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Originally posted by parasiticgannon
[B]I know I just started using Os X, but I'm enjoying it. Grant it there isn't as much software, but there is enough. There is more and more support for mac nowaday.
Everything worth getting (bar games, then just buy an xbox360 as PC Gaming is dead bar about 5 decent exclusive titles a year) is either available on Mac or has an equivalent thats better anyway. (ie MSN/AIM --> Adium)
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So far I don't really like the Dock, Yeah it looks cool, but not nearly as good as my trusty start menu and app bar from Windows. I've been using Windows for many years now, It's hard to get away from that.
You'll get used to it. The Applications button is basically your start bar, not really much difference. Control Panel is brought up easily from the Apple Menu anytime, and the ability to mount pretty much anything on the dock itself is great. I have 2 stacks for general downloads and usenet downloads as well as my Apps and Trash, and I keep meaning to make a stack for my most used apps.
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Not enough MP3 players, I want something better than Itunes, It's ok but not great.
Agreed. iTunes is brilliant for mass organisation tho, I have a PC running a 200gb HDD as an iTunes library and the Macbook then connects to this library automatically when I load it (which takes seconds). My wish is for an mp3 player like winamp that I just use to play random songs and new stuff from, rather than library based. I have multiple uses for mp3s therefore I need multiple players. I use Audion for playlisted stuff (a bit slow and clunky) and Realplayer for single files.
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Still no matter what, It runs fantastic, I guess the system is suppose to use the ram it has, I'm just not used to that. When a app says it's using damn near a gig of ram, I feel there is a problem.
If the system feels like its running fine, don't worry about it. Vista isn't much different with its reporting, and the RAM thing you're reading isn't the true usage anyway, thats the virtual usage thing which I ignore all the time.
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The Finder isn't nearly as good as Explorer, Again maybe cause i'm not used to it yet, It just feels foriegn.
Its better. Get a proper apple keyboard and start learning all the keyboard shortcuts.
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Add/remove programs? Just drag and drop, It doesn't get rid of everything. I prefer add/remove option like in Windows.
True, but Add/Remove programs leaves a lot of shit behind, and half the time it doesn't work anyway. You can get progs like AppZapper that'll remove things fully, but as each icon is in fact a package and not just an .exe , it does do a decent job.
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System preference vs. Control Panel, I prefer the Os X, It seems better. Not a lot of shit I'll never use.
Yeah, its pretty good. I like it too.
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The Widgets are much better in Os X than in Vista. M$ fucked that one up.
I don't care for them. I use the calculator every so often and thats about it. I just have no need for widgets in general.
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Safari is a joke.
Only used it about 5 times. Waste of time.
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Biggest qualm with Mac so far is Quicktime, I can understand Quicktime pro for Windows costing Money, But why the fuck would you have to purchase Pro if you buy a mac? That's garbage!!!
I don't get you.. quicktime pro is for encoding etc, quicktime for playback etc is free. There's no reason for them to give you QTPro for free.
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I don't know where stuff downloads when it doesn't download to the desktop, When I download a zip file it automatically unzips? I hate that.
It shouldn't do. You definitely telling it to save and not open?
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I understand a .dmg file it's macs version of exe. but what in the hell is a hqx file?
Thats incorrect, DMG is a diskimage and is a standard image format for OSX, similar to ISO but used much more commonly amongst normal non-warezy downloads. Its a good system. Can't remember what HQX is if I ever knew.
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I feel like a complete noob now, I know NOTHING about how Mac works. I bought a book about Tiger today, Just so I can understand it.
Tiger is good, some prefer it to Leopard. I haven't decided yet. There's some elements of Leopard now I utterly love. I like stacks which some don't due to the way I work, and Spaces (despite its few problems) is slick. Screen sharing over Bonjour (via iChat) is rad as all hell too.
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