boss in Prince of Persia. When the boss moves his wings to grab a pillar and throw it at you, you should roll in the opposite direction.
What Prince of Persia game are you talking about? Wings? Pillars? WTF?
(Admittedly, I haven't played the latest one... does the Prince fight a giant bird in the new one?)
If they port DirectX to anything, they'll port it to OS X, for the following reasons:
1) It's already been ported to both the CPU types Apple uses (PPC for the Xbox 360 and x86 forever.)
2) Microsoft already has a rather large Macintosh development team making quality software for that platform. They don't have many employees who know Linux.
3) Macintosh users are more likely to buy commercial software than Linux users. There are very few Macintosh-using open source zealots as compared to Linux-using open source zealots.
4) Macintosh already has a better game industry than Linux. OS X gets probably twice the commercial game titles that Linux does in a given year. At least a couple Microsoft Game Studio titles have been released on OS X, none have been released on Linux.
I also don't really know how anybody could actually *like* Dungeon Seige as a game. The thing plays itself, the bosses are lame, and the inventory system was a total pain in the ass. Not to mention it took like 5 minutes to herd your entire party onto an elevator at the same time, if you could pull it off at all.
The film was based on the original Russian film adaptation and, as such, it actually remained pretty faithful. I haven't read the book myself, but I've seen the Russian film and I've seen the Clooney remake, and I enjoyed both.
Also, it's "Ringworld" (not "The Ringworld", or "The Ring World") and his name is Niven, not "Neaven".
God 3001 sucked. I'm sorry, I know it's off-topic, but a buddy of mine gave me a nice hardcover of 3001 when it came out because he knew I was such a fan of the 2001/2010 books/movies. Now 2069 isn't terrible, but it's not great. But 3001 is just plain terrible. Robotic dragons? WTF!?
... you sure? IMDB doesn't show any movie named anything like "terminators" around 1984, not that I can see. If you find the title, I'll add it to my rental list.
Just FYI, Xbox has never really targeted adolescent, it's been for adults from day 1. Of course, teens are going to want to play it, but that's not who Microsoft makes games for and that's not who they market the console to.
Sony, I think, tries to be all things to all people. I look at it more this way: Nintendo - Family Friendly, Xbox - Adult, Sony - Little of both.
Of course there are always exceptions to the rule. Spyro the Dragon came out on Xbox, and Resident Evil 4 came out on Gamecube. But for the most part, that's how it lines up.
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What makes you think it was the industry that changed and not, say, yourself?
I know, personally, my attitude towards games has changed a lot. I used to be able to play Tribes for 20 hours straight in college. I used to beat every RPG I bought, even the horribly buggy ones, and I bought every RPG I got my hands on.
Recently, I bought Dungeon Lords, a great RPG in the old-school PC style, and I got about 6-7 hours into it before just stopping. Why? I'm not going to pretend the games changed... is there much difference between Dungeon Lords and (say) Daggerfall? No, not really. But I'm a lot different, and that type of game just doesn't appeal to me as much anymore.
Anyway, admittedly I didn't read your long-ass post, but I think all you are experiencing is nostalgia.
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If a piece of hardware is supported in Linux, it's easier to install than in Windows.
Bullcrap. Only somebody who's never tried to install the IVTV driver for Hauppauge video capture cards can say that.
Or the driver to a Netgear USB wireless ethernet adaptor.
Or the driver to an ATI video card.
Bullplop. I hope nobody's buying this statement, because it's about the dumbest thing I've ever read. You must really be drinking the kool-aid if you actually believe this enough to type it as if it were fact.
Hate to tell you this, but that's already scheduled for the next version of OS X (10.5), and the next version of Windows (Vista, although I'm not sure if it will be there at release, or if it'll be patched in in a service pack.)
The Linux community's gonna have to move pretty damned fast if they want to beat the two established OSes to it.
That said, I do think Apple made a *huge* mistake by not using vectors all over OS X 10.0, considering they were basically rewriting it all from scratch anyway. Microsoft has backwards compatibility to contend with, but Apple's pretty free to do what they want-- they should have gone for it. The OS includes built-in PDF rendering anyway, they should have just stored all the icons/widgets as PDF in the first place.
And even more stupid, IE6 already supports the MHTML format which:
1) Has an RFC, that is, it's a standard.
2) Does the *exact same* as this product.
3) Works cross-platform, unlike this product.
Except that nobody's going to check that list, and you know it. Then they'll install OS X on whatever hardware they happen to have sitting around, and OS X will come up in 640x480x8 color because there's no video driver, and what's that person going to say? He's not going to say "well, I bet OS X is really awesome if you follow the hardware compatibility list", he's going to go on forums and say, "holy shit, OS X sucks donkey balls."
It's the same reason that Microsoft has to fix bugs in non-Microsoft products every time they do a release, because if program X uses an undocumented call to do something, and WinXP changes that call breaking program X, people won't say "wow, program X was coded by morons who did it all wrong", they'll say "program X worked in Windows 2000, WinXP must suck!"
These are the realities of the computer market, and Apple knows it. The worst thing that could happen to OS X, business-wise, is to be hacked to run on uncontrolled software... it would destroy OS X's reputation.
it's called Backup and is very flexible and easy:
1. select files (either by type, location or presets such as application prefernces)
2. select backup location (internet drive, local drive, external drive, ipod etc.)
3. select schedule if desired
I have it backup small files (work files, preferences etc.) to my internet drive and larger files to my ipod.
I'm sitting in front of an OS X box right now and I don't have any app called "Backup." The program you have sounds nice, and I'd like a link to it so I can try it out, but it's not part of OS X.
okay, so with ad-hoc, you only connect to ad-hoc with auto-share printer and files and need to turn it OFF when you don't want to share them, which in my experience is the majority of the time. anyway
I'm not exactly sure if that's what it does by default, as I'm not in the Vista beta program. However, it does allow file/printer sharing only over ad-hoc networks, and can automatically disable it when the network disappears, something which isn't in any current OS. Whether it does what you presume by default or not, I have no clue.
since when is saving about 3 clicks to manually turn on sharing a reason to upgrade an OS?
Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Depends on the user. But it's certainly a selling point, and it's a feature that doesn't exist anywhere else.
No, I'm suggesting that you have no clue what you're talking about and obviously didn't even read the article.
Vista includes a backup utility *apart* from System Restore, although it also still has System Restore. This new backup utility can cope with backing up huge disks, unlike the old one, and sounds like it's pretty easy to use regularly. You don't think that's exciting? That doesn't exist in OS X, I don't know about Linux. (But if it does exist in Linux, I'm sure it's not easy-to-use.
The P2P thing allows you to automatically share your printer or files with other people on the ad-hoc network, then turn off that sharing automatically when you leave the network. That doesn't exist in OS X or Linux. This is *automatic*, meaning you don't have to go to the control panel and enable sharing every time you want to use one of these ad-hoc networks.
btw, are you actually suggesting that being about to turn services on and off on the Mac is somehow a bad thing?
No I'm not. You might want to work on your reading comprehension.
Ok, come on, be fair... your last three there are total bullshit.
8) 8. new backups almost as good as things not breaking in the first place
Backups are for *hardware failures* and *accidental deletion* more than software failures. Saying "having an OS that doesn't break" is a substitute for good backups is the most idiotic thing I've ever heard. And Vista including a built-in backup utility that doesn't suck is a *good thing*... even if all you do is work on a relative's PC when it breaks. (You now have a good reason to ask, "did you make a backup? The backup utility is right there.")
9) new P2P almost as good as turning off your firewall
Huh? That one doesn't even make sense. The feature is the ability to make ad-hoc file/print-sharing networks using a Rendezvous-like auto-detecting network protocol. What does that have to do with turning off your firewall? (And, BTW, no Apple doesn't have this... OS X can do media sharing via. iChar over Rendezvous, but it can't do file or printer sharing unless you specifically go to your control panel and turn sharing for those on and off as needed.)
10) new quick install almost as good as all the other planned features that don't actually exist yet
Given, it doesn't exist yet, but it's an exciting change if/when it does get released.
Wait, does OS X have a good backup utility integrated with the OS? Have I missed that? I could really use one.
Or are you just spouting the standard anti-Microsoft crap?
You might mention that Microsoft *expected* to lose money during the first generation Xbox release, and that they've actually done better than their projections. In that sense, the product is a success.
Amazon has them in stock. I got one from Gamestop monday.
If you're still on a waiting list, you're being ripped-off.
Well, to be fair, you have to admit that Slashdot is so pro-Nintendo that the Xbox and PS3 fans probably think they have to shout louder to be heard, as it were. If the discussion were more balanced, there'd be fewer trolls/potential trolls.
A little off-topic, but take a look at:
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http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2006/02/17/
It's a blog from one of the UI guys working on the new Office 12. It sounds like they're addressing all your concerns in the next version, and I'm pretty excited about it myself.
you could eliminate the hours and hours of headaches from virii and worms
And add hours and hours of headaches from people who can't figure out what to do, glitchy software, or having to use a crappy clone of some Windows product that works better.
In most fighting games (if not all), the boss usually makes some move indicating what he's going to do. A good example is the final boss in Prince of Persia. When the boss moves his wings to grab a pillar and throw it at you, you should roll in the opposite direction.
What Prince of Persia game are you talking about? Wings? Pillars? WTF?
(Admittedly, I haven't played the latest one... does the Prince fight a giant bird in the new one?)
If they port DirectX to anything, they'll port it to OS X, for the following reasons:
1) It's already been ported to both the CPU types Apple uses (PPC for the Xbox 360 and x86 forever.)
2) Microsoft already has a rather large Macintosh development team making quality software for that platform. They don't have many employees who know Linux.
3) Macintosh users are more likely to buy commercial software than Linux users. There are very few Macintosh-using open source zealots as compared to Linux-using open source zealots.
4) Macintosh already has a better game industry than Linux. OS X gets probably twice the commercial game titles that Linux does in a given year. At least a couple Microsoft Game Studio titles have been released on OS X, none have been released on Linux.
I also don't really know how anybody could actually *like* Dungeon Seige as a game. The thing plays itself, the bosses are lame, and the inventory system was a total pain in the ass. Not to mention it took like 5 minutes to herd your entire party onto an elevator at the same time, if you could pull it off at all.
Not to mention it's just a ripoff of Bust-A-Move. Linux users talk about it as if it's the second coming of Mario III or something.
The film was based on the original Russian film adaptation and, as such, it actually remained pretty faithful. I haven't read the book myself, but I've seen the Russian film and I've seen the Clooney remake, and I enjoyed both.
Also, it's "Ringworld" (not "The Ringworld", or "The Ring World") and his name is Niven, not "Neaven".
God 3001 sucked. I'm sorry, I know it's off-topic, but a buddy of mine gave me a nice hardcover of 3001 when it came out because he knew I was such a fan of the 2001/2010 books/movies. Now 2069 isn't terrible, but it's not great. But 3001 is just plain terrible. Robotic dragons? WTF!?
... you sure? IMDB doesn't show any movie named anything like "terminators" around 1984, not that I can see. If you find the title, I'll add it to my rental list.
Just FYI, Xbox has never really targeted adolescent, it's been for adults from day 1. Of course, teens are going to want to play it, but that's not who Microsoft makes games for and that's not who they market the console to.
Sony, I think, tries to be all things to all people. I look at it more this way: Nintendo - Family Friendly, Xbox - Adult, Sony - Little of both.
Of course there are always exceptions to the rule. Spyro the Dragon came out on Xbox, and Resident Evil 4 came out on Gamecube. But for the most part, that's how it lines up.
What makes you think it was the industry that changed and not, say, yourself?
I know, personally, my attitude towards games has changed a lot. I used to be able to play Tribes for 20 hours straight in college. I used to beat every RPG I bought, even the horribly buggy ones, and I bought every RPG I got my hands on.
Recently, I bought Dungeon Lords, a great RPG in the old-school PC style, and I got about 6-7 hours into it before just stopping. Why? I'm not going to pretend the games changed... is there much difference between Dungeon Lords and (say) Daggerfall? No, not really. But I'm a lot different, and that type of game just doesn't appeal to me as much anymore.
Anyway, admittedly I didn't read your long-ass post, but I think all you are experiencing is nostalgia.
Ok, where's an app running SIP or h.323 that can be installed and used easily, that copes with NAT routers transparency?
Put your money where your mouth is. You can't say "use this" if "this" doesn't exist.
You can use the "Hot Lead" mod to make Cortana nude in the PC version.
Or something. Well, it's an *attempt* at humor, at least.
The movie Paradise Now is about the recruiting and training of suicide bombers.