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Considering Mac OS X once more
Jun 4th
A while back I wrote about some lacking features in Mac OS X Leopard, and around the same time I switched back to running Windows XP. That’s about seven months ago and my annoyance with Windows XP is rising again. One of my complaints in the other post was the dock, that takes up so much space. While running Windows XP I’ve become accustomed to using Launchy to run my applications, a program very similar, but vastly inferior, to Mac’s built-in instant search feature Spotlight. Hopefully I can more or less ignore the dock (by hiding it) and use Spotlight instead.
The second reason for switching back to XP was the lack of save functions for folder options, I don’t know if that’s been fixed, but I’ll hopefully manage.
The vast amount of applications you can get for Windows was another major reason for switching back, but I stumbled upon two really useful programs that may fix that. The first one is called CrossOver and it lets you run Windows applications such as Internet Explorer (for those pesky eBanking experiences), Steam and, most importantly, uTorrent, a program I use all the time. The other program is called Parallels, it’s a virtual desktop making you able to easily dive into Windows if you need something.
Anyway, I’m writing this in Mac OS X, let’s see how long it lasts.
Windows XP vs. Mac OS X Leopard
Jan 5th
I bought a Macbook three months ago, and I love it, the operating system is awesome, but for the last month I’ve been using Windows XP instead, here’s why.
Leopard is superior to Windows XP in almost all cases, everything just works, instant search, bluetooth, WiFi, etc., you rarely need to configure anything. Quickly browsing files have never been easier with Quick Look, and doing stuff like installing applications is incredibly easy, you have one file, move that to your harddisk and the program is working. To uninstall the program again, you just delete the file. But, it lacks two very fundamental features:
I hate the fucking dock, first of all, it takes up too much space, if you minimize it, making it the size of the Windows taskbar, the icons become too small to identify. Another problem with the dock is the difficulty identifying individual windows, for example IM conversations. You can only see if an application is running or not, to see all windows you can alt+tab, a waste of time in the long run. You can also use a feature to cascade all the windows on the screen, making them all miniatures, and thus, again making it hard to see what windows belong to what.
The other problem, which is way more serious, is Leopard’s Finder application, the equivalent to Windows Explorer. In Windows XP it’s very easy to adjust the viewing options of your folders, they all look the same, just like I want them. In Leopard trying to save viewing options is crap, ie. it doesn’t work. For example, every time I plug in my external harddrive I have to adjust what the folders look like, how they are organized etc. Also, the folder windows don’t remember the size I left them in, they always seem too small when I open them, and it just ruins your experience when you have to adjust the god damn windows all the fucking time.
Please get it fixed Apple, I’m already tired of this bug-infested Windows crap.
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