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He makes the argument there that because 10.6 is so great, we don't really need to be disappointed at 10.7 being delayed. But, for me, it is precisely because

He makes the argument there that because 10.6 is so great, we don't really need to be disappointed at 10.7 being delayed. But, for me, it is precisely because 10.6 was so great compared to 10.5 (and 10.5 was so great compared to 10.4 and 10.4 was great compared to 10.3, etc.) that I am so disappointed by the delay of 10.7. Apple (often) makes great and innovative products that improve the way you interact with technology. I honestly didn't know I needed spaces/timemachine/spotlight, until I had them. I honestly didn't realize how long the computer took to start up and shut down until 10.6 came along and made it do those things pretty damned quick. Based on Apple's track record of innovation, 10.7 could be super freakin' awesome in ways I can't even think of. But instead... iPad only. The iPad is neat and all, but some of us still need a computer, and computers have a long way to go before they're good enough so that it doesn't make sense to make them better.

randallsquared 17y ago
I thought 10.6 was basically just like 10.5, and I liked 10.4 enough that I pushed back on upgrading until I had to buy a new machine, whereas I ran out and bought a retail copy of 10.4 to get away from 10.3. Basically, I agree with the article that progress (or "change", if you don't agree it's progress) has slowed significantly in the OS X line, and so my most recent computer is an Arch Linux box.
davidedicillo 17y ago
Are you telling me you can't wait few extra months?
edster 17y ago
Interesting that you see such a huge improvement between 10.6 and 10.5. (To describe it as great) In my day to day life, I haven't really noticed any practical difference. Maybe expose on the dock, which I haven't developed a habit for using. We now have coverflow in the finder, which I did use one time to flip through a photo directory quickly. That's really all I can think of. I know there were many under the hood changes with Grand Central and OpenCL, but it hasn't made any difference to my day to day life. I will admit that I've become accustomed to my workflow so it's possible that some great new features are waiting there for me but I'm too lazy to learn.
- protomyth 17y ago
  Services makes a huge difference for me. You should take a look at what can be automated and changed in how you work with OS X. It saves me a whole lot of time each day.
  - _pius 17y ago
    I'd actually love to hear some concrete examples of this ... I feel like I'm missing out!
    - protomyth 17y ago
      I tend to use it to process files and run perl scripts (yes I know) on selected text. Here is a link to some videos: http://www.pixelcorps.tv/macbreak235 http://www.pixelcorps.tv/macbreak235 http://www.pixelcorps.tv/macbreak236 http://www.pixelcorps.tv/macbreak236 and a site: http://www.macosxautomation.com/services/index.html http://www.macosxautomation.com/services/index.html
blasdel 17y ago
Remember "Steve Jobs’ response on Section 3.3.1": http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1255858 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1255858 The emails Jobs sent to Greg had headers from the version of Mail.app included with 10.5.

randallsquared 17y ago

I thought 10.6 was basically just like 10.5, and I liked 10.4 enough that I pushed back on upgrading until I had to buy a new machine, whereas I ran out and bought a retail copy of 10.4 to get away from 10.3. Basically, I agree with the article that progress (or "change", if you don't agree it's progress) has slowed significantly in the OS X line, and so my most recent computer is an Arch Linux box.

davidedicillo 17y ago

Are you telling me you can't wait few extra months?

edster 17y ago

Interesting that you see such a huge improvement between 10.6 and 10.5. (To describe it as great) In my day to day life, I haven't really noticed any practical difference. Maybe expose on the dock, which I haven't developed a habit for using. We now have coverflow in the finder, which I did use one time to flip through a photo directory quickly. That's really all I can think of. I know there were many under the hood changes with Grand Central and OpenCL, but it hasn't made any difference to my day to day life. I will admit that I've become accustomed to my workflow so it's possible that some great new features are waiting there for me but I'm too lazy to learn.

protomyth 17y ago
Services makes a huge difference for me. You should take a look at what can be automated and changed in how you work with OS X. It saves me a whole lot of time each day.
- _pius 17y ago
  I'd actually love to hear some concrete examples of this ... I feel like I'm missing out!
  - protomyth 17y ago
    I tend to use it to process files and run perl scripts (yes I know) on selected text. Here is a link to some videos: http://www.pixelcorps.tv/macbreak235 http://www.pixelcorps.tv/macbreak235 http://www.pixelcorps.tv/macbreak236 http://www.pixelcorps.tv/macbreak236 and a site: http://www.macosxautomation.com/services/index.html http://www.macosxautomation.com/services/index.html

blasdel 17y ago

Remember "Steve Jobs’ response on Section 3.3.1": http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1255858 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1255858 The emails Jobs sent to Greg had headers from the version of Mail.app included with 10.5.