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This makes a lot of sense. Well, the author makes a lot of sense. I suppose this is a more consumer-friendly way for Apple. As someone who lives in Emacs and t

by pnathan 15y ago

This makes a lot of sense. Well, the author makes a lot of sense. I suppose this is a more consumer-friendly way for Apple. As someone who lives in Emacs and the Terminal, I'm not sure I'm happy about this. I like my MBP with Snow Leopard. The Apple OSX Experience rocks my socks off - today. But I sure don't like the iOS experience... at all. It's not geek friendly. I'm afraid that the Apple train is leaving me behind, and I regret that - I like having a reliable & professional operating system that isn't weird^H^H^H^H^H Windows.

jgh 15y ago
I'm a little concerned as well - I really enjoy Mac OS X as it is - in Snow Leopard - with the Macbook Pro hardware and I really like Xcode. If the release after Lion ends up being iOS on a Mac, I'm gonna have to just install windows on my Macbook Pro ( hey, it'll still be the best laptop on the market even if it's not running OSX)
- fossuser 15y ago
  Why jump to Windows instead of some other Unix based OS?
  - sliverstorm 15y ago
    It has been my experience that Unix-based OS's besides OSX make for acceptable desktops, but rather poor laptops.
    - lawnchair_larry 15y ago
      My experience has been the opposite. The main problem for me is that people in real life expect me to read and manipulate MS office documents.
jaxn 15y ago
None of his changes affect Terminal. Who needs a GUI for these tasks anyway? Not us. I have had Lion for a few months and I haven't seen felt limited by any iOS-like features. Maybe the Mac Pro will go away, but with Thunderbolt allowing additional monitors on the iMac, I bet most pro users don't even mind.
- watmough 15y ago
  I would think that the MacPro isn't so much about more monitors, though it can do that, but about sheer horsepower. Running Photoshop filters, rendering. Stuff that needs 12 cores isn't going to run so well on an iMac.
drewjoh 15y ago
For the typical consumer, it makes a lot of sense. But like you, I feel left out of the OSX for "power users". I use it all day, every day. I know what sequence of keys I need to use and so I want to do it quickly. This has become a problem for me in Lion. If anyone was a serious Spaces user; the new Mission Control/Spaces replacement changed just enough to be really annoying and hurt 'productivity'. The "delay" in moving to the next space is horrible; and while you're changing, you can't do any other commands with the keyboard. You must wait until the space is moved and loaded. Not to mention there's no wrap around for spaces anymore (going from #1 to #8 now requires 7 clicks or swipes whereas it used to require 1. (I use mouse buttons for spaces; or if you use a trackpad). As someone who knows their way around OS X; Lion really hurt me in terms of getting around the OS quickly/easily.

by pnathan 15y ago

jgh 15y ago

I'm a little concerned as well - I really enjoy Mac OS X as it is - in Snow Leopard - with the Macbook Pro hardware and I really like Xcode. If the release after Lion ends up being iOS on a Mac, I'm gonna have to just install windows on my Macbook Pro ( hey, it'll still be the best laptop on the market even if it's not running OSX)

fossuser 15y ago
Why jump to Windows instead of some other Unix based OS?
- sliverstorm 15y ago
  It has been my experience that Unix-based OS's besides OSX make for acceptable desktops, but rather poor laptops.
  - lawnchair_larry 15y ago
    My experience has been the opposite. The main problem for me is that people in real life expect me to read and manipulate MS office documents.

jaxn 15y ago

None of his changes affect Terminal. Who needs a GUI for these tasks anyway? Not us. I have had Lion for a few months and I haven't seen felt limited by any iOS-like features. Maybe the Mac Pro will go away, but with Thunderbolt allowing additional monitors on the iMac, I bet most pro users don't even mind.

watmough 15y ago
I would think that the MacPro isn't so much about more monitors, though it can do that, but about sheer horsepower. Running Photoshop filters, rendering. Stuff that needs 12 cores isn't going to run so well on an iMac.

drewjoh 15y ago

For the typical consumer, it makes a lot of sense. But like you, I feel left out of the OSX for "power users". I use it all day, every day. I know what sequence of keys I need to use and so I want to do it quickly. This has become a problem for me in Lion. If anyone was a serious Spaces user; the new Mission Control/Spaces replacement changed just enough to be really annoying and hurt 'productivity'. The "delay" in moving to the next space is horrible; and while you're changing, you can't do any other commands with the keyboard. You must wait until the space is moved and loaded. Not to mention there's no wrap around for spaces anymore (going from #1 to #8 now requires 7 clicks or swipes whereas it used to require 1. (I use mouse buttons for spaces; or if you use a trackpad). As someone who knows their way around OS X; Lion really hurt me in terms of getting around the OS quickly/easily.