Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 11th Oct 2001 17:24 UTC
Mac OS X I went on and wrote a review about MacOSX 10.0.4 a month ago, but it was never finished as I had to fly to France for my own wedding. I came back and MacOSX 10.1 had been released. I scrapped completely the old text, as 10.1 brings some more speed and new features to the system, and restarted writting the review from scratch.
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You're looking at this all wrong....
by Andy Pastuszak on Thu 11th Oct 2001 19:48 UTC

Here's the issue. Computers need to be easy to use FOR THE MASSES. We geeks can pretty much figure out ANY operating system. So, I gave OS X the "Wife Test." My wife uses Windows 95 at work and used MacOS 9 at home. She always had issues with MacOS 9. I was always explaning stuff to her. I switched to OS X 10.1 last week. Nary a peep comes out of the family room! The only issue I have is that there are no drivers for my scanner yet (Umax Astra 2200), and there is no RealAudio plug-in yet. But my wife can be considered "The Masses" and I find that OS X is WAY easier for her to use than either Windows or MacOS 9. I have not tried XP yet, nor do I really want to, but, if my wife is any indication, OS X does exactly what it is supposed to do. Make it better and easier to use a computer.