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In fact, I found that the GUI had a more solid overall feel than Windows XP (which is quite rough around the edges). I stand by that criticism, but it was not an impediment to using the computer.

Dragthing for windows os software#

The software proved more interesting (and is more up-to-date) than the hardware, I’ve criticized OS X for being over-designed. Granted, I would look like a total bad-ass with a 17″ titanium Powerbook or a new 17″ flat-panel iMac. Don’t underestimate this – the dork appearance factor is probably killing sales of the Segway. Having a cute-looking gum-drop computer on my desk caused my co-workers to laugh every time they enter my office/cubby-hole. Those who know me understand that I am one who can rely solely on my physical appearance to get through life. One major problem with the iMac: it made me look like a dork. Otherwise these unfortunate components would be a deal-breaker. Luckily you can easily replace a keyboard and mouse. The keyboard has tiny arrow keys and tiny home/pg-up/pg-dn keys. The mouse is perfectly round, making it difficult to feel which is the front and back – important piece of special knowledge when using a mouse (as it determines the direction of the cursor). I know Apple has since replaced the puck-mouse, and bashing it is passé, but holy crap is it bad. The little speakers are all right for general use, but you won’t want to throw a party with them (I tried, but only one person showed up). Perhaps there are engineering reasons why more manufacturers don’t do this – but it is great in practice. The slot loading CD drive is a nice touch. An LCD would be nice too – also available (read my initial reaction to the release of the flat-panel iMac). I tried not to judge too much based on the screen-size, as larger screens are obviously available. The CRT is a great quality, though 15″ & 1024×768 is way too small for me. The hardware is an odd combination of great and crap. My hand muscles are more confused than they were during puberty, but as I did then, I’m mastering them. It doesn’t help that my ThinkPad has an annoyingly non-standard location for the Ctrl key.

For the most part, these differences are innocuous – neither better nor worse on one platform or the other – but a serious hurdle in switching between the two.

Dragthing for windows os full#

The Boxing-Glove Effectįirst, it look me a full day to get beyond the simple differences between Windows and OS such as basic key combinations, window/application switching, and the location of the special keys (Control, Alt, and the whatever-the-hell-you-call-that-thing mac key). I’ve often wondered if it was simply due to my familiarity with Windows conventions rather than any difference is quality of design This is my third full-workday on the iMac and my experience has been interesting. Using a mac always felt to me like trying to use a computer with boxing gloves on (much respect to Strong Bad). I’ve always been familiar with macs, but I’ve never spent enough time with one to actually make a fair judgment on their quality and usability. Not the latest and greatest hardware – and it showed – but it was sufficient for most work. It has a 15″ CRT, a 400MHz G3 processor, 192 MB of RAM, and is running OS X 10.2.5. The mac I’ve been using is old graphite iMac we have at work for testing web applications.

Most of my time at the computer is spent using a web browser ( Phoenix/Firebird and Internet Explorer 6), reader/writing email Outlook 2002, and doing web development work (PHP/XHTML/CSS via HomeSite and graphics via Photoshop/Illustrator). My primary computer is an IBM ThinkPad T30 laptop running Windows XP. What follows is my review of the experience.

Dragthing for windows os mac os#

A long-time Windows user and armchair graphical user interface critic, I have spent a week working in Mac OS X. I’ve been conducting a user interface experiment with myself as the subject. Acts of Volition A Windows user spends a week with a Mac Apby Steven Garrity in Usability & Design