On 01/15/2002 11:35 AM, "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:It’s interesting that you mention this. I do recall that when I moved from a Sun Workstation to PC class machines, I did notice my productivity dropped dramatically as the PC could not handle the number of tasks I used to do simultaneously. As an engineer, I used to run a lot of different tasks on the machine at once (with several dozen windows open), but could not do so when I switched to management and lost my engineering workstation. The manager’s machines just could not keep up with what I wanted to do... That was almost ten years ago; but now I wonder if with the Unix underpinnings of OS X will I return to that level of task management – or do I need to now? Previously, my work was constrained by how much processing the machine could do, but now it is constrained by how much market, product, and services information I can review and cogitate...
When you think about the relatively limited memory bandwidth on Macs, the
sheer number of "windows" under MacOS X (I often have 300+ Quartz windows
open), and the 10+-to-1 compression ratio, you quickly release what a good
thing this feature is.
mikel
Holy cow! 300 windows open. That’s awesome! It made me wonder, what does the dock do when you send dozens and dozens of minimized windows to the Dock? Does the Dock stop accepting them after a while, or does it shrink down to microscopic size? <G> I know this is a trivial question for you or the group — your compression hack is nifty, and the point of the thread. But I was just stunned by the idea of that many windows open at once and how you would keep track of them. No need to answer if this, of course, just curious. Thanks!
PS — I have found since my switch to OSX, that I do keep many, many more programs and subsequent windows open, or minimized, and I have to get in the habit of not quitting programs, but just have them running forever....it’s unique experience after so many years on the Mac...the OSX system is so damn stable, it’s unbelievable...everything I need is always on and always there....no boot up time, no application start up time (except initially) just everything I want at hand and running...it’s great!
Steve
Hmmm... I wonder when Apple will start marketing a crystal ball – that’s what I really need, or at least the iFuture application ;-)
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Eric Hildum
