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spicyapple said:
Networking is my main bug-bear. It is, in my opinion, the only thing Windows does better. Being able to browse networked machines as if they were folders on my own computer is much easier than having to mount and unmount shared volumes individually to access them.
The centralised "Public" folder is no good either because if I want to share a file I have to copy it to that folder, not cool if it's a big file, because you can't share other folders.
It's the only thing I wish Apple would copy over from Windows to OSX. Everything else is great.
balamw said:
Nope, it's shareware. What I'm asking for shouldn't cost a thing and should be built-in to the operating system. I'm not really worried (don't have to be when I'm not currently networked to anything) but I think Apple really need to re-examine how Macs network.
When my girlfriend was here on my wireless network, I enabled sharing on both computers, and I very easily accessed my ENTIRE harddrive on her computer, applications and all.
I don't know what you mean that you can only use the public folders - I had my entire hard drive on her computer...
I don't know what you mean that you can only use the public folders - I had my entire hard drive on her computer...
I actually always thought networking was one of the Macintosh strong points. We've had very easy-to-configure networks since like the 80s. They always just work. So what if you have to mount and unmount remote drives... this isn't that much of a sacrifice to get always-working, easy to use networking.
I have no issues with OS X, although I think it's advantages are blown out of all proportion by the faithful here... but then of course it's to be expected. On the whole though, I really like OS X. I definitely feel as a personal productivity solution it's superior to Windows, especially if you're a stand-alone person (i.e. you work from home, you're student, etc).
I'm a stand-alone guy in that I work with a very small group of people, but extremely high-end in terms of IT provision. Networking, security, etc are important considerations and reliability is absolutely paramount.
My software bugbears with Apple network goes beyond Chundles' issues. I did think I could get around them, but generally speaking this is definitely one area where things don't 'just work' and it became very frustrating on some occasions. True, if you're Mac-only and don't have a clue how to network, there's little simpler than Macs. For the more 'enterprise' among us, the Mac is a tad broken. But the hardware ended up the real problem for me. Pretty and very competitively priced these days but in terms of reliability and service for my business use it is... well, crap.
For home use I don't think a Windows PC can touch a Mac, except if you're looking for a gaming machine (obviously) or a HTPC - where I think Windows ironically does things better, at least for now.
I'm a stand-alone guy in that I work with a very small group of people, but extremely high-end in terms of IT provision. Networking, security, etc are important considerations and reliability is absolutely paramount.
My software bugbears with Apple network goes beyond Chundles' issues. I did think I could get around them, but generally speaking this is definitely one area where things don't 'just work' and it became very frustrating on some occasions. True, if you're Mac-only and don't have a clue how to network, there's little simpler than Macs. For the more 'enterprise' among us, the Mac is a tad broken. But the hardware ended up the real problem for me. Pretty and very competitively priced these days but in terms of reliability and service for my business use it is... well, crap.
For home use I don't think a Windows PC can touch a Mac, except if you're looking for a gaming machine (obviously) or a HTPC - where I think Windows ironically does things better, at least for now.
Agreed. Mac users were happily networking their computers and printers when Windows users thought that networks were NBC, CBS, and ABC. My God, Microsoft thinks that an IP-printer is a local! If you are having trouble networking your Mac, you are probably trying too hard.dpaanlka said:
no issues here
No regrets... my networking needs are a dream on this OS... much easier then what I have to do under XP... I might add over and over again...psychofreak said:
I've learnt OS X networking the hard way, setting up my Mac office, but love it. I find it superior to Windows in every way.
The only people I've encountered who claim to 'regret' using a Mac are the ones who think it's somehow cool to slate them.
The only people I've encountered who claim to 'regret' using a Mac are the ones who think it's somehow cool to slate them.
I bought a macbook pro but my wife and kids still use a dell with xp. I also am forced to use a dell with xp for work. I use the macbook for personal use and for school (bscs). I much prefer the macbook for everything. The only problem I have had was connecting to a printer connected to the dell. I can't blame this on Apple though because I think the problem is the drivers supplied by Lexmark only work when the printer is locally attached. I went ahead and bought another printer to use with the macbook since they are so cheap and the Lexmark was dated anyway. I'm glad I switched and i plan to replace the dell with an imac or mini within a year.
The need to fix the freakin finder already. Please, I'd like a cut feature, and when you copy one folder to a place that has the same folder, it ADDS the files into the folder instead of deleting and then moving the folder.
That's all to make it just as good as XP (excluding spyware and what have you).
That's all to make it just as good as XP (excluding spyware and what have you).
All OSes have their flaws, mostly subtle. But I do agree on this one. I've used Macs for years and years and years and still the zoom button makes little sense to me.the kid 05 said:what is this zoom button?
switchers
well... I don't regret it, I haven't fully switched, I still fall back to other os's when I have a task I need done that is either impossible or impractical on OS X... I started a website that is 100% about things I run into that make switching hard... I use/used OS X server until going to Linux... I use windows for a living at work, I enjoy the apple for some of the audio video things ... I'm glad they are around to help drive others to either inovate or imitate... read some of my site and see some of my troubles, trust me, I still have multiple apples and don't intend on getting rid of them, but I also don't think that everything about them is the greatest... between Windows; OS X; and Linux they all have their strong points and weak points...
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well... I don't regret it, I haven't fully switched, I still fall back to other os's when I have a task I need done that is either impossible or impractical on OS X... I started a website that is 100% about things I run into that make switching hard... I use/used OS X server until going to Linux... I use windows for a living at work, I enjoy the apple for some of the audio video things ... I'm glad they are around to help drive others to either inovate or imitate... read some of my site and see some of my troubles, trust me, I still have multiple apples and don't intend on getting rid of them, but I also don't think that everything about them is the greatest... between Windows; OS X; and Linux they all have their strong points and weak points...
DD
The only thing that I don't like is now I have too much free time. I use to have to spend all my time reinstalling windows hehe
psychofreak said:
I am pretty happy with OS X, it is a nice OS, extremely userfriendly! Setup network takes almost no effort (for those who complain, try windows 95, then you will know the real pain).
The only complain I have is games! Games generally perform better in Windows than OS X.
im loving tiger(even tho its on a old unsupported Mac),
the only thing that makes me mad is tiger refuses to work properly with my Pioneer DVR-110D. the drive worked great in OS 9.2.2 and 10.2-10.2.8. the drive is very unstable in tiger 10-4-10.4.7. the 10.4.8 update made it at least work good enough so i can play dvd movies and audio cd's without stalling out ( it does still some times take a trip) but i still have to boot into tiger with a disk in the drive in order for it to mount the disk (if i dont the disk will some times never mount). never had this problem in OS 9.2.2 or jag.
other than that tiger is working great on my system
the only thing that makes me mad is tiger refuses to work properly with my Pioneer DVR-110D. the drive worked great in OS 9.2.2 and 10.2-10.2.8. the drive is very unstable in tiger 10-4-10.4.7. the 10.4.8 update made it at least work good enough so i can play dvd movies and audio cd's without stalling out ( it does still some times take a trip) but i still have to boot into tiger with a disk in the drive in order for it to mount the disk (if i dont the disk will some times never mount). never had this problem in OS 9.2.2 or jag.
other than that tiger is working great on my system