The Best of times, the worst of times...

[Les Kern]

I got to thinking after reading an article on the top 10 OSX gripes of what my own idea of what would top a BEST/WORST list.
I am in a position of some responsibility, and sometimes it comes with the requirement of getting my hands on documents quickly. Thank GOD for Spotlight. I have over 125,000 files in my docs folder alone, and more on the various tech servers. I used to search endlessly for info I needed, some of it pretty old. With Spotlight that task is simply GONE. I don't know how many hours I have saved, but I know it's substantial. And searching e-mail is a bonus. I'll bet I have tens of thousands saved/sent messages in Mail. THANKS APPLE!
As for the WORST... it HAS to be the way OSX handles auto-mounting of servers. God forbit it's offline... the boot time can last a LONG time. I have 31 servers, so it get's a bit hairy sometimes. Though I mostly use Open Directory, there are some staff that I like the AM feature set up for ease of use. But due to the issue, I use it sparingly. I like the way XP handles this... giving you a message immediately that it isn't available, and moving on with the start up.
So what is YOUR alpha/omega?

 

[2nyRiggz]

The High: how easy the system is and to maintain it.
The Low: RAM hogg...but i can live with it.

The highs are much higher than the lows....


Bless

 

[yippy]

Highs:
Spotlight
Exposé
system integration
ease of use
no system popups
terminal

Lows:
poor webdav support
X11 doesn't seem to like me using keyboard shortcuts (this may not qualify)
mail won't save my replies
um..the lows one is hard...

I can't think of to many things that are wrong with OS X, a few issues with apps but that is it (like some sites seem to cause Safari to go 100% cpu).

 

[MisterMe]

Highs:
Spotlight
Exposé
system integration
ease of use
no system popups
terminal

Lows:
poor webdav support
X11 doesn't seem to like me using keyboard shortcuts (this may not qualify)
mail won't save my replies
um..the lows one is hard...

I can't think of to many things that are wrong with OS X, a few issues with apps but that is it (like some sites seem to cause Safari to go 100% cpu).

Have you configured Mail to save your replies?

 

[iBunny]

Highs: Superior MultiTasking compared to any other OS; More secure than a Microsoft OS

Lows: The GUI may be pretty, but it is not fast. Window Resizing needs to be instant. Also, Their needs to be an option to make a window 100% full screen. Sometimes, this is needed.

 

[yippy]

Have you configured Mail to save your replies?

There isn't an option to change this I am aware of. I do have it set to save sent messages indefinitely. Mail does think that it saved my replies to but when I click the swirly arrow next to the message I replied to Mail says it can't find the message because it was moved or deleted.


I to have noticed that the GUI is a little sluggish at times compared to Windows, however I find it much more responsive than any linux system I have used.

 

[swiftaw]

There isn't an option to change this I am aware of. I do have it set to save sent messages indefinitely. Mail does think that it saved my replies to but when I click the swirly arrow next to the message I replied to Mail says it can't find the message because it was moved or deleted.

I just tried this, and indeed I get the same message. However, when I look in the sent folder I can see my message reply so it is definitely saved, just a problem linking to it when clicking on the little arrow thingy.

Is your mail stored on an IMAP server?

Further info: the linking doesn't work for mail on my IMAP account, but for my mail accounts where the messages are stored locally on my hard drive, clicking the reply arrow works.

 

[Caitlyn]

Highs:
Easy to learn and use
Virus-free (knock on wood)
Beautiful looking hardware runs it

Lows:
The fun GUI features eat up your RAM