BobH. <[email protected]> wrote: > I think a lot of us have said for a good while, that modern 'puters are 99% > eye candy or effects; and maybe as much as 1% real work, though doubt it. > > DOS worked so well, cos it did none of that. Boring to the sighted, but > even they were more focussed on getting real info in or out and not just > there to play with it. > > So, yes, a cutToTheQwik system that took us back to doing the stuff we're > doing, without all the other overhead, would have some use; can think of > professional areas where it would be saleable for it's simplicity; but > doubt it's going to happen.
It's already happening. If you work primarily from the Linux console (just using the GUI for tasks that require it, e.g., Web browsing), you essentially have what you've described. this can't be done in the same way under OS X, which always loads a graphical desktop environment. I'm writing this message from a Linux virtual terminal. So far as the two operating systems are concerned, there are some applications for which I like to use OS X, but it's my Linux laptop that I'm using most often at home just now, even though the Macbook is newer. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
