![]() What they did during 10.5.1 and the security update, I don’t know, but they took it away. Neither, it’s the fact that with 10.5.0 and 10.5.2, but not 10.5.1 + security update, the system won’t allow any single task to go above 90 % CPU usage. ![]() Is it disk churning that’s causing the system to go slower, or is it response times? I’ve got a pokey MacMini G4, and I used Onyx to disable the OS animations (window, sheet &c.), which helps with snappiness. Mac features supporting domain hosts of your choice. I’d like to see checkpointable processes, a better virtual filesystem layer that plug neatly into Finder (think KIO), and user-settable AppleDouble / AppleSingle support transparently applied to filesystems (like CIFS and NFS) that don’t support multiple streams (like NTFS and HFS+ do), hooks into. I’d like to see OS X embrace non-Apple hardware. Windows’ strength is the quantity of software available, though my experience is that the quality/reliability is highly variable and on average less than its peers. Linux supports more, but Windows supports new hardware earlier Linux hardware support tends towards maturation (works better with time), whereas Window hardware support tends to stagnation (no improvement, often dropped completely with time. The OS (Vista or XP) works well, but has far more annoyances and unexpected behaviors overall. Linux, does what you tell it to, sometimes elegantly, and with brutal efficiency (given that you know what you are doing). OS X does what you’d expect it to, and it does it efficiently and elegantly. OS X offers the most unobtrusive and efficient environment for what I would consider average home and business use, as well as more advanced media-related uses.ĭespite saying that (and using OS X as my desktop environment at home and work), I have more affection for Linux than OS X. I come from the perspective of having used about 25 different operating systems over the years and there’s good and bad points to all of them. I also buy that it’s trumped by the fact that it’s only licensed to run on Apple hardware (albeit, we all know its possible to run it on non-Apple hardware). I concur with the statement that OSX is the perfect OS for the majority of users. I am an OS junky, I suppose because I like using just about anything but Windows. And speaking from that perspective I have to agree with the author.īTW, this is being written on my BSD machine. I will also say, though, that having learned computers using vacuum tube systems many years ago I have experienced many different OS’s. It surely would make my life easier if they would switch.Īnd before you blow me off as an Apple Fanboy, I will admit that I do use OS X after more years than I care to mention of using Windows. I have spent a lot of time helping people with Windows problems, mostly for free as I am retired, and I can tell you with certainty that most would be far better off with OS X for what they use a computer for. The fact that it would be the most expensive option does not change that. It probably is the best OS for most users. The fact that it requires Apple hardware does not negate what he said. ”Īctually, you are missing the point of the authors statement. But the best OS for most people, it ain’t as long as it involves them in a total hardware replacement to get it. It may be the best thing since sliced bread for everyone with suitable Apple hardware to run it on. “”it’s by far the best operating system ever written for the vast majority of consumers”” For every faithful follower who nods his head reading this sort of thing, there will be 10 or 100 outsiders who will say to themselves, no, not for me, Steve. ![]() It is in fact counterproductive for this reason. What they are not is the best computer ever made for the vast majority of consumers, and its quite gross to hear people parroting this sort of thing over and over again. They are indeed the right choice for a rather small minority of people. Macs are fine if you like that sort of thing. Like most Cupertino ones, and like the Party Line about OSX being in some way open source, it is a wild distortion, but it also has cultish overtones which make it more unpleasant than most. Like many or most marketing slogans its a wild distortion of the facts. What we see emerging here is a marketing slogan originating in Cupertino for mindless recital by the faithful in puff pieces masquerading as reviews and articles. So an OS that forces them to get this hardware to run it simply cannot be the best for them. Because Apple hardware is not the best hardware ever shipped for the vast majority of consumers. ![]() ![]() It’s by far the best operating system ever written for the vast majority of consumers ![]()
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