Okay I am a bit confused. Java 1.4.1 is available at Apple's Developer
site, so are you referring to 1.4 in general? But you mention that you
are coder?
Just curious and not picking on your choice of platforms (smile).
Jerry
On Tuesday, December 24, 2002, at 01:36 AM, Henri Yandell wrote:
>
> I had a few reasons for getting a Windows XP laptop [not really a
> switch
> as I have no plans to stop being an Apple user].
>
> I'm a Java coder and [according to my wife] an OS junkie, so there are
> aspects of this that are truly geekish. Java on OS X has been
> impressive
> and unimpressive at the same time, companies are still writing Java
> applications for OS X as an afterthought, JDK 1.4 is still not out, and
> yet GUI's on OS X perform well and they've finally sorted out the JDK
> install to feel right.
>
> However, I cannot play games on my Apple laptop [Championship Manager
> 3,
> an old favourite is PC only, as are many others], I can't do MS
> development on the powerbook [.Net/C#/VB] and I can't learn about XP
> on OS
> X. I also can't do documentation for work, because much as I like
> OmniGraffle it is not a format anyone at work will be able to work
> with.
>
> These are all pretty minor qualms, except for the games. The bit that
> pushed me to go for it was OS 10.2. I came to OS X looking for a brave
> new
> world that intermixed commercial artistry with open source stoicism. OS
> 10.1 was that. I have an iPod I adore and have marvelled at the ease
> with
> which my camera links to the machine. Having to pay for a 10.2 upgrade
> that was essentially just a few tweaks and thrown in tiny apps was not
> enjoyable. If more had been in there I would have been less unhappy,
> but
> it felt as though Apple took a tight corner in the market and sunk
> their
> teeth into the monopoly they pretty much have. Since then they've not
> had
> a good PR time and I'm not prepared to be limited to their monpoly.
>
> So I'm doubling my bets. I'll choose both Apple and MS, and I'll put
> Linux
> on the MS machine as well. [I would do this on the Apple, but the
> powerbook I have doesn't seem to suit Linux well. Ethernet and Sound
> card
> weirdnesses].
>
> I'll accept the Apple monopoly that I admire, but find overbearing, and
> the MS monopoly attempts that I sympathise with, but find inadequate
> and
> the Linux world I find comfortable, but empty, and I'll try to make
> them
> all meld.
>
> Rant over. I'll send another email with a different tack... What I miss
> about the powerbook on the XP machine.
>
> Hen
>
>
> On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Ward Oldham wrote:
>
>> Henri,
>>
>> You're brave to admit it.
>>
>> Take a stab at educating us Mac folk and tell us what application(s)
>> forced you to go that direction. It obviously wasn't a choice between
>> operating systems.
>>
>>
>
>
>
> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28.
> For more information about the LCS, go to <http://www.kymac.org>.
>
>
>
The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 28.
For more information about the LCS, go to <http://www.kymac.org>.
