on 8/25/01 8:04 PM, Gordon Hawley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BRAVO!!!! Gordon, well written.
> On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, John wrote:
>
>> I think you're missing something of far greater importance than the look
>> and feel of OS X and that's the fact that Macintosh users FINALLY have a
>> true fully pre-emptive multitasking, multi-user OS. The fact that it took
>> Apple this long is truly pathetic. Or do you LIKE having to wait for files
>> to finish copying before you can do anything productive?
>
> Hmm, OK and we had to go to Unix to get this?! I just don't see the point.
> I could've loaded Linux on my 8500 two years ago and had a "fully
> pre-emptive multitasking, multi-user OS." What good is all this crap if it
> isn't the Mac OS? Buzz words are fine, but these have lost their meaning.
> Oh goodie, I can now multitask. Big freakin deal, I routinely run 20 apps
> on my Mac. I can really only do one thing at a time, so who cares in the
> end. Oh well I forgot, some people can talk on their cell phones while
> they drive, so I guess these same people do multiple things on their
> computers eh? Note, this example does not include the option of rendering
> 3D stuff and knocking it into the background while you work on something
> else in the front, because well really you're still only putting your
> attention into one thing at a time.
>
> It really makes me laugh when people complain about how in Classic Mac OS
> when they launch an app, they have to wait for it to load, before they can
> go do something else. Hmm, well how long does this take, a few seconds at
> most. I mean it's not like you're going to jump into Word and write a book
> while your other app loads is it? People need ot get a clue about this
> sort of thing before they jump all over it.
>
> Mac OS X is not in my eyes a "Mac OS" End of story. If Jobs had named it
> something else, that would've been fine.
>
> Counter points are welcome...
>
> Gordon Hawley
>
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