Computer problem - Windows

[Q Classic]

Yes. It's as if you did a control-click.

[Ninot]

Asher, our protector against Mac tyranny

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
Yes. It's as if you did a control-click.

perfect that's what I was hoping. control-click seemed to be the obvious choice.



For the current macs that have dual boot for windows I wonder which OS the users who buy them as their first mac tend to use for non game activities? I imagine the intel based macs in particular are finally able to run windows with top end performance. In an even contest does the Mac OS seem to win them over?

I suppose that would be hard to check if the anecdotal accounts of such users are scarce.

[Q Classic]

Honestly, I've been playing around with Mac computers ever since I got the cube. Now that my main computer has dual monitor capability... I've retired the Mac for now, keeping just the Windows and Linux boxes.

Frankly, I'm just not that enthused about OS X.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
Honestly, I've been playing around with Mac computers ever since I got the cube. Now that my main computer has dual monitor capability... I've retired the Mac for now, keeping just the Windows and Linux boxes.

Frankly, I'm just not that enthused about OS X.

Hrmm, what's your experience with stability of those three platforms? Are apps noticably more likely to crash or otherwise bug out on one than the others?

[Q Classic]

My experience? Hrm. Well, I find most of the applications I want are more stable/more functions in Windows/Linux (video playback, Opera). Linux tends to be even more flexible, which I enjoy.

Naturally, your mileage will vary; having played with OS X for a while now, I'll say this: it's a decent OS if your tasks fall within the Mac Experience and Style^TM, and a bit less spectacular if they don't.

I found that more often than not, I had to fight with OS X to do what I wanted or had to do a lot more searching for a decent video playback program that was free and fullscreen (VLC) which, in the end, wasn't as convenient as their Linux/Windows versions (which, in both cases, I use other programs to boot)...

Which reminds me. The only app crashes I've had in the past three months, on all three platforms, is on Windows.

Using beta software. Third party beta software: Opera 9b2.

...which I haven't installed on Linux or Mac.

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by Q Cubed

Which reminds me. The only app crashes I've had in the past three months, on all three platforms, is on Windows.

Using beta software. Third party beta software: Opera 9b2.

Beta testing is the phase where you test if the application can handle that your girlfriend/wife places her bottom on the keyboard in an attempt to get your attention

That usually leads to crashes no matter the OS

Actually, programmers begs for crashes in a beta version.

[Q Classic]

Yep. Which is why I kinda expected it.

Interestingly enough, Office 2007 Beta hasn't crashed on me yet, and lord knows, I've tried...

[Imran Siddiqui]

Which version of Office 2007 did you install, Q? There were a bunch of them, and I figured I'd hold off until I realized the difference between the two Professional versions.

[BlackCat]

Maybe MS has learned something and has a beautiful young woman dispatched to each alpha nerd tester trying to distract him

[Q Classic]

Imran: Professional Plus and OneNote (the latter which I can't live without. )

Went with Pro+ because it's a) free at the moment, and b) with custom install, you can always opt out of the useless programs, like Publisher, InfoPath, Access... (God, I wish people would stop using PowerPoint...)