Well, first off, let me say that I love my new iMac, my first Mac ever. It's beautiful. I love OS X, for the most part. It's run flawlessly -- I think I've only had to kill an app once in the month or so I've had it. iTunes, iPhoto -- best of their kind. Safari is a really nice browser and I'm trying to choose it over Firefox (but Firefox is tough to beat).
I've used the old TRS-80 CoCo, UNIX, MS-DOS, Windows (of course) for years, and the last couple of years almost exclusively GNU/Linux.
I think my number one frustration right now is that it seems like every piece of software I've been interested in downloading is shareware. Freeware seems to be non-existent, scarce at best. Coming from using GNU/Linux (where everything is Open Source and free), this is a major shock to me.
OS X does run most all of the X apps I'm used to, but they're not really integrated into the operating system; i.e. to start them up, I'll go through the "X" dock icon, and of course they just don't look like Mac apps. They also don't look nearly as good as they did on my Red Hat systems.
An example of what I'm talking about is this: yesterday morning before work, I spent an hour or so trying to find a Mac-equivalent to "TuxCards", which is a Linux notebook-style notes application. I found quite a few, but every single one of them was anywhere from $15 to $30. Really -- this is a notebook app we're talking about here. No way would I pay that much for one. I looked at Xnippets (which I liked best), something from Hog Bay (I think that was the name), and a couple more. I finally am just settling on using TuxCards, which I installed from source after installing QT via Fink, and dealing with the fact that it looks like crap on here.
I'm a programmer for a living, and I've started looking into Cocoa development. So at some point (when I have time!) I can hopefully create some of the apps I'm looking for. But for right now I'm completely annoyed at all of this, to the point where I'm not sure I'd spend the $1500 on this machine if I had it to do over...no matter how nice it is.
My next frustration is the "treatment" of minimized windows. It's like you shouldn't do it or something. Yes, they show up in the lower-right corner of the dock, but Expose completely ignores them, as does CMD-TAB. I think this stinks...at least give me the option to include them in Expose. I've seen add-ons out there that seem to accommodate what I'm wanting, but they do it a little differently; I'd like to see this in Expose.
Let me quickly say that Expose is one of the cooler features I've ever seen on an operating system...I love the way a video can be playing, and you will still see it running amidst all the windows.
I miss using HOME and END to go to the beginning and end of lines...everwhere! I'm trying to get used to using CTRL-A and CTRL-E. That's a minor gripe.
The iCal dock icon -- it stinks that you have to restart it every day to keep the date correct (well, maybe I'm doing something wrong here). I actually removed it from my dock so it wouldn't confuse me.
The Mail app looks good, but it doesn't have the power of Thunderbird or Evolution. No Entourage for me, either.
I guess that's it...I apologize if this offends anyone. Hopefully someone will spot ignorance in my statements somewhere, and tell me how to change/fix whatever I'm whining about.
Dale
I've used the old TRS-80 CoCo, UNIX, MS-DOS, Windows (of course) for years, and the last couple of years almost exclusively GNU/Linux.
I think my number one frustration right now is that it seems like every piece of software I've been interested in downloading is shareware. Freeware seems to be non-existent, scarce at best. Coming from using GNU/Linux (where everything is Open Source and free), this is a major shock to me.
OS X does run most all of the X apps I'm used to, but they're not really integrated into the operating system; i.e. to start them up, I'll go through the "X" dock icon, and of course they just don't look like Mac apps. They also don't look nearly as good as they did on my Red Hat systems.
An example of what I'm talking about is this: yesterday morning before work, I spent an hour or so trying to find a Mac-equivalent to "TuxCards", which is a Linux notebook-style notes application. I found quite a few, but every single one of them was anywhere from $15 to $30. Really -- this is a notebook app we're talking about here. No way would I pay that much for one. I looked at Xnippets (which I liked best), something from Hog Bay (I think that was the name), and a couple more. I finally am just settling on using TuxCards, which I installed from source after installing QT via Fink, and dealing with the fact that it looks like crap on here.
I'm a programmer for a living, and I've started looking into Cocoa development. So at some point (when I have time!) I can hopefully create some of the apps I'm looking for. But for right now I'm completely annoyed at all of this, to the point where I'm not sure I'd spend the $1500 on this machine if I had it to do over...no matter how nice it is.
My next frustration is the "treatment" of minimized windows. It's like you shouldn't do it or something. Yes, they show up in the lower-right corner of the dock, but Expose completely ignores them, as does CMD-TAB. I think this stinks...at least give me the option to include them in Expose. I've seen add-ons out there that seem to accommodate what I'm wanting, but they do it a little differently; I'd like to see this in Expose.
Let me quickly say that Expose is one of the cooler features I've ever seen on an operating system...I love the way a video can be playing, and you will still see it running amidst all the windows.
I miss using HOME and END to go to the beginning and end of lines...everwhere! I'm trying to get used to using CTRL-A and CTRL-E. That's a minor gripe.
The iCal dock icon -- it stinks that you have to restart it every day to keep the date correct (well, maybe I'm doing something wrong here). I actually removed it from my dock so it wouldn't confuse me.
The Mail app looks good, but it doesn't have the power of Thunderbird or Evolution. No Entourage for me, either.
I guess that's it...I apologize if this offends anyone. Hopefully someone will spot ignorance in my statements somewhere, and tell me how to change/fix whatever I'm whining about.
Dale