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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Now that is funny... I suppose the possibility of having non-existant user menus a better alternative...as is the case in Windows? Tear off the menu in Word...close the menu.. and see how many users out of 100 can figure out how to restore it? Also, nothing I've ever said about menuing is contradictory...read carefully. As far as classic Mac OS applications are concerned, even the lowliest Mac OS provided a visual cue as to which application was the active application. It's that pictorial icon to the upper right hand corner next to the time. And for your information, I'm quite happy teaching... I also work in the industry at an R&D lab as a project manager...so please spare me your feeble quips, little man.