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  1. xphile

    XP = Nothing Special - I've used it...

    Sadly, few people think like you. If people understood the value of industry wide standards and stopped doing whatever Microsoft said do, I'm convinced the economy wouldn't be in the shape it's in today. Don't underestimate Microsoft though. It appears they may have even found a way to take...
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    OS X + XP: Who will really win?

    I pretty much said this elsewhere, but it kinda fits here as well, if not better. It's no longer an Apple vs. Microsoft kind of thing. I think that Apple and the various versions of LINUX will gain marketshare as a result of heavy handed and manipulative behavior on the part of...
  3. xphile

    XP = Nothing Special - I've used it...

    I think the industry has a very rude awakening in general with regard to WindowsXP. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. With OS X, Apple has attempted to engineer the basis for the best possible user experience they can provide. With WindowsXP, Microsoft has engineered a system designed...
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    Browserwar turnaround?

    Whoever finally implements a workable JAVA solution, and gives me a browser I can stay in, instead of bouncing around from browser to browser when a site doesn't work will win my unwavering loyalty. :mad:
  5. xphile

    10.1 Distribution, how?

    I like OS X. I am happy that I still have a choice and that I am not forced to use Windows becuase there is no other option. For that choice, $20 to help make Apple as profitable as possible, just doesn't seem like a horrible thing to me. I can understand wanting everything for free, but...
  6. xphile

    10.1 Distribution, how?

    what was the last thing you spent $20 on?
  7. xphile

    10.1 Distribution, how?

    Thanks for the info. I suspect I'll be able to go to the Apple store and pick it up. That would be great. As far as the $20, I don't really care. I've spent $20 on parking. I've spent $40 paying a parking ticket, more times than I can count. I've spent $20 on a bottle of wine that turned out...
  8. xphile

    10.1 Distribution, how?

    From what I've heard, 10.1 will not be a free update. This is fine. I've also heard it will not be available for download. Recently I've been reading that the update will be announced at the Paris Expo on 9/26. Considering all of this, it seems to me that most of us won't get our hands on this...
  9. xphile

    what a nice mail.app!

    Mail.app is problematic. There is something compelling about it though. I really *want* it to work. Visually it's pleasing to look it. I think that's the biggest advantage of it. Other than that, I've experienced just about all the problems people have written about here, in addition, it is...
  10. xphile

    Java on the Mac

    "Buggy?" This is obviously some new meaning of the phrase "Buggy" I was previously unaquainted with. I'd said it basically just doesn't work. Are all these browser maker adopting the plugin architecture, or will MS do it one way, Mozilla another, Opera yet another, and so on so that the hell...
  11. xphile

    Java on the Mac

    Apple says: "...Mac OS X provides a highly-optimized, tightly integrated implementation of Java 2 Standard Edition 1.3, including the client version of the HotSpot virtual machine..." Ok. That's nice. Can someone please tell me why still, even under OS X, with I.E., or OmniWeb, or iCab, or...
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