18 Jan 2007, 5:04 pm
CockneyRebel
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18 Jan 2007, 5:18 pm
My friend bought one, a little over a week, ago. 
18 Jan 2007, 5:26 pm
ahayes wrote:
I bought an iMac yesterday, it should be here by next week. Here's hoping I don't have the same problems with OSX that I have with Windows. Windows isn't particularly hardy when it comes to installing and uninstalling programs. If I install programs at a rate of one per day Windows craps up in about a month. On Linux I can install at a much higher rate and it doesn't crap up at all, unfortunately I still have problems getting any distribution of Linux to a usable state on my computer. Knowing that the core of OSX is similar to that of Linux I'd imagine having the same kind of "installibility" as Linux. I'm also interested to see what its like developing for the Mac. I have developed some wxWidgets apps on Windows and Linux, and have messed around with CLI (which really craptacular IMO), but I wonder what the implications of using cocoa are. I have found that with the way Windows lays things out on the screen that multitasking is sort of pointless because it doesn't use the screen as efficiently. From my experience of OSX in the past multitasking was a lot more practical. I also have a relative who has a predjudice against Macintoshes and I'd love to rub it in his face.
Congratulations
I can't wait for my Mac Pro and Leopard. Am also going to attempt development on it with Quartz, Cocoa, XCode. What Linux distros and desktops have you tried?
18 Jan 2007, 5:48 pm
congratulations on a wonderful purchase. you won't be disappointed. 
18 Jan 2007, 5:49 pm
andy1976uk wrote:
ahayes wrote:
I bought an iMac yesterday, it should be here by next week. Here's hoping I don't have the same problems with OSX that I have with Windows. Windows isn't particularly hardy when it comes to installing and uninstalling programs. If I install programs at a rate of one per day Windows craps up in about a month. On Linux I can install at a much higher rate and it doesn't crap up at all, unfortunately I still have problems getting any distribution of Linux to a usable state on my computer. Knowing that the core of OSX is similar to that of Linux I'd imagine having the same kind of "installibility" as Linux. I'm also interested to see what its like developing for the Mac. I have developed some wxWidgets apps on Windows and Linux, and have messed around with CLI (which really craptacular IMO), but I wonder what the implications of using cocoa are. I have found that with the way Windows lays things out on the screen that multitasking is sort of pointless because it doesn't use the screen as efficiently. From my experience of OSX in the past multitasking was a lot more practical. I also have a relative who has a predjudice against Macintoshes and I'd love to rub it in his face.
Congratulations
I can't wait for my Mac Pro and Leopard. Am also going to attempt development on it with Quartz, Cocoa, XCode. What Linux distros and desktops have you tried?
Ubuntu, SLED, Mandrake, openSUSE, Red Hat, fedora, Sabayon, FreeBSD.
18 Jan 2007, 5:50 pm
Long Live the Macs 
They kick PCs' butts
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18 Jan 2007, 9:55 pm
you know I would have to chime in on this one....CONGRATS!!
don't forget to put a jar next to the mouse....for those who want to just touch the mouse charge'em .25¢.....50¢ for an actual click.
ROTF....this is in reference to the kids that come in my store and ooh and ahh over that plain mouse that came with my older iMac...it's got a clear overlay....Kids are mesmorized by it.
18 Jan 2007, 9:58 pm
macaddict wrote:
:nerdy: you know I would have to chime in on this one....CONGRATS!!
don't forget to put a jar next to the mouse....for those who want to just touch the mouse charge'em .25¢.....50¢ for an actual click.
ROTF....this is in reference to the kids that come in my store and ooh and ahh over that plain mouse that came with my older iMac...it's got a clear overlay....Kids are mesmorized by it.
don't forget to put a jar next to the mouse....for those who want to just touch the mouse charge'em .25¢.....50¢ for an actual click. ROTF....this is in reference to the kids that come in my store and ooh and ahh over that plain mouse that came with my older iMac...it's got a clear overlay....Kids are mesmorized by it.
I think I'm going to use my MX518 on the iMac and put the mighty mouse on the compaq.
18 Jan 2007, 10:01 pm
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