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Wed, 06 Dec 2000 18:02:11 -0600
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Re: [idm] MacOs crap
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The fact of the matter is that Mac and PC are basically the same. you can do the same things on both. It just comes down to interface preference. I could care less what platform a person chooses. I personally use PC. It all depends on what you like. But they do the same things. Peace, Chad
quoted 60 lines From: ben <ben@soundmangle.com>>From: ben <ben@soundmangle.com> >To: <idm@hyperreal.org> >Subject: [idm] MacOs crap >Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 10:00:33 -0800 > > >Just to give a good contrast to my pro-MacOS post, here are the things >that > >sucks about the Mac: > > >Memory allocation blows. You can't use virtual memory for anything >important > >and the OS eats up almost 1/4 of your RAM. > >the ram usage situation in mac os really does blow. luckily ram is super >cheap right now - but - i hear its gonna go back up soon so buy now... > > >The finder is a seriously old application. The roots of the OS (called >the > >Finder) haven't really changed since 1984. While today's finder looks >much > >different and has many more bells and whistles, the core of it is 16 >years > >old. To see how stupid this is, boot up your computer, control click on a > >icon and wait a few seconds before it pops up the contextual menu. No >matter > >how fast your computer is it still lags. > >hmmm... what kind of cpu do you have lee? i noitce 0 lag on my g4/400 - >but >- oddly enough - i have noticed that the two g4s at school exhibit VERY >different performance than mine at home - same model bought at the same >time >- granted i have more ram at home and a slightly different >hardware/software >situation but i am the one who setup those machines at school (so i dont >think its a config issue) and their performance is drastically slower then >mine. they take forever to wake up from sleep. they take *forever* to >boot >up - waiting on a grey screen for like 3-4 minutes (i've checked to make >sure its not looking for a network server, turned off the memory test, few >other things.. any ideas???) and in general don't perform as well as the >one >i have at home. weird. > >some mac-made music: >www.soundmangle.com/mp3s/mintyfresh-stitch.mp3 >enjoy! :) >peace >ben > >-- > ben milstein > aka mintyfresh > www.soundmangle.com - your tree for stinky munky noises... > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >
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