dorayme said:
Apple have traditionally been a hardware company, they have
mainly made software to sell their hardware.
For their little collection of iGadgets yes, but in the area of the PC
once they switched to Intel they are just a VAR. Again why would I want
to lock myself in with "Apple" hardware? Stick that little icon on it
and the price goes up.
Well, since you think of Mac OS as just a lot of little pretty
icons, it is no wonder you don't want it! It is not the software
that you can get to run on Macs that is so greatly appealing, it
is the OS itself, its interface etc.
Such as? I mentioned a couple of things that didn't make sense to me,
the worst was the unified menu for app windows which are disembodied and
placed at the top panel? How the hell is that better or intuitive? The
study used when Apple made this UI decision was back when multitasking
was a dream and a 15 in. monitor was extravagant. What is more intuitive
or efficient than to have the controls for a window actually connected
to *that* window? I kind of understand Ubuntu's adoption in Unity for
use on weak-CPU small screen smartphones and tablets where you only do
one thing at a time and real estate is so small, but it stinks for a
full size desktop. With multiple large widescreen monitors it is
absolutely absurd! It just may be a fool's errand to try and make a UI
common for ALL devices. If you want to maximize application window
content space, I would think that keeping the window menu in its
tradition location but auto-hide it like the Chrome browsers status bar.
Only have it appear when a small widget is clicked or pointer hovered.
At the very lease don't lock desktop users to a GUI more suitable to a
phone.
And, something I have not mentioned before, the most important of
things these days, the relief from the truly burdensome need to
protect the OS and programs with antivirals, that is such a
constant in the Win world. When on Windows, I feel like I am
walking in the dark in a dangerous suburb, I have to carry
equipment,
1. Personal alarm
2. High tech legs.
3. Electric running shoes
4. A simple joke that even an attacker would be disarmed by.
and above all,
5. Magnum .44
Most of that is BS. Most folks now get infected not with viruses but
because they are idiots! Come on! You cannot will a lottery that you did
not enter, nor will you get a commission laundering millions for some
deposed African|Arab|Alien king... The vulnerability is with the user
not the OS, and it is hubris to think otherwise.
That said anti-virus software and Windows' security is royal
cluster-****. Symantec, McAffee, et al., need viruses to sell their
wares. Damn stuff now tries to second-guess every app launch, keystroke,
mouse click...worse than a virus...much could be avoided if MS would
just make some simple changes. Seven's security is a joke. Windows still
allows you create an admin user with NO password. While most accounts
are admins, all the security is to make changes to your system is a new
additional set of nag dialogs that you merely have to click yes! Phfft!
No password, nothing, just have to be logged in. Leave your W7 laptop
unattended for a moment and anyone can trash it. Not so with my Ubuntu
laptop unless you know my password which you won't. Linux "sudo" is far
superior to the UAC.
With a Mac it is like going to the beach for a swim, you leave
all in the boot of your car and with just swimmers, goggles and a
bathing cap you run the lower risk of sharks.
Hold on to that fantasy. Viruses are not problem but the invited scams.
Being fooled into giving up credentials at a fraudulent site is
OS-independent. And any OS can be compromised if couple with
human-engineering to get you to install it. When the Dutch CA was hacked
think how that could compromise anyone...OS-independent.
I expect things would change if more Mac were around but for the
moment, this is how it is.
Jobs realized the Mac as a PC was a loser. Couldn't compete with the PC
and anyway was too fussy and generalized, not his minimalist style.
Remember the success of the one-button mouse? Jobs preferred more
focused narrowly-scoped sleek and stylish appliances. Did well with
them, iPod, iPad, iPhone (Although Android still has them beat there).
But then again no worry, there is still pressure to turn the PC into an
appliance. Hopefully the geeks that rally under the Linux flag make keep
the PC as a flexible untethered tool alive.
You are not wrong about this. I am really impressed by
VirtualBox. One of the most impressive things I found was the
easy set up and how it just seemed to grab all my settings and
get online. I am running XP. I am wondering if I really need 7,
will investigate how much it costs, I guess to run IE9 to see
what is what...
Yes by default the adapter is set on a subnet via a virtual router. Set
it to bridge mode if you want to be a peer node on your LAN.
