Brtnboarder495 said:I'd say iBooks are for the more casual-user, definitely not for intense work stuff or multi-tasking.
Hey now I don't consider myself a "casual user"
I'm more of a Pro-user on a budget :laughing:
*hugs my iBook tightly*
Brtnboarder495 said:I'd say iBooks are for the more casual-user, definitely not for intense work stuff or multi-tasking.
Don't think most GNOME configurations feel or act anything like Mac OS X at all. And I'm typing this from GNOME right now.shdwsclan said:Q1. Is it hard to switch from PC to Apple??
Nope, but you may miss a wide selection of software....and the start menu.....
You can try linux with a GNOME interface to get a feeling of mac..
Saying that Cakewalk makes the best apps is TOTALLY an opinion. There are plenty of other professional options, plenty of which are available for Mac, some of which are actually Mac-only. Garageband is a different catagory of applications, but yes, it comes with any Apple computer you buy right now, so I suppose you can consider it free. It's not a professional application, but I suppose it has its place.Q2. wat programs do they come with? (anything with music making??)
Dont think it really comes with anything...unless ilife qualifies.....
Cakewalk still makes the best apps but they are unfortunately for windows machines....same thing with fruity loops...and a bunch of other professional apps...
I guess you could look into GarageBand...
What's are the configurations and versions of the software/OS on your school's system? I've seen Safari crash maybe once. On the other hand, apps in OS X seem to decrease in stability when you don't have much RAM. Anyway, OS X tends to shut down a none responding application more easily than Windows. Still not as easily as pretty much any Linux system I've used, though (which, if configured decently, easily beats out Windows and Mac OS in stability).Q3. Dose apple really Crash less then PC?
Nope.
Nope, if by pc you mean windows....then....
If you configured your users properly and restricted permissions.....and didnt log into the administrator....err...primary account for day to day use....then windows should of been as stable as ever....
On average....I would have to say that in my normal day....mac os crashes more.....progs like safari, and photoshop crash a lot....especially on the g4s at skewl...
I have it on my homebuilt machine, and safari is the only thing that regularly crashes.....and system settings...
Who needs xkill?the general said:yeah run xkill and click on the program and it disappears immediately lol
screw that nonsense with the task manager and it says end now but it doesnt really end now and all that pish posh
kill -9 [pid]
Don't think most GNOME configurations feel or act anything like Mac OS X at all. And I'm typing this from GNOME right now.
Saying that Cakewalk makes the best apps is TOTALLY an opinion. There are plenty of other professional options, plenty of which are available for Mac, some of which are actually Mac-only. Garageband is a different catagory of applications, but yes, it comes with any Apple computer you buy right now, so I suppose you can consider it free. It's not a professional application, but I suppose it has its place.
What's are the configurations and versions of the software/OS on your school's system? I've seen Safari crash maybe once. On the other hand, apps in OS X seem to decrease in stability when you don't have much RAM. Anyway, OS X tends to shut down a none responding application more easily than Windows. Still not as easily as pretty much any Linux system I've used, though (which, if configured decently, easily beats out Windows and Mac OS in stability).
It takes me all of two seconds to see the full root structure in my file manager, I don't know what you're talking about. Anyway, who needs to browse folders through that? That's one of the areas I find using a terminal over a GUI file-browsing system to be significantly more efficient.shdwsclan said:I guess you haven't opened the folder structure through the gui....all psuedo folders.....doesnt look anything like the linux root does..it....hmm....it looks more closely to the folder structure of mac....doesnt it...
KDE gives you a full root structure....no wierd psuedo folders....
One, I never said Cakewalk was bad. They make great software. I just said it's not the only thing available, nor is it by any means the only thing professional recording studio's use. Besides, to get back on the thread's subject, considering the original poster vaguely suggested 'music making software', I don't think he needs (or would want to spend money on) something quite at this level.So why does the industry prefer cakewalk products...like sonar...
Ive know a couple people that work in actual recording studios....all use sonar....If it was bad, why would 7/7 studios i know, use sonar...
I don't know. All I can say is I've used Safari plenty and have rarely experienced crashes. Interestingly, the last time I used a computer at the Apple Store, I opened Chess and it crashed. No idea.10.4.6 fully updated.........
And this is a common problem.....
Not only at the school, but also the public lab at my friend's school. 2 completely different schools....
AND !, i also tried at the apple store....
SAFARI crashed 3 times in 30 minutes at the apple store....
Seriously? I run Gentoo, I haven't had to reinstall the system for anything, and I've made quite a few minor, and even a couple major, changes. Sounds like you weren't quite sure of what you were doing if that's the case...SUSE linux does beat windows and mac overall, but suse is stable...
For example, gentoo and ubuntu are horrible...a minor change, and you have to reinstall the system.....
How is SWAP really a weakness? It's managed much better than Windows' pagefile. When I had Windows on this machine, it would have a sizable pagefile in use when there was over 150 MB of free ram (out of 512). My Linux system doesn't really touch the SWAP unless the physical RAM is used. Windows has been off this computer for over a year now.But linux does have its own obvious weaknesses, which included the swap disk and cups....but the question wasn't about linux...
Ridiculing for no reason weakens your post...NO HUNTING FOR DRIVERS BECAUSE NO DRIVERS EXIST...LOL....
Hilarious........
Why do you keep substituting Linux with SuSE? I'm pretty sure there are no exclusively-SuSE drivers that you can't use on other Linux systems.There are actually more drivers on windows and suse than there are on mac os....
I think the idea is that you shouldn't have to troubleshoot much more than a preference in a program or a 'force quit'. Whether this is true or not is arguable, but you're misreading the point. And stop with the ridiculing, it's a campaign, what do you expect them to say?Try troubleshooting a mac......
You'll be in that console all day....with no built in tool, or libraries that a linux system should have.....
Hilarious....
Even worse....if you a noob with no unix console experience...or dont even know the terminal exists in the mac....
Hilarious....
Are you joking? First thing, Microsoft attacks Linux ALL THE TIME. Have you seen things like their "Get the facts" campaign? They don't attack Apple because it's not really a threat to their desktop market share. On the other hand, open source software in the server market has been worrying them a lot. They've also attacked Google lately. And expect them to majorly attack iTunes and the iPod when they get their act together in the digital music market. Microsoft has no more honour than Apple.Its pretty sad on how apple tries to attack....just by attacking microsoft...apple shows that they are worse....
MS and linux have honor...because neither tries to match each other using half-truths....[/B]
Thanks for that. It's always nice being agreed with.the general said:i like how qiranworms was right about everything lol
i was about to explode reading the first post, but qiranworms said everything i had to say and more