Re: Mac OS X Reviewed by Me
Re: Mac OS X Reviewed by Me
- Subject: Re: Mac OS X Reviewed by Me
- From: Matt Johnston <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 11:01:58 +0100
On Sunday, March 30, 2003, at 08:40 am, Karan Misra wrote:
Hello fellow MUG members
I have posted a review of Mac OS X v.10.2 Jaguar.
I have some comments.
Networking and Sharing.
1. Your PC cannot access the net via your Mac because you are manually
setting the IP. Leave both ethernets as DHCP and with a crossover and
you will see the PC pick up a 10.x.x.x IP address.
2. Your PC can see the Mac as you have CUPS installed in Jaguar. Chekc
out Macosxhints for detail on SAMBA sharing a printer. It works the
other way too - you can attach a printer to the PC and print to it from
the Mac.
3. The PC likely can only see the Mac due to a) the protocols being
used and b) the order you have your ports in in the Network pane. Mac
OS X starts sharing on the first interface by default.
Ownership and Privileges
1. Apply to enclosed folders only works on files and folders that you
have the ability to change.
2. The complex problem you have with Permissions? Feel free to email me
offlist for resolution hints.
"Hey, it's not my fault"
If I buy a piano and can't make it play music, is it my fault?
Ease of Use and Stability
"OS 9's interface was simply more elegant"
That's a personal preference obviously. More objectively, Mac OS X is
easier to get people using the computer be it for simple applications
(mail, web, chat) or for more complex ones (imovie). I'm not basing
that on my experience - but rather on the experiences of my user group
and the reports back on demos that we give to the general public.
"I have never been able to keep Mac OS X running continuously for
longer than a week or two because of power outages in this part of the
world"
Karan - For the sake of your sanity get a UPS. Trust me on this.
Intelligence
"Windows XP....optimises your applications"
This "feature" makes me want to commit murder. It slows me down any
time I use Windows and it's the first feature I turn off....not that it
STAYS off or has any sort of "global setting".
"Windows Installers are not as Dumb as Mac OS X Installers"
I contend they are just as dumb. The difference here is that the
Windows one is being as smart as it can be. The Mac OS X one is simply
being misused - and sadly the biggest offender in this misuse is Apple.
The Installer can be more intelligent - it just...isn't being used
right.
"OS X's AI"
Gripe - none of these OSes have AI. They do have expert systems to a
greater or lesser degree.
Interface Customisation
Actually MS is as open as Apple with regard to interface customisation.
Bundled Apps
Safari is not bundled. It's also a Beta.
Also, do you think you need a disk defragmenter? Why?
Mac OS X has a System Restore application. It's on the installer CD.
Check it out.
Missing Features
I'm incredulous that you miss Windows System Hibernate and you don't
think that Apple's Sleep in Mac OS X is the greatest thing since sliced
bread. For portable users who have switched, this is the number one
comment we get back from them. It's amazing they say, it's fantastic
they shout, I can't believe it they stammer. That's just weird. On my
Windows system (well, my previous employers), I enjoyed waiting the 3
minutes it took for the system to read the RAM contents off the disk
and then get itself into the state where it could be usable again.
That, and the terrible battery life, made my Windows use HELL (but then
it was a DELL).
Switch User. You've got me there. Being able to do that remotely as
well as locally would be nice. NeXT could open remote sessions but this
is something that has value for me.
M
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