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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Professor, get a hold of yourself! Will you? Most major commercial applications and major parts of operating systems today are written in C/C++. C++ is a superset of C. I don't think this review was more balanced. It took the point of view of a Unix fan and a long time Mac fan. A balanced review would have been un-biased and would have done hard core comparisons with other major operating systems in terms of features, ease of use, scalability, implementation etc... In a multi tasking operating system, context switching with a centralized menu *IS* confusing and outright annoying! (IMHO) In a cooperative environment line MacOS 8/9, it's more resonable because you can only do one darn thing at a time anyway. You're more qualified? Will all due respect, give me a freaking break will you? You sir or madame, are an Apple Macintosh Fanatic, period! ciao yc