IT-Enquirer has a three-part special on Mac OS X 10.4: Part 1, 2 and 3. Update: I declare the comments section on this news item to be a disaster zone. It can't be saved. Just stay away.
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...before you perpetuate misinformation. I invite those of you still chanting the "Macs are more expensive/slower/have less software" mantra to read these three pieces from LinuxInsider, and to keep an open mind. And I'm still mystified that people who claim to be familiar with computers still don't know the difference between "MAC" and "Mac".
I completely agree with you about interface inconsistencies in OS X. Much of what Apple has been doing lately flagrantly violates their own Human Interface Guidelines. John Gruber has written extensively about this on his Daring Fireball weblog.
1.8 percent,
I'm presuming that your handle refers to the proportion of your cognitive abilities actually available to you, because you're talking out your ass.
"The single menu bar paradigm was dead 15 years ago, but lives on in Mac land."
This statement alone shows that you know precisely zero about interface design. Bruce Tognazzini's decades-old studies conclusively demonstrated that the single menu bar at the top of the screen is actually the most efficient placement. The menu bar in each window is actually a perfect example of bad interface design.
"Apple's pseudo-PDF system is fast but goes nowhere because it is not real PDF."
And what, pray tell, are "pseudo-PDF" and "real PDF"? Care to explain that to Adobe? I'm sure they'll be eager to hear from you.
"Building a giant laptop without a nice keyboard (17" powerbook) is yet another example of Apple falling on its face."
Absolute and total rubbish. I invite you to try any PowerBook keyboard (it's the same keyboard on all three models) before spouting off. Everyone who has used my 15" PowerBook has said the same thing: how impressed they are with the feel of the keyboard.
In short, you need a thorough beating with a clue-by-four. I don't know what you consider "having worked in computers for a long time", but it can't be that long, because you come across like a 13-year old Linux fanboy who's more concerned with ignorantly bad-mouthing other platforms than promoting the advantages of your own. I'm as impressed with Linux as anyone else, and your kind of moronic cheerleading certainly does the Linux community no favors. But hey, thanks for playing.
...before you perpetuate misinformation. I invite those of you still chanting the "Macs are more expensive/slower/have less software" mantra to read these three pieces from LinuxInsider, and to keep an open mind. And I'm still mystified that people who claim to be familiar with computers still don't know the difference between "MAC" and "Mac".
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/36120.html
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/36964.html
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/But-Theres-No-Software-for-the-Ma...
Rayiner Hashem,
I completely agree with you about interface inconsistencies in OS X. Much of what Apple has been doing lately flagrantly violates their own Human Interface Guidelines. John Gruber has written extensively about this on his Daring Fireball weblog.
1.8 percent,
I'm presuming that your handle refers to the proportion of your cognitive abilities actually available to you, because you're talking out your ass.
"The single menu bar paradigm was dead 15 years ago, but lives on in Mac land."
This statement alone shows that you know precisely zero about interface design. Bruce Tognazzini's decades-old studies conclusively demonstrated that the single menu bar at the top of the screen is actually the most efficient placement. The menu bar in each window is actually a perfect example of bad interface design.
"Apple's pseudo-PDF system is fast but goes nowhere because it is not real PDF."
And what, pray tell, are "pseudo-PDF" and "real PDF"? Care to explain that to Adobe? I'm sure they'll be eager to hear from you.
"Building a giant laptop without a nice keyboard (17" powerbook) is yet another example of Apple falling on its face."
Absolute and total rubbish. I invite you to try any PowerBook keyboard (it's the same keyboard on all three models) before spouting off. Everyone who has used my 15" PowerBook has said the same thing: how impressed they are with the feel of the keyboard.
In short, you need a thorough beating with a clue-by-four. I don't know what you consider "having worked in computers for a long time", but it can't be that long, because you come across like a 13-year old Linux fanboy who's more concerned with ignorantly bad-mouthing other platforms than promoting the advantages of your own. I'm as impressed with Linux as anyone else, and your kind of moronic cheerleading certainly does the Linux community no favors. But hey, thanks for playing.