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Using OSX for the first time...

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BigToquex

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All I can say is that I am pretty impressed.

Visually, this is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. The icons are so pretty and colourful. When I minimize IE, the icon at the bottom is a thumbnail of the current page... how cool is that?

The bar at the bottom is hella cool...

I dunno, I like what I see, so I thought I'd share
 
it looks nice but whats special about it
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So far, I can't say whats special about it... I've only been on this system at university for about 15 minutes. Not enough time to tell you how functional it is.

This is supposed to be built on Unix right? (OR BSD?) Does that mean there is a command line?
 
sure it looks nice, but the interface is kinda slow and clumsy. I prefer my computers to be quick and responsive when I click something, not wait 5 seconds for some cool-for-the-first-time animation.
 
Originally posted by: BigToque
it looks nice but whats special about it
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So far, I can't say whats special about it... I've only been on this system at university for about 15 minutes. Not enough time to tell you how functional it is.

This is supposed to be built on Unix right? (OR BSD?) Does that mean there is a command line?
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how ironic.

Mac OS is now Command line based (kind of)

MS Windows OS is basically GUI based (kind of)

oh well.
 
I could never find anything when I was on a Mac. I didn't know what the hell was going on. I guess I need to find somebody Mac inclined to show me where all the standard stuff is. I was just trying to find something to open up a command window to play around but I was getting nothing!

It's very different, that's for sure. I'm not sure I like the whole scheme for maximizing windows and such. It's possible it was only on the machine I was using though because it was in a university computer lab.

-silver
 
Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
it looks nice but whats special about it 😛
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it's built on a UNIX core, therefore it is ultra stable, and won't be hacked an inordinate amount of times like Windows. the UI is also much better than windows, which is important.
 
Originally posted by: BigToque
All I can say is that I am pretty impressed.

Visually, this is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. The icons are so pretty and colourful. When I minimize IE, the icon at the bottom is a thumbnail of the current page... how cool is that?

The bar at the bottom is hella cool...

I dunno, I like what I see, so I thought I'd share
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Yea, thats all fun and games until your parents come in and see a tiny little picture of the goatse guy on your screen.
 
Originally posted by: SWirth86
Originally posted by: BigToque
All I can say is that I am pretty impressed.

Visually, this is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. The icons are so pretty and colourful. When I minimize IE, the icon at the bottom is a thumbnail of the current page... how cool is that?

The bar at the bottom is hella cool...

I dunno, I like what I see, so I thought I'd share
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Yea, thats all fun and games until your parents come in and see a tiny little picture of the goatse guy on your screen.
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ahahahaha
 
Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
it looks nice but whats special about it 😛
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it's built on a UNIX core, therefore it is ultra stable, and won't be hacked an inordinate amount of times like Windows. the UI is also much better than windows, which is important.
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LOL. Unix may be stable, but OSX is NOT stable. Once you start tinkering with something, you inherently make it less stable. Same thing with security. I could easily say that NT was based off Unix as well, thus NT is ultra stable and ultra secure, right? Therefore, 2000 and XP are both ultra stable and ultra secure as well.

OSX should actually be more stable than windows because of proprietary hardware. Apple designs their OS specifically to work with specific kinds of hardware. Microsoft, on the other hand, must take into consideration about 50 different manufacturers with 50 different designs, plus they must make sure that their stuff will work with anything that is developed in the future as well. Apple doesn't have this problem. 95% of all problems stem from hardware problems and conflicts. OSX should, in theory, be rock solid. I think we've seen though, that this is not the case.
 
Originally posted by: Megatomic
Yes, there is a command line... I forgot what Apple calls it though. 🙁
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Chances are on a University computer you won't be able to get to it anyhow.

I don't mind macs, but after having a job using one.. I'm frustrated enough to not want to buy one. Don't get me wrong, I can do just about anything on a mac, but to me it's just like it took the functionality away just like Windows ME... to do anything really advanced, you have to mess with system files and stuff. It's not big deal really, but I just wouldn't spend my money on something that I can't use to the full power I can use XP.

I'll be the first Windows fan boy to stop from bashing the mac and give a valid reason for not liking it. OSX looks really cool and has some REALLY sweet features, but using it to the degree I can use Windows is next to impossible.
 
I heart OS X.

And the command line utility is called Terminal. You can find it in the Applications/Utilites folder.
 
Originally posted by: BigToque
it looks nice but whats special about it
Click to expand...

So far, I can't say whats special about it... I've only been on this system at university for about 15 minutes. Not enough time to tell you how functional it is.

This is supposed to be built on Unix right? (OR BSD?) Does that mean there is a command line?
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Mac HD/Applications/Utilities/Terminal

EDIT: Also, if Mac released the internal x86 OSX build for PX's, I would probably buy it and give it a try. I just don't have the money to buy a Mac tower or laptop. And yes, I know Mac is a hardware company.
 
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