Is the MacBook Similar to the iPhone? (Missing Key Features)?

[Teej guy]

Can you expand on what "more robust" means? You know I hear plenty of people wanting the Finder to be better but rarely do I hear suggestions. I honestly don't quite see what is wrong with it exactly other than it not having a particular file hierarchy breakdown on the side. What do people want with the Finder? Putting it in Cocoa won't change its functionality, it's just rewriting its code.

In re-writing the code, they may add some functionality, especially as something more to differentiate Snow Leopard from Leopard.

Let's see...this would be easier to write from Windows but I don't feel like booting up in it.

Checking folder/file sizes with Show Inspector, the Windows file explorer just shows the size of selected items in the corner (as long as you have the Status bar on...that should be on by default...silly Microsoft.) A bit of a time saver.

I prefer using Windows' two-pane view to move files around than any of the OS X views. It would be nice to see that same way of browsing implemented as an option.

Native NTFS Read/Write would be nice (yes, I realise Windows can't read/write to Mac drives out of the box, that would be something nice to see over there too)

Improving the Trash, at least bringing it up to the Windows' Recycle Bin level of functionality.

Adding Cut/Pasting of files.

...all I can think of for now, there are probably a couple other things I can't remember.

 

[TAGF1]

Simply, NO

The MBP is not lacking in "common" features as you say, in relation to the iPhone. I have both. Having come from the early stages of PDA with the Apple Newton, SONY Magic Link, and all Win platforms of CE and WinMobile, AND having just switched to my first Apple PC, the answer is NO. Having also been a part of the Appleseed program in the early stages of iPhone dev, I will tell you the the iPhone still to this day lacks features MS made standard years and years ago; need I bring up copy and paste! The iPhone is not a "smartphone" but a different animal somewhere in-between a Blackberry and a smartphone. It does lack features I was used to, and that were very useful. I miss editing MS Office docs while on the go, among many other things. The iPhone's app directory is a complete joke in comparison to WinMobile app availability - there's more, and they're a lot more useful. In addition, there are more free apps and more useful paid apps; databases, calculators, organizers, the list goes on.

BUT, this is not the case for the MBP. I have the 15". I have never had, nor played with a Mac product...ever. Having been pushed over the edge by Vista, I took a risk and went with an MBP. It is fully featured, and not lacking as far as I can tell. I set it up on a MS SBS Domain in hours, and was up and running with Entourage and all my office files in a days time; about 50% - 75% the time it would have taken with a PC due to patches, updates, and the like. The software set is limited - although I haven't had that affect me at all yet, however, with Fusion I run Win apps along side the OSX with no issues to date. It's fast, smooth, and has made me more efficient. I find that I use it a lot more to quickly view e-mail, or look up a web address because boot time is nearly instant. I never did this with a PC because it just took too long. I can no longer go get a cup of coffee and watch the OS boot up. I hate to say it, but I might be sold on the MBP. I do like the iPhone, have gotten used to its limitations, but again, the iPhone is not the MBP. I'd highly recommend the MBP.

 

[Turmoil]

When you start with a false premis, you are going to get a wrong answer. The I-phone is one of the most feature rich mobile phones on the planet, it is not "missing" key features. Neither is the mac-book. Figure out what features YOU need and then buy what you need.

 

[GimmeSlack12]

...all I can think of for now, there are probably a couple other things I can't remember.

I can see your point in most of that.

 

[Crash1234]

Your point is pretty much moot because if you're putting files in the Trash that you need, you don't really seem to understand what Trash is.

And obviously you misread my statement. I was pointing out the idiocy of nitrousoxide's statement, not adding to it. What you said, is exactly what I was trying to say, but clearly you missed it.

 

[Tallest Skil]

And obviously you misread my statement. I was pointing out the idiocy of nitrousoxide's statement, not adding to it. What you said, is exactly what I was trying to say, but clearly you missed it.

No, no, no, no, no. I agree with you completely. You had just already made the point that I was going to make, and so I was quoting your post and then adding to your (my/our) argument.