Comments on: Mac OS(u)X

By: Lohit

Lohit — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:39:46 +0000

Why not just install OpenSolaris or Linux or Windows(Arghhh…!!!) on Apple hardware. Best of both the worlds…

By: Ananth

Ananth — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:27:14 +0000

@ Neeraj,

I whine about the keyboard because there is *no* feckin way to customize shortcut sequences. I don’t give a damn if Steve Jobs thinks its consistent to have uniform keystrokes across applications. Let the fanboys have them by default. I want to customize them at my whim and wit. Lets just say I want to “Think Different”.

By: Neeraj Krishnan

Neeraj Krishnan — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:28:04 +0000

Are these not contradictory in some sense?

“I am tired of seeing ancient egyptian symbols on the keyboard shortcuts menu which for god-knows-why are not labelled on the bloody keyboard.”

and

“I loathe it for one reason – it thinks I am an average dumb piece of ass”

Those symbols assume you are not

In some sense the macintosh is similar to the mini cooper automobile, they have secret nifty codes, rights of passages, and pride of ownership. Surely its worth a little effort to get in?

By: Nelchael

Nelchael — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:55:52 +0000

I wonder what’s more painful: Mac or Windows + Cygwin…

By: Ananth

Ananth — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:54:36 +0000

@ Michel,

Dude, I work with a hundred other people who choose Mac over Windows – almost every single one of them hates it as much or more than I do – It has nothing to do with third party drivers or bad hardware (Top of the line $3000 Macbook pros)

I don’t care so much any more – I almost exclusively use Ubuntu on VirtualBox inside the mac.

By: Michel

Michel — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:16:24 +0000

Well I’m using Mac powerbooks for years, and am quite happy with them.
-I never shutdown the thing (why would you need to?). I just close the lid to make it sleep (in my latest powerbook, it hibernates to save power)
-Never had any crashes (since 10.2) but true some 3rd party hardware with bad drivers can make the kernel panic.
-Terminal is the app I use the most. emulation is really great. Not slow at all here (event on a G4!)

Maybe your OS is damaged or your computer is a lemon.

I would suggest to:
1. Install latest combo update from Apple
2. Try an archive and install of the system DVD

My powerbook is a tool I use to connect to Solaris systems, browse the web and read my mail. It has never let me down in years.

By: Nithya

Nithya — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:54:44 +0000

Before you refute…

http://www.felipe-alfaro.org/blog/2006/08/19/installing-ubuntu-linux-on-a-macbook-pro/

By: Nithya

Nithya — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:18:36 +0000

Why dont you try installing your favorite flavor of Linux or Solaris on that Macbook Pro?

By: taltamir

taltamir — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:37:55 +0000

being “different” is no excuse for sucking… be “different” when “different” means better. Not when it means worse.

By: You-know-who

You-know-who — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:24:14 +0000

Hey Ananth,

Relax…. take the Linux pill… or OpenSolaris for that matter…:-)