Apple to Begin Advertising Push Targeting Windows 7 Launch?

[AidenShaw]

an end user has to change a line of code in Windows to enable basic functionality like clip art thumbnails.

I've never ever had to do that. And I've been using clip arts since the Office 97 days :O

Care to show me the KB so we can actually see what was the issue?

I never knew that the registry contained executable code - I thought that it was a configuration database.

Learn something new every day....

 

[Bubba Satori]

And a fitting comment on today's Apple announcements:

In this world of news, I've found nothing new
I've found nothing pure
​

It's not surprising that Apple didn't hold an event, nothing deserved one.

On the other hand, a Core i5 and Core i7 Mini-tower on the eve of the Windows 7 announcement, along with 21.5" and 27" Cinema displays -- that would have been keynote-worthy.

I wonder if Apple will ever host another "event" for computers ?

 

[LagunaSol]

I've never ever had to do that. And I've been using clip arts since the Office 97 days :O

Care to show me the KB so we can actually see what was the issue?

It took me forever to find the solution the first time. I'm not about to hunt it down again. And I don't keep a log of all the solutions I find for the many Windows annoyances I encounter on a daily basis.

I'm sure you can Google it and find it yourself if you're truly curious.

While you're at it, find out how to get my spellcheck working in Outlook again and explain the bizarre memory error messages I get when trying to edit documents in SharePoint.

Windows pain is real and it's intense. No matter what the MS apologists tell you.

 

[LagunaSol]

I never knew that the registry contained executable code - I thought that it was a configuration database.

Learn something new every day....

Keep on spinning. Code, script, text, call it whatever you want -your semantic gymnastics don't change the underlying issue.

Typical Microsoft mentality: blame (or berate) the user. Rinse. Repeat.

 

[AidenShaw]

Keep on spinning. Code, script, text, call it whatever you want -your semantic gymnastics don't change the underlying issue.

Typical Microsoft mentality: blame (or berate) the user. Rinse. Repeat.

The underlying issue is simple, which is why Apple has a PLE (Property List Editor) and a number of 3rd party apps exist to edit .plist files.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/prefsetter.html
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/development_tools/plisteditpro.html

Sometimes it doesn't work, so Apple has another utility http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2165439&tstart=0

Message boards help too: http://www.osxfaq.com/DailyTips/03-2005/03-01.ws

And the file format is easy for a novice user to understand:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>ABDirectoryResultColumnTitle</key>
        <string>Instant Messaging</string>
        <key>AutoLogin</key>
        <true/>
        <key>AutosaveChats</key>
        <true/>
        <key>BuddyInfoSelectedTab</key>
        <integer>0</integer>
        <key>BuddyList.SecondarySortOrder</key>
        <integer>1</integer>
        <key>BuddyList.SortOrder</key>
        <integer>3</integer>
        <key>BuddyList.Visible</key>
        <true/>
        <key>CardsBlockingPresentityPictures</key>
        <array>
                <string>60765A82-A567-11D7-A842-000393B2D604:ABPerson</string>
                <string>56C0BB88-C7D2-11D6-950E-000393B2D604:ABPerson</string>
        </array>
...

Windows and Apple OSX aren't that different.... They both have DLLs, and they both have configuration data to be maintained.

 

[cumanzor]

It took me forever to find the solution the first time. I'm not about to hunt it down again. And I don't keep a log of all the solutions I find for the many Windows annoyances I encounter on a daily basis.

I'm sure you can Google it and find it yourself if you're truly curious.

While you're at it, find out how to get my spellcheck working in Outlook again and explain the bizarre memory error messages I get when trying to edit documents in SharePoint.

Windows pain is real and it's intense. No matter what the MS apologists tell you.

Is this from work? Contact your help desk. I haven't had any of those issues and neither have the 30 or so people around me atm.

I do have problems with Sharepoint if I'm using Opera. Firefox and IE play along just fine.

 

[LagunaSol]

Windows and Apple OSX aren't that different....

Ah, more theory that doesn't jibe with actual experience. The day I have to actually edit a plist to fix basic functionality in an app or the day I see a cryptic error message in OS X along the lines of "The exception unknown software exception (0xc06d007f) occurred in the application at location 0x7c812a6b" (an actual Windows error message I'm looking at right now), I may agree with you. I've never personally seen either in OS X.

As an OS X user since day one and a Windows user since 3.1, I easily recognize your Microsoft platitudes as frilly fluff. People here aren't as ignorant or naive as you (and Microsoft) think.

 

[AidenShaw]

Ah, more theory that doesn't jibe with actual experience. The day I have to actually edit a plist to fix basic functionality in an app or the day I see a cryptic error message in OS X along the lines of "The exception unknown software exception (0xc06d007f) occurred in the application at location 0x7c812a6b" (an actual Windows error message I'm looking at right now), I may agree with you. I've never personally seen either in OS X.

As an OS X user since day one and a Windows user since 3.1, I easily recognize your Microsoft platitudes as frilly fluff. People here aren't as ignorant or naive as you (and Microsoft) think.

When I Yahoo! for "cryptic error message in OS X", I get 101,000 hits like

"Cryptic error message: mach_msg (CGXKickEventHandler) failed..." http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1310216&tstart=978

As I said, "Windows and Apple OSX aren't that different...".

Of course, it's just spinning in semantic gymnastics to point this out.