Preview of Longhorn
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Jason
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the thought that gimp could possibly compete with a graphic design professional suite is very humorous gia 
unfortunately i tend to agree with hab here, there is no real competition, linux distros dont have the programming power/money behind them and thus develop in a different cycle (and struggle to do so IMO)
ive said it before, i'll say it again, i am much more productive in a windows 2000 or windows xp pro environment (with all visual stuffs turned off) than in the current osx. why? because of all the visual wastes that slow down simple things of the system... i wish apple would give us a choice to turn off alot of stuff. oh well
anyways i like both, and i find it kinda funny, and that runs like 95 used to run on my old 486
unfortunately i tend to agree with hab here, there is no real competition, linux distros dont have the programming power/money behind them and thus develop in a different cycle (and struggle to do so IMO)
ive said it before, i'll say it again, i am much more productive in a windows 2000 or windows xp pro environment (with all visual stuffs turned off) than in the current osx. why? because of all the visual wastes that slow down simple things of the system... i wish apple would give us a choice to turn off alot of stuff. oh well
anyways i like both, and i find it kinda funny, and that runs like 95 used to run on my old 486
hulkaros
The Incredible...
Originally posted by Jason
ive said it before, i'll say it again, i am much more productive in a windows 2000 or windows xp pro environment (with all visual stuffs turned off) than in the current osx. why? because of all the visual wastes that slow down simple things of the system... i wish apple would give us a choice to turn off alot of stuff. oh well
anyways i like both, and i find it kinda funny, and that runs like 95 used to run on my old 486
...but you can disable/tone down a lot those visual "wastes" of OS X... You can eliminate shadows, remove metal from apps, change genie into scale, use shades, theme OS X to make it look like OS 9 or even Windows XP
, etc. Although, you will need a full hour, at the most, to complete the transformation of OS X in the end you may be more than fine with it... As for OS X "slow" visuals it may be time for you to buy that up and coming G5 Dual 2GHz
habilis
Ministry of Re-Education
Here's what we're all going to find out next; if you want Panther to run like it is intended to, you gotta have a G5. It's no mistake or coincidence that Apple makes operating systems that are so incredibly taxing on CPU's, remember, like I stated before, Apple makes almost 90% of it's revenue from selling new Macs - so how does apple get people to buy so many new Macs every year? Simple, make OS's that can't run on old machines. Follow the Money, Follow the Money.
hulkaros
The Incredible...
Originally posted by Jason
trust me, i would if i could...
and hulk, you know very well im talking about in OS visual options, i dont want to have to dl 8 different programs to change the way things work
...no doubt that if all those things were built-in would be awesome but at least you can do what you want to do... Even if that means that you will waste (!?) of 1 hour tops! From then on, whatever you need to change, even if it is everything about OS X, it is not more than 10-20 clicks at the most!!!
Now, reverse the scenario and try to make a Windows OS look and act like OS X... YOU CANNOT, no matter how hard you will try... Then again waiting for Longhorn IS an option
Even the Windows built-in Theme technology isn't all that good... That's why there are at least 2 other competing products out there
Plus, if a user actually wants to change how the system looks other than those built-in themes he is in for some serious internet killing time... As for downloading xxxx different apps:
1.ThemeChanger (free)
2.AquaFix (just to be on the safe side --free)
3.WindowShade ($10)
4.ShadowKiller (free)
5.Metallifizer (free)
With 3 of them being on the same site ( http://www.unsanity.com ) and the other 2 from one other site ( http://homepage.mac.com/max_08/ ) ...
Come on Jason, give it a shot!
Oh, and I stand in my previous position:
"As for OS X "slow" visuals it may be time for you to buy that up and coming G5 Dual 2GHz"
Until Longhorn/Athens PC, Wintels/Amd are soooooo 90's...
hulkaros
The Incredible...
Originally posted by Jason
trust me, i would if i could...
and hulk, you know very well im talking about in OS visual options, i dont want to have to dl 8 different programs to change the way things work
...no doubt that if all those things were built-in would be awesome but at least you can do what you want to do... Even if that means that you will waste (!?) of 1 hour tops! From then on, whatever you need to change, even if it is everything about OS X, it is not more than 10-20 clicks at the most!!!
Now, reverse the scenario and try to make a Windows OS look and act like OS X... YOU CANNOT, no matter how hard you will try... Then again waiting for Longhorn IS an option
Even the Windows built-in Theme technology isn't all that good... That's why there are at least 2 other competing products out there
Plus, if a user actually wants to change how the system looks other than those built-in themes he is in for some serious internet killing time... As for downloading xxxx different apps:
1.ThemeChanger (free)
2.AquaFix (just to be on the safe side --free)
3.WindowShade ($10)
4.ShadowKiller (free)
5.Metallifizer (free)
With 3 of them being on the same site ( http://www.unsanity.com ) and the other 2 from one other site ( http://homepage.mac.com/max_08/ ) ...
Come on Jason, give it a shot!
Oh, and I stand in my previous position:
"As for OS X "slow" visuals it may be time for you to buy that up and coming G5 Dual 2GHz"
Until Longhorn/Athens PC, Wintels/Amds are soooooo 90's...