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mosfet:
Just like Windows, with the right app, you can change the look of OSX.
Just as you can make XP look like OSX, you can also make OSX look like XP. My personal favorite for nostalgic reasons is the MWM/Motif look.
Kelamin:
--- Quote from: mosfet ---So you based your decision on Macs because you didn't go get yourself a new mouse?
Every mac user I know uses a scroll wheel mouse and uses right-clicks.
Thats like buying a Ford with stock hub caps and saying that all Fords suck because of the wheels.
if you could see me know, I'm right-clicking with my mac! :D
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no my decision is based on the fact that i like the exchangeability of pc's for just about any component. Don't like it? Change it.
I can't change the mouse on the macs i am forced to use at uni, although i have thought about bringing my own in a few times
mosfet:
Same thing is fairly true of macs. any of the usb ones at least.
I use PC usb mice, keyboards, media readers, drives, etc with my macs.
but yeah, when you can't change the mouse at uni, that sucks, but thats an issue with uni, and not the mac. :P I bring in my own stuff to work all the time cause they're too cheap to get good stuff.
Funny story thats semi related is I had a friend that could touch type. So he took an iMac keyboard, popped it on a PC, opened notepad, and started typing out a paragraph really fast with one hand on the iMac KB, and on on the PC keyboard.
nihilist:
--- Quote from: tehpie ---Just to specify. I can run Warcraft 3 pretty darn well on my 1ghz, 380mb iBook G4, maxing out most of the video and it not lagging. My Athlon 1.7 ghz 512mb PC would only operate "kind of okay" on the lowest settings and a low resolution (note the graphics card on the PC was comparable to that on the iBook).
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Warcraft 3 isn't exactly a good way to show what is good or not. Benchmark an FPS, not an RTS. RTS doesn't stress 3D in any way. Also, there is no way that WC3 should perform like shite on a 1.7 unless the OS is fucked up, improper drivers are installed, etc. I used to play it on my P3 933 no problem.
--- Quote from: Matteh99 ---n my experience the software shipped with new pc sucks a lot. Dell music match? Twice as slow as iTunes or you can uncripple it for 20 bucks. Free MSN and AOL trials. Preview editions of this and that. The mac does do the same thing but to a lesser degree. When I launch an internet browser for the first time the mac doesn't take me to a page that wants me to subscribe to Apple Internet like windows machines have a habit of doing with MSN internet.
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I wasn't talking about complete systems per-se. When you buy a new video card or sound card or TV in card, they generally come with 'lite' versions of popular software. If you're only dabbling, that's plenty fine. Or, as CamelFilters states, you can otherwise get the software. The rest of the stuff (MSN firing up, etc) I cannot comment on, because when I reinstall XP and fire up IE, it doesn't ask me to sign up for MSN internet.
--- Quote from: mosfet ---Just like Windows, with the right app, you can change the look of OSX.
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I despsise using programs to change my look and feel. There is no reason why I have to run an app on top of my GUI to make it look different. The hacked uxtheme.dll for WinXP is pretty handy, so is the ability to change the shell. Yes folks, it is possible to use BlackBox as your shell for Windows instead of explorer.
CamelFilters:
--- Quote from: McTaggart ---
--- Quote from: CamelFilters ---on another subject: the osx gui is a load of bull, someone complained about the fisher-price interface on xp but i have to complain about the stainless-steel interface on osx. i like simple interfaces, as soon as i format my machine (wich i am eager to do) i'm installing lite-shell cause cute is not an adequate adjective for a computer.
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...another completely subjective arguement. I hated the way xp looked and felt so I changed it. Now it looks more professional and minimal. I haven't had sufficient chance to poke around with OSX but I refuse to believe you can't change the way it looks and feels. Either through the built in tool or through third-party software there is a way to do it.
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of course it's subjective, i was messing with the one who complained about the fisher-price interface.
on a more personal note: i share my machine (yes i know it's nearly a crime) with people who are not interested in gui changes and cannot do nothing about it.
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