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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Well I now have 10.1 installed and I have to say I'm loving it. Both reviews made valid criticisms of the operating system, which still has some flaws that need to get worked out. Overall though, I find it very slick. In terms of Objective C versus C++, I really don't see that much of a big deal with Objective C. I've found building applications relatively easy under OS X using the Interface Builder and Objective C. I've also found that plugging in the Java-based Cocoa code instead of Objective C is relatively seamless. I have some applications I can't wait to develop. Originally I was going to choose Cocoa, but the more I look at it, the more I think I'm going to go as far as I can with Java, and leave the heavy duty processing engine to a straight C code base.