I'm thinking of switching to Mac..
in [UK Mac]
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From: chris on 21 May 2010 04:41 On 20/05/10 23:51, David wrote: > > Hi there, Mac fans.. > > I'm thinking of switching to Mac. [snip] Most of the main things you've asked have been addressed by the others already. However, I can add that I only use Mac and Linux for work and find it very nice marriage indeed. You get very nice hardware, an OS that is very solid and all the unixy goodness thrown in for good measure. Plus, if you *have* to have MS Office you feel slightly less soiled on the Mac :) Although, Mac Office is now a very different product to Windows Office. There are two or three minor annoyances/preferences that I miss in OS X relative to Linux (and you raised two of them): - middle click is not used in the UI, only at the terminal (you need to get a non-apple mouse for it work too) - focus follows mouse is not available - multiple desktops is a bit kludgey when compared to Linux None of the above are deal-breakers. I'm a very command-line driven user and I feel very at home on the Mac. As you say you could dual-boot and Linux works very well on Mac hardware. In fact the developer of Mepis Linux (debian based) uses a Mac as his main workstation - it even comes with a Mac installer. Finally, you don't mention what your main requirements are as this may give a better idea of what it's going to be used for. Overall, I'd say go for it, but be prepared that it isn't perfect (nothing is) and there will be things to re-learn. BTW if you have a way of being affiliated to a futher/higher education establishment (or know someone who is) you can get a significant discount on the hardware. p.s. Magsafe is worth a hellovalot more that a tenner! I've no idea how many times someone's pulled the cable away while I've been sat on the sofa. It's one of those 'how did I manage before?' game changers. p.p.s oh and the multi-touch trackpad is /awesome/.
From: T i m on 21 May 2010 05:59 On Fri, 21 May 2010 09:41:22 +0100, chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> wrote: <snip> >p.s. Magsafe is worth a hellovalot more that a tenner! I agree that's a pretty god idea. Out of interest has anyone copied it somehow? > I've no idea how >many times someone's pulled the cable away while I've been sat on the >sofa. Also handy when you throw the Mac off yer lap when it sets fire to you! ;-) Cheers, T i m ps This thread has highlighted a couple of Linux apps that could be handy.
From: chris on 21 May 2010 06:06 On 21/05/10 10:59, T i m wrote: > On Fri, 21 May 2010 09:41:22 +0100, chris<ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > <snip> > >> p.s. Magsafe is worth a hellovalot more that a tenner! > > I agree that's a pretty god idea. Out of interest has anyone copied it > somehow? I've asked that before and the response is that it is probably patented/trademarked to the hilt. >> I've no idea how >> many times someone's pulled the cable away while I've been sat on the >> sofa. > > Also handy when you throw the Mac off yer lap when it sets fire to > you! ;-) Saves on heating bills for me.
From: chris on 21 May 2010 06:16 On 21/05/10 10:58, Tim Streater wrote: > In article<c0rgc7-8l4.ln1(a)pepper.local.lan>, >> ..and the part of focus follows mouse that I find really indispensible >> is that you can type into a window which is only partially-visible >> underneath another window (which you might be wanting to see, while >> you type) > > Too dangerous, and why I made the comment above. It'd be too easy to > type into the wrong window - there you are doing your documentation (you > *do* document stuff, don't you?) and you get to the point where you say: > > " ... and next you type in a Terminal window: > > rm -rf * > exit > > and then you ... " I doubt it. How often do you intend to rm -rf * (this thread excepted) in a non-terminal window? I can't say I ever have. Even if you did want to do this, you'd make bloody-well sure it's in the correct window. Also, we all have back-ups, don't we? The only time I did an rm -rf * where I didn't intend to was when I was in the wrong directory, not the wrong window. I've been using unix/linux daily for about 10years now.
From: chris on 21 May 2010 06:33
On 21/05/10 11:27, Tim Streater wrote: > In article<ht5miu$e9r$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > chris<ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 21/05/10 10:58, Tim Streater wrote: >>> In article<c0rgc7-8l4.ln1(a)pepper.local.lan>, >>>> ..and the part of focus follows mouse that I find really indispensible >>>> is that you can type into a window which is only partially-visible >>>> underneath another window (which you might be wanting to see, while >>>> you type) >>> >>> Too dangerous, and why I made the comment above. It'd be too easy to >>> type into the wrong window - there you are doing your documentation (you >>> *do* document stuff, don't you?) and you get to the point where you say: >>> >>> " ... and next you type in a Terminal window: >>> >>> rm -rf * >>> exit >>> >>> and then you ... " >> >> I doubt it. How often do you intend to rm -rf * (this thread excepted) >> in a non-terminal window? I can't say I ever have. Even if you did want >> to do this, you'd make bloody-well sure it's in the correct window. >> >> Also, we all have back-ups, don't we? >> >> The only time I did an rm -rf * where I didn't intend to was when I was >> in the wrong directory, not the wrong window. I've been using unix/linux >> daily for about 10years now. > > I have done: > > rm * wiggy > > rather than: > > rm *wiggy > > before now. Trouble was, it was on someone else's machine :-( Oh yeah, BTDT. More than once... |