Linked by David Adams on Mon 15th Oct 2001 02:23 UTC
OS News' review of Mac OS X last week certainly stirred up controversy, partially because some die hard Mac fans perceived that it was improper for an outsider (someone who is not an everyday Mac user) to me making broad criticisms after only a superficial introduction to the New operating system. Well, folks, that's why they call it a review. We thought that Apple's major new OS also deserved a road test, and there were two very important events in Mac OS X history just a few days ago that toppled the last major obstacle to making it ready for millions of Mac users to start using it as their everyday OS: the 10.1 release and the release of Microsoft Office X. Last week, I made the switch and started using Mac OS X as my everyday OS. Here's how it went:
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You can't say anything about Macs without the zealots foaming and screaming. Apple is irrelevant. Some users care about style- it's nice to have a pretty interface. But really, so what? That's not the point when you have real work to do, like writing a book, designing a Web site, analyzing financial data, programming, setting up a server, or any of the other zillion and one things real people with real work have to do. OS X is merely a pretty face on a weird hybrid of Mach and BSD. Taking a freely available UNIX, putting a GUI on it, and calling it a breakthrough. What nonsense. You're still stuck with overpriced, inferior hardware, and a lack of native apps. And what's really shitty is Apple gives no credit to the BSD or Mach teams, but trumpets the damn thing as their own creation. Apple should have died years ago. It has no reason to live.