MLUG: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Windows Linux-style interface
Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Windows Linux-style interface
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> Now that's all well and good, but I believe right now the all-time
> champion of almost everything is (perhaps surprisingly)  Mac OS X.  You
> get Aqua, you can emulate a non-trivial Windows PC, you can run *rootless
> X* with Aqua...life is getting seriously good.  Heck, you can even use MS
> Office on the thing if you have to.
> 
> Seriously, you have no idea how cool this can get.  Some of you may have 
> seen performance issues on previous versions of OS X, but most of those 
> have been addressed.  The only time I get impatient these days is in the
> automatic software update/installation drill.  In an rpm-based system like
> Linux, this is blindingly fast.  Under OS X, it is (for some reason) 
> mind-numbingly slow.  Also, some Classic applications (notably Kid Pix) 
> are still a real chore to run under OS X.  But everything else is really
> great. :-)

Mmmm. If only they'd release the rest of the source so I wasn't torn. Part
of the source is better than none but not good enough. ;)

To bad I hate the Aqua interface. To much eye candy for my tastes.

It is better than Windows or previous versions of MacOS at least. :)

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