Well, after a few weeks of using my new powerbook I thought I just post some of my observations of OS X. My overal impression is very positive coming from win2k but still a few questions/frustrations mostly I suspect caused by my own ignorance so please read my remarks and let me know if it's caused by OS X still growing up or me being an uneducated user.
Fonts issues - putting fonts in subfolders of ~/library/fonts/ have them not show up in my applications. so need to put them straight in that directory. However putting all my fonts in there like that make MS Office crash, I just read a thread that said it's due to one of the fonts being corrupt so I'll look into that. Is there no easier way to manage fonts without buying a extra application of around 100USD (=100Euro's) ? Why can't I put fonts in a subfolder?
System settings - there's a few smaller issues that I'm not sure how to change.
-Overal volume is quite low, within iTunes it's ok but that has it's own internal volume settings. all other applications have a low volume. The settings in system preference are limited. Also I'm used to being able to select a input source but in the system settings I can't, even if I insert an external mic I can't just directly put it trough to my speakers. do I need to install additional software to do this?
-I can't just cut and paste files in the finder. I have to drag and drop which forces me to have 2 open windows.
-OS X doesn't remember the way i want my windows. it keeps resetting to a defaults that doesn't work for me, anyway to chan ge this? for example everytime I open my Macintosh HD window it shows it with only half the icons in view, so everytime i drag the window to a larger format then next time I have to do it again! Any idea's how do have the system remember my settings?
Things I really like about OS X:
-iTunes is flippin great! What a nice application. Definitely better than winamp or anything else I've used. It's way easy and still does everything and more that I want.
-Love the way OS X does CD Burning, couldn't be easier.
-The interface is pleasant, fast and I could find my way around from day 1
-Overall performance good, even large PSD's giving no problems.
Anyway I'm very excited with my PowerBook and it goes like a train. I feel alot more productive with it and even when getting my files from my old system I can't help myself from wanting to go back to my Mac before i do what I have to.
Well, al I can say is yeah baby, I'm glad to own a mac now.
Fonts issues - putting fonts in subfolders of ~/library/fonts/ have them not show up in my applications. so need to put them straight in that directory. However putting all my fonts in there like that make MS Office crash, I just read a thread that said it's due to one of the fonts being corrupt so I'll look into that. Is there no easier way to manage fonts without buying a extra application of around 100USD (=100Euro's) ? Why can't I put fonts in a subfolder?
System settings - there's a few smaller issues that I'm not sure how to change.
-Overal volume is quite low, within iTunes it's ok but that has it's own internal volume settings. all other applications have a low volume. The settings in system preference are limited. Also I'm used to being able to select a input source but in the system settings I can't, even if I insert an external mic I can't just directly put it trough to my speakers. do I need to install additional software to do this?
-I can't just cut and paste files in the finder. I have to drag and drop which forces me to have 2 open windows.
-OS X doesn't remember the way i want my windows. it keeps resetting to a defaults that doesn't work for me, anyway to chan ge this? for example everytime I open my Macintosh HD window it shows it with only half the icons in view, so everytime i drag the window to a larger format then next time I have to do it again! Any idea's how do have the system remember my settings?
Things I really like about OS X:
-iTunes is flippin great! What a nice application. Definitely better than winamp or anything else I've used. It's way easy and still does everything and more that I want.
-Love the way OS X does CD Burning, couldn't be easier.
-The interface is pleasant, fast and I could find my way around from day 1
-Overall performance good, even large PSD's giving no problems.
Anyway I'm very excited with my PowerBook and it goes like a train. I feel alot more productive with it and even when getting my files from my old system I can't help myself from wanting to go back to my Mac before i do what I have to.
Well, al I can say is yeah baby, I'm glad to own a mac now.