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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"suppose the possibility of having non-existant user menus a better alternative...as is the case in Windows?" I agree that this "feature" is bad, but note that it's an office feature and not a general one of Windows. It is also irrelevant when discussing the merits of application-specific menubars and a global menubar system. "Also, nothing I've ever said about menuing is contradictory...read carefully" Sure you did. Here's what you said: "That may confuse Windows users who have been deluded into thinking that it is the better or more logical way, but to a person who has little to no experience in using computers at all, it works against them." The "that" beginning the sentence is pointing to the concept of a global menubar, and the "it" at the end is pointing to the same concept. Thus you inadvertantly said the opposite of what you meant. "It's that pictorial icon to the upper right hand corner next to the time." I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. The Apple menu doesn't display icons for any submenus, whereas Windows' Start menu displays icons at each level. Thus the Start menu is naturally going to be slower, since it has to read in and render the icons. However, even with this fact, I find the Start menu to be extremely fast except in rare occasions. "I also work in the industry at an R&D lab as a project manager...so please spare me your feeble quips, little man." Your use of language and your poor attitude highly suggest otherwise. So either you're a young kid pretending to be something he/she's not, or you're a grown man who one would assume is a little kid after reading his/her writing. Frankly, I'm not sure which is worse...