Windows Vs. Macs - Page 2

Kitsune · 08-23-2005, 12:14 PM

I have access to quadrillion dollars of high end multimedia and 3d animation software

$1,000,000,000,000,000 worth of software? That's like, one hundred gazillions! Jesus Christ!

Clodfobble · 08-23-2005, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

At home we have:
1 windows box (almost never used)
2 Macs (1 cube & 1 TiBook)
2 Linux boxes (1 Slackware & 1 gentoo/MythTV)

We have a MythTV setup too, just got it running a few weeks ago. I love it!

lookout123 · 08-23-2005, 01:39 PM

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I have access to quadrillion dollars of high end multimedia and 3d animation software

*ahem* black helicopters, off the books budget... don't ask, you may disappear.

elSicomoro · 08-23-2005, 01:57 PM

I have a PC, but want an iBook or Powerbook. My gf's family computer (a Gateway) crashed last month, and they just bought an iMac, which I'm going over to hook up tonight.

Pie · 08-23-2005, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

We have a MythTV setup too, just got it running a few weeks ago. I love it!

To be honest, we're still working on the MythTV. I'm having trouble with the digital sound output, and Badger is working on the video drivers. What distro did you go with?
- Pie

Clodfobble · 08-23-2005, 04:55 PM

Erm... I'll ask. I wasn't really involved in the process of setting it up.

I do know it took him a good week of tinkering with it before everything worked just right.

smoothmoniker · 08-23-2005, 08:42 PM

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Creative people use creative gear

Hobbs · 08-24-2005, 09:25 AM

My wife just got a brand new IBook from work. The OS is awesome. The only thing that I still have a problem with is Mac's lack of a good file manager program.

Kitsune · 08-24-2005, 10:59 AM

he only thing that I still have a problem with is Mac's lack of a good file manager program.

No kidding! I crave for image thumbnailing, although rumor has it that we won't have to wait much longer...

BigV · 08-24-2005, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by smoothmoniker

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Creative people use creative gear

I have a Creative sound card. Does that make me a musician? Maybe a foley artist? Smart alec with a sound card?

Um, ok. Bye.

Hobbs · 08-24-2005, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

No kidding! I crave for image thumbnailing, although rumor has it that we won't have to wait much longer...

Wait much longer! Crimony! The Mac OS is older than God himself. It wasn't for a lack of competition, even Windows 3.0 had a file manager, however rudementry that it was. What is Jobs waiting for?

Mac OS Engineers: "Uh, lets just wait a little while longer. I think this file manager thing is overrated."
[Other engineers in room nod heads and mumble softly sounds of unintelligable agreement]

Happy Monkey · 08-24-2005, 01:18 PM

Is a file manager more than a tree view of the file system?

Perry Winkle · 08-24-2005, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Is a file manager more than a tree view of the file system?

Doesn't even have to be that much.

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Originally Posted by Hobbs

Wait much longer! Crimony! The Mac OS is older than God himself. It wasn't for a lack of competition, even Windows 3.0 had a file manager, however rudementry that it was. What is Jobs waiting for?

OS X is only like 4 years old IIRC and is a completely different beast than previous Mac OSes. You've got a lot of options for file managers. Finder, bash(and any other shells that come with OSX), and any of the open source file managers that you can compile for BSD/Mach.

Am I missing something?

Hobbs · 08-24-2005, 01:30 PM

Well, yes and no. Windows actually has two type of file managers. The tree style that allows you to take an overview look at the file structure, and it also allows you to browse via windows. True, Mac also does the latter, however the nice thing that Windows allows you to do is open folders up in the same window instead of each of it own windows. By the time I'm done drilling into all the folders I need, I have a gazillion windows open.

Kitsune · 08-24-2005, 01:31 PM

Is a file manager more than a tree view of the file system?

I second that question for Hobbs. My massive frustration with Windows is that I cannot manage files as easily as I can with OSX at the moment unless I get into some weird script writing of my own.

Mmm. Bash goodness.

08-23-2005, 08:42 PM	#22
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08-24-2005, 09:25 AM	#23
Hobbs Professor for the school of ass-clownery Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Surprise! Posts: 404	My wife just got a brand new IBook from work. The OS is awesome. The only thing that I still have a problem with is Mac's lack of a good file manager program. __________________ That's it! Send in the chimps!

08-24-2005, 01:18 PM	#27
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08-24-2005, 01:30 PM	#29
Hobbs Professor for the school of ass-clownery Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Surprise! Posts: 404	Well, yes and no. Windows actually has two type of file managers. The tree style that allows you to take an overview look at the file structure, and it also allows you to browse via windows. True, Mac also does the latter, however the nice thing that Windows allows you to do is open folders up in the same window instead of each of it own windows. By the time I'm done drilling into all the folders I need, I have a gazillion windows open. __________________ That's it! Send in the chimps!

08-23-2005, 12:14 PM	#16
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	I have access to quadrillion dollars of high end multimedia and 3d animation software $1,000,000,000,000,000 worth of software? That's like, one hundred gazillions! Jesus Christ!

08-23-2005, 01:57 PM	#19
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I have a PC, but want an iBook or Powerbook. My gf's family computer (a Gateway) crashed last month, and they just bought an iMac, which I'm going over to hook up tonight.

08-23-2005, 04:55 PM	#21
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Erm... I'll ask. I wasn't really involved in the process of setting it up. I do know it took him a good week of tinkering with it before everything worked just right.

08-24-2005, 10:59 AM	#24
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	he only thing that I still have a problem with is Mac's lack of a good file manager program. No kidding! I crave for image thumbnailing, although rumor has it that we won't have to wait much longer...

08-24-2005, 01:31 PM	#30
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Is a file manager more than a tree view of the file system? I second that question for Hobbs. My massive frustration with Windows is that I cannot manage files as easily as I can with OSX at the moment unless I get into some weird script writing of my own. Mmm. Bash goodness.

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