Comments on: Switching to Mac OS? http://www.geardiary.com/2007/01/09/switching-to-mac-os/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:19:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kismethttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/01/09/switching-to-mac-os/#comment-2091 Kismet Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:12:07 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=1919#comment-2091 I wrote more on my blog, cut and paste to here "I bought the Apple Macbook last year on my birthday as a gift to myself. After using Mac OSX for a few days, I installed Windows XP. It didn't work very well, lacking some key features that make navigating Windows very hard. Some third party applications solved a lot of the problems so I kept it on there in case I needed to install some applications. OSX was nice, a very refreshing change. There were some major problems though. Loading multimedia applications was strangly slow. WMV support was non-existant. A short "hack" later and it works but again, slow. Switching between windows/applications was strange and may require a complete re-wire in my head to use it comfortably. Installations were easy and fun, causing me to smirk each time I installed something new. File management would also require a re-wire since everything is sorted by application and by the application. Startup is faster yes, but a Windows power user can achieve similar results by configuring and optimizing startup. There's no video support in MSN Messenger. Scrolling through FireFox isn't as smooth. One of the bigger issues is that I'm unable to use my favorite programs. "There are better/easier to use programs that take its place" you say. NOT! There is no program that replaces IrfanView, a robust, lightning quick, full-featured image viewer. BSplayer is still one of the easiest to use video players, the older versions mind you. VLC is great but not as intuitive. Quicktime is extremely slow in everything and not intuitive at all. In short, I CAN use Mac OSX, but I don't WANT to. The more I think about it, the less I like OSX. The Macbook hardware is exceptional. It lacks some key features however. Most notably a memory card reader. Everything else is in order. The MagSafe connector works very well. The screen is beautiful. The built in webcam works wonderfully, in both OSX and Windows. The keyboard is a delight to type on. The trackpad is large and almost flush with the wristpad, making it comfortable to use. The trackpad's button is a bit mushy but works properly and doesn't make much noise. I have a huge issue with the DVD-RW drive though. The slot loading is nice and the eject button on the keyboard works, however, when burning audio CDs, it skips. This is in both OSX using iTunes and in Windows using Nero. Bugger." I wrote more on my blog, cut and paste to here

“I bought the Apple Macbook last year on my birthday as a gift to myself. After using Mac OSX for a few days, I installed Windows XP. It didn’t work very well, lacking some key features that make navigating Windows very hard. Some third party applications solved a lot of the problems so I kept it on there in case I needed to install some applications. OSX was nice, a very refreshing change. There were some major problems though. Loading multimedia applications was strangly slow. WMV support was non-existant. A short “hack” later and it works but again, slow. Switching between windows/applications was strange and may require a complete re-wire in my head to use it comfortably. Installations were easy and fun, causing me to smirk each time I installed something new. File management would also require a re-wire since everything is sorted by application and by the application. Startup is faster yes, but a Windows power user can achieve similar results by configuring and optimizing startup. There’s no video support in MSN Messenger. Scrolling through FireFox isn’t as smooth. One of the bigger issues is that I’m unable to use my favorite programs. “There are better/easier to use programs that take its place” you say. NOT! There is no program that replaces IrfanView, a robust, lightning quick, full-featured image viewer. BSplayer is still one of the easiest to use video players, the older versions mind you. VLC is great but not as intuitive. Quicktime is extremely slow in everything and not intuitive at all. In short, I CAN use Mac OSX, but I don’t WANT to. The more I think about it, the less I like OSX.

The Macbook hardware is exceptional. It lacks some key features however. Most notably a memory card reader. Everything else is in order. The MagSafe connector works very well. The screen is beautiful. The built in webcam works wonderfully, in both OSX and Windows. The keyboard is a delight to type on. The trackpad is large and almost flush with the wristpad, making it comfortable to use. The trackpad’s button is a bit mushy but works properly and doesn’t make much noise. I have a huge issue with the DVD-RW drive though. The slot loading is nice and the eject button on the keyboard works, however, when burning audio CDs, it skips. This is in both OSX using iTunes and in Windows using Nero. Bugger.”

]]> By: Kismethttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/01/09/switching-to-mac-os/#comment-2090 Kismet Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:56:43 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=1919#comment-2090 Windows runs surprisingly well with nary a glitch. With the most recent BootCamp drivers it added the one thing I was missing, touchpad scrolling. It does so the same way Mac OSX does it too, two fingers on the touchpad. Right click works by having two fingers on the touchpad and clicking. Two caveats off the top of my head: battery life is slightly less, and the screen/Apple logo doesn't turn off when I close the lid. My solution to the latter is to place my mouse on the Apple logo when I goto bed at night until the screen powers off =D. Windows runs surprisingly well with nary a glitch. With the most recent BootCamp drivers it added the one thing I was missing, touchpad scrolling. It does so the same way Mac OSX does it too, two fingers on the touchpad. Right click works by having two fingers on the touchpad and clicking. Two caveats off the top of my head: battery life is slightly less, and the screen/Apple logo doesn’t turn off when I close the lid. My solution to the latter is to place my mouse on the Apple logo when I goto bed at night until the screen powers off =D.

]]> By: Judiehttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/01/09/switching-to-mac-os/#comment-2086 Judie Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:49:06 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=1919#comment-2086 Nah, I think 8ysco owns 'iPhone' fair and square...but I bet Apple will pay them a pretty penny to use the name. ;-) Nah, I think 8ysco owns ‘iPhone’ fair and square…but I bet Apple will pay them a pretty penny to use the name. ;-)

]]> By: Allen Honghttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/01/09/switching-to-mac-os/#comment-2078 Allen Hong Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:43:06 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=1919#comment-2078 I think Sysco is going to rename their phone to something else... unless they want apple to sue them? I think Sysco is going to rename their phone to something else… unless they want apple to sue them?

]]> By: Judiehttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/01/09/switching-to-mac-os/#comment-2074 Judie Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:02:04 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=1919#comment-2074 I have been saying all along it would still be called iPhone. Just last night I told someone that I bet it would still be called iPhone, Sysco be damned, and they looked at me like I was nuts. ;-) ha ha! I have been saying all along it would still be called iPhone. Just last night I told someone that I bet it would still be called iPhone, Sysco be damned, and they looked at me like I was nuts. ;-) ha ha!

]]> By: Allen Honghttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/01/09/switching-to-mac-os/#comment-2073 Allen Hong Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:33:54 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=1919#comment-2073 LOL, yeah that iPhone is real eh? It does look pretty slick too ;) So Kismet, you run Windows fulltime on your Macbook? How is it? Runs good? LOL, yeah that iPhone is real eh?
It does look pretty slick too ;)

So Kismet, you run Windows fulltime on your Macbook? How is it? Runs good?

]]> By: Kismethttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/01/09/switching-to-mac-os/#comment-2071 Kismet Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:30:43 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=1919#comment-2071 OM-FREAKING-G.. iPhone Please Be Mine asdfaslfjkadfjaldfpiouasjnda;senvnxcjknwehrnsdfn I can't stop salivating.. I need a bib.. quick, Brando make a usb-powered bib that'll turn this drool into drinkable water.. GAH! it's still going on.. the keynote.. just needed to.. express.. my.. emotions.. O_O not to "threadjack" I bought a Macbook and I installed Windows on it. I go back to Mac OSX from time to time but I'm finding it harder to get things done... OM-FREAKING-G..

iPhone
Please
Be
Mine
asdfaslfjkadfjaldfpiouasjnda;senvnxcjknwehrnsdfn
I can’t stop salivating.. I need a bib.. quick, Brando make a usb-powered bib that’ll turn this drool into drinkable water..

GAH! it’s still going on.. the keynote.. just needed to.. express.. my.. emotions.. O_O

not to “threadjack”
I bought a Macbook and I installed Windows on it. I go back to Mac OSX from time to time but I’m finding it harder to get things done…

]]> By: MitchellOhttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/01/09/switching-to-mac-os/#comment-2066 MitchellO Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:07:06 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=1919#comment-2066 I would like to point out thought that I find my MacBook Pro excellent for gaming. While the X1600 isn't the fastest chip on the block, its still very good. I play Call of Duty 2 natively in Mac, and I get awesome framerates at the screens native 1440x900 res!! And coupled with Boot Camp and Windows XP, you can run any PC games as well!! So far I have played on my MBP: * Call of Duty 2 (Mac) * Counter Strike Source (PC) * Age of Empires 3 (PC) * FlatOut2 (a racing sort of game for PC) They all run fantastically! I would like to point out thought that I find my MacBook Pro excellent for gaming. While the X1600 isn’t the fastest chip on the block, its still very good. I play Call of Duty 2 natively in Mac, and I get awesome framerates at the screens native 1440×900 res!! And coupled with Boot Camp and Windows XP, you can run any PC games as well!! So far I have played on my MBP:

* Call of Duty 2 (Mac)
* Counter Strike Source (PC)
* Age of Empires 3 (PC)
* FlatOut2 (a racing sort of game for PC)

They all run fantastically!

]]> By: MitchellOhttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/01/09/switching-to-mac-os/#comment-2064 MitchellO Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:58:13 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=1919#comment-2064 So far I am extremely happy with my MacBook Pro :D I've only had it for 3 weeks, but its just so good!! Just a quick snapshot of my MBP: http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1010005ee5.jpg So far I am extremely happy with my MacBook Pro :D I’ve only had it for 3 weeks, but its just so good!!

Just a quick snapshot of my MBP:
http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1010005ee5.jpg

]]> By: Alsicolehttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/01/09/switching-to-mac-os/#comment-2063 Alsicole Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:06:33 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=1919#comment-2063 There's a lot of it about. Doug at Daily Gadget just joined the ranks of Mac owners over there too! He's discovering all the stuff that Teenage Fanboy already did. There’s a lot of it about. Doug at Daily Gadget just joined the ranks of Mac owners over there too! He’s discovering all the stuff that Teenage Fanboy already did.

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