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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I don't see what's the big issue about languages. You don't have to know Objective-C unless you want to develop Cocoa applications. If you want to use C++ you can use MacApp, MacZoop, or PowerPlant which are all Carbon-based and work very well. Objective-C is very easy to pick up. It only takes a non-retard a day to learn. All this whining is ridiculous. The only case where you have to know a language other than C is if you're developing drivers, in which case you need to know C++. As for OS X, you want it pay for the hardware and breathe easy. You buy it, it works, you get your work done. The time I save using macs more than pays for the difference in hardware prices. If OS X came out for Intel hardware you whiners would complain about the price so Apple shoudln't bother!